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Ghettokracker71 · 11-18-2004, 07:33 AM

I'm getting a Carbon fiber hood,and will not have it w/o hood pins on the car. Yeah,I'ma pussy,but either way I'm wondering how hard it is to install,and what is involved. I would think that its just simple drilling?

*exitspeed* · 11-18-2004, 07:52 AM

What kinda hood you getting? I know people who have had bad "hood flying up while their driving" experieinces because they didn't have hood pins, of have a nice quality hood that uses the stock latch.

**ThatGuy** · 11-18-2004, 08:02 AM

You're right it's basically just drilling holes in the hood and drilling holes under the hood to mount the pins themselves. The hardest part will be getting everything set to the proper heighth to hold the hood securely but not crack it.

Ghettokracker71 · 11-18-2004, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

The hardest part will be getting everything set to the proper heighth to hold the hood securely but not crack it.

Any reccomendations for how to do that?

Mount the lower part of the hood pin,and then lower the hood to it and drill where it meets?

Anybody with s13 hood pins want to post some pics of their lower mount

?

Sparco hood pins should be good enough?

Thanks,sorry to ask so many questions

**ThatGuy** · 11-18-2004, 08:10 AM

Just take your time with it, depending on what kind you are using, you can just eyeball it until it looks like the pin will slide in flush with the hood fully closed. I used the locking kind on my old car, they were a real pain in the ass to line up.

Ghettokracker71 · 11-18-2004, 08:12 AM

Uh oh...hah. I'm not using the hairpin or muscle car style ones..

**ThatGuy** · 11-18-2004, 08:13 AM

What kind are you using?

MakotoS13 · 11-18-2004, 08:16 AM

a tape measurer and magic marker will do you wonders right now. if you're gonna drill holes in it i suggest you get a fiberglass hood, also.

why the need? i had a carbon fiber hood with stock latches on my cougar, hit the 130mph and it was fine, and the S13 has way less wind drag in that area due to the lack of bumper to hood grill.

you could alway rig your hood up to flip up like a vette or viper

Ghettokracker71 · 11-18-2004, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

What kind are you using?

CF hood is the one from the groupbuy going on right now...

Haven't decided on hood pin yet,most likely sparco ( any reccomendation? I don't really know...

)

Steeles · 11-18-2004, 08:18 AM

put the drill in reverse and go slow. you basically want to "BURN" through to keep the hole from looking all ragged and frayed. yes mount the pins first put tape on the top of them and lower the hood drill through the tape. drill from bottomup with the drill in reverse.

P.S. go with the sparco dont get those flat locking things. they are pure crap.

and make sure you line the hood up correctly on the car before installing the hood pins.

Ghettokracker71 · 11-18-2004, 08:22 AM

Thanks for the replies, again. Never thought it would be answered this soon,lol. I was expecting a flaming...

http://www.cardomain.com/item/SPA1606S

Something like that?

Steeles · 11-18-2004, 08:28 AM

yup thats them. get those or that style. (buddy of mine is actually running some APC copies of those and they are holding fine. and he has no hood latch. at all. just the pins.)

well I would have flamed you about the which hood pins to get but since you did ask a decent question about how to drill the holes and its not really as mindless as it seems I decided to spare you

NI_YON_Zenki · 11-18-2004, 11:21 AM

I suggest going with the initial installation. Mount the hood to the hood latches, line up, balance, and gawk, then raise the hood, install the pins where you want them to be. Now, take some fingernail polish (pink/red) doting the tops of the pins themselves, then laying the hood down on top of the pins, creating a spot of color under neith the hood, drill from there, much more convenient, then trying to measure manually. . . . YOU STUPID FUCK. . . hahaha. J/K main, J/K. . . Enjoy the hood while it looks good, keep it polished, you want the clear coat to reamain. . . . .Well. . . . . Clear!

Maxtype 240 · 11-18-2004, 12:03 PM

I'll be using this info too, thanks for the replies!

Jesse

Ghettokracker71 · 11-18-2004, 08:10 PM

Yes,thanks alot guys. I geuss I'm becoming the Zilvia.net riceboy..

**ThatGuy** · 11-18-2004, 08:13 PM

A Carbon Fiber hood is not rice, provided you are buying it for it's weight saving qualities. If you are buying it "Cuz it looks Tyte, Yo!", then it's rice.

wootwoot · 11-19-2004, 10:28 AM

im painting mine =)

Maxtype 240 · 11-19-2004, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wootwoot

im painting mine =)

+1

Are you painting it along w/ the entire car? Mine is getting painted after the fact, hope it blends in, pearl white is a pain to color match. A paint code is a paint code but they always slighty differ depending on who mixed it...

