i couldn't give any better advice then they people did in another thread you participated in
https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...threadid=32790
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Originally posted by inspyral
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.