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krazyone
05-08-2002, 04:47 PM
i ordered a CF hood and pins, dunno if i need the pins tho
00CericaRuss
05-08-2002, 04:53 PM
i'd say yeah...
if you don't believe me, look at this
http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-01-01-hood-crap-oh-crap

and some of what i dealt w/after to fix it
http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-02-02-changinghinges
krazyone
05-08-2002, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by 00CericaRuss
i'd say yeah...
if you don't believe me, look at this
http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-01-01-hood-crap-oh-crap

and some of what i dealt w/after to fix it
http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-02-02-changinghinges

how did u put on ur hood and pins?

just finished looking at the pics, damn that sux bro, sorry u had to go through all that.
00CericaRuss
05-08-2002, 05:06 PM
i didn't use pins
i ended up giving away that hood cuz it's pretty much worthless.
SlowPoke
05-08-2002, 05:42 PM
how come the cf hood did that??? Was it not latched down??
2002GT_Celica
05-08-2002, 06:23 PM
From what I have heard, CF hoods are best latched when hood pins are used. Plus, hood pins look cool IMO. It's a win win situation. The reason they are usually recommended is so the hood doesn't flap up at higher speeds.
yota_racer
05-08-2002, 06:32 PM
I know for a fact that my CF won't fly up without the pins. It is so damn secure. A lot more secure than any CF hood I have seen. BUT I would still use hoodpins. Just because they look good, and you can never be too careful. ;)
jotan82
05-09-2002, 05:50 AM
Originally posted by yota_racer
I know for a fact that my CF won't fly up without the pins. It is so damn secure. A lot more secure than any CF hood I have seen. BUT I would still use hoodpins. Just because they look good, and you can never be too careful. ;) :werd:

they look good, and they are a safety feature
enixt
05-09-2002, 09:45 AM
I heard we may not need pins for CF hood..like honda prelude, he got a huge hood..so if drive on highway, u can see the CF hood goes up..
but celica got much smaller hood, so it won't be happened on celica as prelude..
and in my opinion, it looks not really good put pins on celica hood..I love keep it clean on hood..

also I seen lots of guys didn't not pins on CF hood...
krazyone
05-09-2002, 10:49 AM
Originally posted by enixt
I heard we may not need pins for CF hood..like honda prelude, he got a huge hood..so if drive on highway, u can see the CF hood goes up..
but celica got much smaller hood, so it won't be happened on celica as prelude..
and in my opinion, it looks not really good put pins on celica hood..I love keep it clean on hood..

also I seen lots of guys didn't not pins on CF hood...


have u seen the pics 00CelicaRuss posted?
Kappa'sCelica
05-09-2002, 01:42 PM
Hood pins only cost about $30 or so right? If it's that cheap, you might as well get them since you spent over $500 for your CF hood.... Hate for your $500 investment to go "flying" away! :)
00CericaRuss
05-09-2002, 04:27 PM
not to mention
$280 windshield
$50 hood hinges
$70 in wiper parts (it was raining)
4 hours swapping hood hinges
2 days w/out car cuz nobody had the windshield trim in stock

but yeah... my hood seemed like it was closed and fully latched... but guess what... it wasn't. pins would've prevented it from flying up.