lose hood

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:10 pm

First off yes im 100% it was latched.. i tried it three times. At speeds as low as 80mph it looks like its gonna fly up. At 90 i was about to shit myself cuz i thought i'd lose my hood. I know its latched. I tried opening it with alotta work w/o popping it and couldnt get it open. So im guessing some airs just getting under it and popping it up and shakin it a little bit.

This never used to happen before at any speeds (up to 130). So whats the deal? It makes me really nervous

Danny

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:18 pm

time for pins homie

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:20 pm

is it only coming up at the front or in the rear of the hood too? my only suggestion would be to tighten all the bolts that you see for the hood.

nick

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:23 pm

Audacityracing wrote:time for pins homie

I know nothing of pins but wouldnt that make it easy to get into my hood? I guess its already probably pretty simple though.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:23 pm

lanos2001 wrote:is it only coming up at the front or in the rear of the hood too? my only suggestion would be to tighten all the bolts that you see for the hood.

nick

I didnt even think of tightening down stuff.

I notice it in the back (towards the cabin) the most but i think its also the front

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:33 pm

9 times outta 10 you are required to have a latch with your pins

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:43 pm

get the locking ones like i did!
(i just thought of that)

they are virtually pick-proof

http://www.mmrusa.com/hoodpins.htm
there is a set

you can find a set by "Mr. Gasket" but it doesn't have the carbon fiber panel, just stainless steel. the price for those is around 25 bucks

do it.... come on.... do it kinky.... make it a race car.... :twisted:

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:03 pm

Audacityracing wrote:9 times outta 10 you are required to have a latch with your pins

required by who, law?

Then whats the point if you have a latch? i can understand w/ my problem since the latch isnt enough

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:04 pm

Audacityracing wrote:get the locking ones like i did!
(i just thought of that)

they are virtually pick-proof

http://www.mmrusa.com/hoodpins.htm
there is a set

you can find a set by "Mr. Gasket" but it doesn't have the carbon fiber panel, just stainless steel. the price for those is around 25 bucks

do it.... come on.... do it kinky.... make it a race car.... :twisted:

I am going for a clean yet race type look. But i think imma have to hold on those pins.. 40bux is way to much.. hell 25 is even more than i wanna spend.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:03 pm

ok i got a different view for this issue... if the latch is firmly tight and the hood itself is vibrating then wouldn't this indicate that the hood's frame got separated from its body??

i know this might not be clear so i will try to explain more... you all know that the hood is a big metal sheet and to support it their is a metal frame on the inside glued to the big metal sheet to add ridgidity to it and prevent it from deforming.

if the glue got craked then the frame is separated from the hood's body and gives it space to wobble even if it is firmly closed simply because the latch is holding the frame but the hood itself is not properly attached to it.

i'd recommend checking all your glue points at the hood's frame before going at high speeds with the car... in a worst case cenario you might strip the metal sheet off the frame and it could either damage your windscreen or even come totally off the car and land elswere causing sever damage to people's prperty or even kill someone.

this might be too much exaggeratingbut it is better to be safe than sorry.

MMamdouh