Carbon Fiber hood maintenance

Post by **driftin240** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

I know that when you get a CF hood it requires a good bit of maintenance and you have to put a special coat on it...anyone here have a CF hood or know anything about them that could tell me what it involves...thanks

Post by **DonDonati88** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

You have to put a clear coat on it. Also get hood pins.

Post by **Kaioshin1982** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

please excuse my ignorance but is the hood pins to hold the hood down and not fly up when your going at high speed?

Post by **DonDonati88** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

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j/k lolnewbs..ya gotta luv em

Post by **big jon's 240** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

Also get hood pins.

Depends, some CF hoods (usually the better ones) are designed to use the stock hood latch and dont require hood pins.

Post by **bp2ooo** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

Well every cf hood i have ever seen says use hood pins before use. There is a sticker on the bottom side. right now i have drove my car for about 6 monthes without hood pins. I bought them i am just really afraid of putting holes in my 500+ dollar hood. When i get the sr in i found a place that will do it for 75 bucks, and if they screw it up they get to buy me a new hood. they put pins in my friends car and they did a good job. I think 75 is way over priced for something that will only take them like 30 minutes, but for the reassurance its worth it to me i guess.

Post by **driftin240** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

my friend has a 66' mustang and we installed the hood pins in it ourselves it wasnt too bad just reallly nervous about drillin into a 30 year old hood but it looks nice now that they are in

Post by **Infamous** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

:rolleyes just treat it as any other painted surface area on the exterior of your car....the most you would have to do is get it cleared...

Post by **SRdS14** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

don't buy a cheap CF hood...i paid 570 shipped for mine. it came from TC Spoilers (great hoods) and its already clear-gel coated and doesn't need hood pins. HOOD PINS SUCK.

Post by **droptopsilvia** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

uh...WTF did you just drop like 3 ads in old threads?I hope you cut and pasted that.

Post by **droptopsilvia** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

wow in every thread involving paint damn! I really hope you cut and pasted that!

Post by **WingsNThangs** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

I've heard that cf hoods tend to warp over time. Is this true?

Post by **SilGuy** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

Carbon fiber hoods won't warp over time. Its a composite, unless u do somethin on purpose, its not gonna warp. The worst condition is like...coatings would chip. My friend had a CF hood on his civic for like 2 years and has 1 rock chip on it. Hood Pins are for safety purposes, if you drive 120+ miles or off road or wutever and u think ur hood mite pop loose, then get hood pins. If u don't think that will ever happen, then don't.

Post by **pgt892** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

Yeah hood pins aren't exactly a bad idea. After you have had a hood fly up and smack the windshield, you will think so too. :oface

Post by **tl1000sga** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:11 am

Yeah, a hood coming up on you at speed really sucks. I never really considered it as scary when I saw it in movies and such, but when it happened to me it scared the **** outta me and it seemed to take for ever for me to slow down and get off the road.I have installed quite a few hood pins, it only takes maybe 10 min. once you decide on location.:icon18

Carbon Fiber hood maintenance

Carbon Fiber hood maintenance

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