I've seen the VIS hoods for ~$350 on various boards. It might've been on *gasp* Honda Tech
Originally posted by 6GenCivic
What I'd like to know is why peoples hoods fly up on them when they don't have hood pins. They have the hood latch just like the OEM hood. So why are hood pins recommended on cf hoods?
They're like 1/3 of the weight of stock hoods, so it takes less force to push them up. Sure, they use the stock latch, but it's usually bolted to the fiberglass skeleton, or laid into the fiberglass, and while it's pretty strong, it can fail under the right circumstances. Hell, I've seen stock hoods fly up on completely stock cars, so pins on a cf hood are just another precaution.