Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
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Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
I have the SS hood on my car and I see stress cracks have formed on the surface up top from where the latch is. At higher speeds I notice the sides of the hood move up and down because the rubber stops don't reach the hood and they're at their full adjustment. Unfortunately I think my only option is to install hood pins but I need a guranteed fix before I waste my time fixing the hood just to have the same thing happen again. The problem is I think hood pins will ruin the look of the car...any other ideas?
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
i had to put pins in mine when i got it. not sure if there is another way to fix it
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
i have to agree with you ted, while i have hood pins and i think they looks just fine, your car is so clean, that i feel that they would in fact, detract a bit from the appearance, and the car being black doesn't help either
Maybe have them powdercoated black to match the car? make them blend a little better?
Are the little bump stops on the hood hinges there and in good shape? and do the bump stops behind the headlights touch the hood?
Maybe have them powdercoated black to match the car? make them blend a little better?
Are the little bump stops on the hood hinges there and in good shape? and do the bump stops behind the headlights touch the hood?
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
I was wondering about trying to put latches from a Honda or something into the front corners that would operate off the regular hood cable. It would take alot of messing about to get it right though...
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
sharp ride..
are your bump's worn? i can't imagine your fenders and bumper are raised so high that new bumpers wouldn't stop that.
are your bump's worn? i can't imagine your fenders and bumper are raised so high that new bumpers wouldn't stop that.
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
Thanks for the compliments. The rubber stops up front on the radiator support are almost at their full adjustment but when they are they still don't have enough pressure on the hood to keep it locked down; I guess also the fiberglass is very flimsy so it would never sit flat, it makes the sides stick up past the fenders. I was thinking of maybe drilling new holes to lower the hood catch but my gap up front is pretty much dead on.
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Hey i got the same problem. im thinking of going with pins to. But my hood isnt alined with the fenders. one side is a 1/4 gap then the other is like almost rubbing the fender. any idea how to fix that?
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
you could try loosening the bolts on top of the fenders and either push the fender in or out depending on which side you are trying to adjust. If that doesn't get the gap better aligned you could give the hood a shove on the hinge side depending on which way you want it to go. Our hinges are very flexible lol
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
dont put in hood pins...put in hood locks like mine, a lot cleaner and more trick for sure, paint the bottom plates black like i did mine car color and you can berelly see them...check itout...
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
Yes go with the locking ones. I have the SS hood too and I need to do this myself. I am going to do exactly what he did above and paint the chrome rings around the locking part. Also how good are your struts? My buddy paints for a living and painted mine and said the struts might crack the paint after time since it flexes some pulling it down. I am looking at other options for my hood because of this.
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
Thats because you need hood pins and hood pins look good so youre good.
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
Yes go with the locking ones. I have the SS hood too and I need to do this myself. I am going to do exactly what he did above and paint the chrome rings around the locking part. Also how good are your struts? My buddy paints for a living and painted mine and said the struts might crack the paint after time since it flexes some pulling it down. I am looking at other options for my hood because of this.
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
the only problem with the locking pins like in the above pic is that there are 2 rings, one on the top, that you see, and one on the bottom. the two rings tighten toward each other squishing the hood from the top and bottom. i tried having someone put these on mine but they would not because they were afraid when the 2 rings started squishing the hood it would crack and break the hood. i hope this explanation makes sense. i believe i still have these pins if anyone is interested.
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
they are two rings for that setup on my car, and you have to take a 3 inch hole saw and drill out the bottom side of the hood to get these to work since all glass hoods are two layer setups.....i think mr gasket makes them...look it up on summit racing ...thats where i got mine....
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that makes sense.... btw i think i got mine from summit as well, and if anyone is interested i will sell it if i still have it
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
I have the same locking hood pins brand new in the package, I sold the hood I was going to use them on a while back and have no need for them. $20/obo shipped to your door if you want em, heres a link to them at summit if you want an idea of what they look like. PM me if your interested. I wouldn't worry about them cracking your hood as mentioned above unless you really tighten the hell out of em, they have a rubber gasket that's suppose to prevent that. Also keep in mind you NEED hood pins even with a glass hood that uses the front latch, sure a lot of people get away without em but you are suppose to use em for saftey reasons. Every hood manufacture out there that I've seen makes it a point to say hood pins are required even with front latching hoods for saftey at high speeds. I know there are quite a few members on here that have figured that out the hard way. http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Re: Those with SS hood or other fiberglass hoods...
Yes I had locking hood pins on my old car, I didn't paint them, just left them as is & it looked great. As for struts, tryusing some old used ones that aren't as strong as the new ones.
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