Options other than hood pins??

[bussitcustoms]

Back in august my hood flew up on my kouki at high speed. Stock hood, stock latch- and yes, the hood was fully latched. The hood smashed the windshield as well as the sunroof, and demolished the roof. I just got the car back from the body shop after a new roof skin was installed (no sunroof now :) ), and I have replaced the original hod latch with a BRAND NEW one. I'm still nervous about the hood flying up again. Everyone Ive talked to has suggested hood pins. I HATE the way they look. Even the flush mount aerocatch pins look terribly ugly to me. If the car was a race car, I wouldnt care... but its a street car, and I want it to look good too. If there are no other options available, I will just install aerocatch pins... but Id really prefer to do something that isnt visible once the hood is closed. Does anyone have any ideas?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[EnemyS15]

http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/picture/Timjb1/duct_tape_2.jpg

[bussitcustoms]

Lol, I think id rather the pins.

[MadScientist]

http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/white-trash-repairs-youd-think-that-horsepower-would-be-containable.jpg

[s13coupe92]

ahahaha these guys^^^ i feel you on this man, i hate hood pins so much.

[dawagarage]

i was in the junk yard on one occasion searchin for datsun 620 parts, came upon one that had a chain attached from somewhere on the inside of the engine bay, to the hood, and a lock in the middle. i guess this was so no one could open the hood without key even once they 'popped' it.

that doesnt help you but, good luck

[fliprayzin240sx]

My question is, how the hell the hood flew off if it was latched? The catch broke or the latch broke? I've had a fiber hood fly on me once, but my dumbass forgot that I had the hood popped. Been messing around with these cars since 2000 and never had any issue with hoods flying off other than that one time.

[R33E8]

My question is, how the hell the hood flew off if it was latched? The catch broke or the latch broke? I've had a fiber hood fly on me once, but my dumbass forgot that I had the hood popped. Been messing around with these cars since 2000 and never had any issue with hoods flying off other than that one time.

That literally just happened to me like 3 weeks ago... I forgot to close my cf hood and it flew up while I was doing like 35-40.. The damn thing broke the windshield and damaged my roof.. The hood only has a 1" scratch...

[fliprayzin240sx]

The carbonfiber skin delaminated off the fiberglass skeleton. Needless to say, I made it home with just the skeleton on and the skin flew off the car.

[bussitcustoms]

My question is, how the hell the hood flew off if it was latched? The catch broke or the latch broke? I've had a fiber hood fly on me once, but my dumbass forgot that I had the hood popped. Been messing around with these cars since 2000 and never had any issue with hoods flying off other than that one time.

Upon close inspection of the latch, I found that it had a crack in the casing. I did some searching around and found 2 other s14 owners that had the same thing happen. I replaced the latch with a NEW one to avoid this issue... but i still dont want to trust it again.

The hood was fully latched, and i guess with the wind of (ahem, cough cough 120mph)... it came up. At that speed, it came up so quickly, that the safety latch (the spring actuated one) was just not quick enough to grab the hood. The hood catch was still intact on the hood- it was definitely the latch that let go. It didnt shake or wobble prior to coming up, and I had been driving the car for about 3 days since the last time I had popped the hood. It just came up out of nowhere. Got a nice shower of glass, and definitely needed a new pair of underpants.

[Grocery Cart]

I hear these are pretty popular these days.
http://wiki.fisski.com/images/Zip-ties.jpg

[bussitcustoms]

Good input, thanks. :)

[Grocery Cart]

Good input, thanks. :)

Any time!


But on a serious note, why not just fab it up to where the hood has two latches?
I mean, it's an option. Haha :bigok:

[bussitcustoms]

What about removing the hood emblem and running a single hood pin there?

[s13coupe92]

id love to see that done^^^^

[dawagarage]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6odgwYSfJ1qe7x6po1_500.jpg
was working on my 620, did a test drive around the block, realized i needed to give it more throttle, got on main road, forgot hood wasnt fully closed, hood flew open during acceleration.... suuucked man, i can only imagine if i were on the highway.

the metal of a 620's hood is super thin, it tried to fold in half.
when you try to shut it, the deformation wouldnt allow the latch to line back up.
put some of my 550/paracord to use (had to remove hood latch and grill.)
she's all fixed now, though.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ptwaF1Zl1qe7x6po3_1280.jpg

[hybridsk8r]

u could put the latch in the back and make the hood open to the front. might not be worth the work tho