Ive searched and come up with minimal results. Im looking for the people who were brave enough to DIY on their 500 Cf hoods. im getting mine in a week or so and was wondering what i would need? do i need a special bit? any drilling tips beside make sure you got the hole in the right spot? ive heard that i should tape around the hole to prevent rising of the hood? any tips? pics would be a great help.

 

I might be installing hood pins in mine soon. Watching...

 

also thinking about hood pins.. i have the motor fx cf hood..

 

i installed mine.

wear a dust mask... (very important)

dremel... and some tape will be fine.

 

SquallLHeart, what is it that you don't do??

 

he does everything, im pretty sure of it. hence the phone number in his signature that states "On call 24/7. need help? (40375-0939 "

 

uhmm... i can't really drop a tranny and take apart an engine?

though i probably could find the info and figure it out if i really had to....

that LSD looks pretty nice to me..... just not to my wallet.. .. but i'd install it myself... (with maybe some help)

 

so i should dremel instead of power drill or does it matter? after hearing some stories (some from tC owners also) hood pins seem like a requirment unless you like the fact that your hood can explode on you lol

 

u dont need hood pins if u get a vis hood

 

and why is that? they claim to have top quality latches? its not even a decision for me anymore i dont wanna risk it. just gotta decide on what color now. What would look good on a 05 BSP w/ a cf hood?

 

where do u guys buy the hood pins?

 

my friend has had a vis cf hood on his accord almost a year and has 0 problems with running no hood pins

 

you can check almost any online retailer raytrix. running a cf hood w/o hoodpins is like smoking. some people do all their lives w/o a problem, but others get cancer. i guess if your lucky you dont need hoodpins, but im not very lucky when it comes to cars, so im going to be running pins

 

bump

 

after much debate i think im going with the aerocatch system. pricey but looks pretty nice and looks a hell of alot better then normal pins imo.

 

if anybody is intrested in a write up speak up and ill take some pics of the install

 

I am very interested in a write up volktC!
also where can i by this aerocatch system?

 

aerocatch hood pins are the best, they are very tight and they look good.

anyways, we installed hood pins saturday night on the teams car. we used a step drill and some tape, came out really nice imho, however i forgot which hood pins we used.

 

ray check www.aerocatch.com click the dealers i got mine from coast fab 96 bones for the ones that lock

 

hey black did you install aerocatch pins or just the normal ones?