11-18-2004, 07:33 AM	#1
Ghettokracker71 Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Don't look now... Age: 34 Posts: 3,327 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	CF hood. I'm getting a Carbon fiber hood,and will not have it w/o hood pins on the car. Yeah,I'ma pussy,but either way I'm wondering how hard it is to install,and what is involved. I would think that its just simple drilling?

11-18-2004, 07:52 AM	#2
exitspeed aWingThing.com Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 41 Posts: 20,898 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	What kinda hood you getting? I know people who have had bad "hood flying up while their driving" experieinces because they didn't have hood pins, of have a nice quality hood that uses the stock latch. __________________ What I do for a living...www.mhrussell.com

11-18-2004, 08:02 AM	#3
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 41 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You're right it's basically just drilling holes in the hood and drilling holes under the hood to mount the pins themselves. The hardest part will be getting everything set to the proper heighth to hold the hood securely but not crack it. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

11-18-2004, 08:10 AM	#5
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 41 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just take your time with it, depending on what kind you are using, you can just eyeball it until it looks like the pin will slide in flush with the hood fully closed. I used the locking kind on my old car, they were a real pain in the ass to line up. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

11-18-2004, 08:13 AM	#7
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 41 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	What kind are you using? __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

11-18-2004, 08:12 AM	#6
Ghettokracker71 Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Don't look now... Age: 34 Posts: 3,327 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Uh oh...hah. I'm not using the hairpin or muscle car style ones..

11-18-2004, 08:16 AM	#8
MakotoS13 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas Age: 38 Posts: 4,205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	a tape measurer and magic marker will do you wonders right now. if you're gonna drill holes in it i suggest you get a fiberglass hood, also. why the need? i had a carbon fiber hood with stock latches on my cougar, hit the 130mph and it was fine, and the S13 has way less wind drag in that area due to the lack of bumper to hood grill. you could alway rig your hood up to flip up like a vette or viper

11-18-2004, 08:18 AM	#10
Steeles Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 7th layer of hell, special pit of anger Age: 45 Posts: 3,785 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	put the drill in reverse and go slow. you basically want to "BURN" through to keep the hole from looking all ragged and frayed. yes mount the pins first put tape on the top of them and lower the hood drill through the tape. drill from bottomup with the drill in reverse. P.S. go with the sparco dont get those flat locking things. they are pure crap. and make sure you line the hood up correctly on the car before installing the hood pins. __________________ Keeping it Godzira bishes. So I murdered another turbo

11-18-2004, 08:22 AM	#11
Ghettokracker71 Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Don't look now... Age: 34 Posts: 3,327 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanks for the replies, again. Never thought it would be answered this soon,lol. I was expecting a flaming... http://www.cardomain.com/item/SPA1606S Something like that?

11-18-2004, 08:28 AM	#12
Steeles Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 7th layer of hell, special pit of anger Age: 45 Posts: 3,785 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yup thats them. get those or that style. (buddy of mine is actually running some APC copies of those and they are holding fine. and he has no hood latch. at all. just the pins.) well I would have flamed you about the which hood pins to get but since you did ask a decent question about how to drill the holes and its not really as mindless as it seems I decided to spare you __________________ Keeping it Godzira bishes. So I murdered another turbo

11-18-2004, 11:21 AM	#13
NI_YON_Zenki Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 885 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I suggest going with the initial installation. Mount the hood to the hood latches, line up, balance, and gawk, then raise the hood, install the pins where you want them to be. Now, take some fingernail polish (pink/red) doting the tops of the pins themselves, then laying the hood down on top of the pins, creating a spot of color under neith the hood, drill from there, much more convenient, then trying to measure manually. . . . YOU STUPID FUCK. . . hahaha. J/K main, J/K. . . Enjoy the hood while it looks good, keep it polished, you want the clear coat to reamain. . . . .Well. . . . . Clear! __________________ "GHOST"

11-18-2004, 12:03 PM	#14
Maxtype 240 Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Doral, FL Posts: 195 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'll be using this info too, thanks for the replies! Jesse __________________ '95 Nissan S14: KA24DET Daily Driver

11-18-2004, 08:10 PM	#15
Ghettokracker71 Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Don't look now... Age: 34 Posts: 3,327 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yes,thanks alot guys. I geuss I'm becoming the Zilvia.net riceboy..

11-18-2004, 08:13 PM	#16
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 41 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	A Carbon Fiber hood is not rice, provided you are buying it for it's weight saving qualities. If you are buying it "Cuz it looks Tyte, Yo!", then it's rice. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

11-19-2004, 10:28 AM	#17
wootwoot Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: sarasota florida biatch Age: 35 Posts: 3,850 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	im painting mine =)

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