New CF Hood!

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Not installed just yet, but I’m gonna pick it up from Rob tomorrow. What I wanted to ask is what do you all think of these for hood pins?

http://www.deftracing.com/aerocatch_hood_pins/index.htm [url=http://www.3sx.com/store/comersus_viewItemBundle.asp?idProduct=26361]http://www.3sx.com/store/comersus_viewI ... duct=26361[/url]
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Those things are sweet, I seen them on a car once. I though about getting some, but haven’t had time yet. Let me know how it goes…

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I’m liking them more and more, trick will be is getting them installed right. I’m nervous, I screw this up and there goes a CF hood. :cry:

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Find a body shop… I only installed my hood pins after practicing on several normal hoods. Mind you I installed nomal hood pins.

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Seeing as how the WW kit I’m getting from Chris will not have the bonded tape making it an easy install, I’m gonna have to find one for that anyway.

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get the locking ones. Its harder for someone to just come up and take the hood pins out and make off with your hood.

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or anything else they felt like taking under the hood

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I got the locking ones. They look rather nice actually.

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Darth Maverick, your mission is to suply as much video information as possable of your hoodpins, to include how hard they are to install, quallity of product, and overall performance.

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Roger that, video blog time! I plan on putting the hood on this friday.

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Ok, so here is what we got so far.
First was to just make the bolts clear the hood, thats fairly routine.

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000by4b9

A little test fit.

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000bz09y

The package came in handy in making a template.

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c0f3c

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c1egx

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c2x8w

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c3d0c

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c4p93

Using a center punch to etch in the spot we need to clear.

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c5dk2

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c6f80

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c7c7a

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c88zg

Now came the tedious process of cutting it out.

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000c96bk

We ended up just spot drilling it though. :smiley:

http://pics.livejournal.com/cobalt_wings/pic/000ca8t6

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Very Nice. Can you take a picture of the the hood pins from further back?

Moved this to “How To” Section

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yah bro i want to see the finnished product…

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We had to stop because we were loosing sunlight. Plus I’m gonna be busy for the next few days and I can’t go over to my dad’s till then. But I’ll get pics soon enough!

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Installed! Video Blog and pics to follow.

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I havent been here in a while so , nice hood!!!..I got one to , it’s used , its a oem style cf zxtuner hood also . I got it for $275 shipped from someone on teamzx2 and its like a month old . The person who owned it didnt even drill nozzle holes let alone hood pins. My car has a issue with the turbo piping so its in the shop and I cant wait to get it back so I can install the hood.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa99/REDCHARGE/hood001.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa99/REDCHARGE/hood002.jpg