Does Anyone Make a Lightweight Stock Hood?

The better made hoods like Cervinis (and others) use the OEM double latch system that seems to work well.

That said, I purchased hood pins for my hood after roughly 3 instances of the hood popping up and being caught by the second latch. It's a bit disconcerting to me to be headed down the highway and seeing that hood pop up and saved by the second latch. It was dinconcerting enough that I had to go out and get pins.

I do NOT like the hood pins. I've been considering for quite some time, getting the flush mounted pins that use the key. They're not designed to function like regular hood pins but I figure they'll serve well as a "third latch" for the two that already exist and look a hell of a lot better.

These are of the type that I'm considering going to:



I don't want the carbon fiber version (I think rice when I see carbon fiber), but something like this and perhaps painted the color of the car. Usually these ads warn specifically about not using this type of pin as your only means of securing your hood. They're just not adequate to perform that duty on their own.

To the original poster:

Take a look at the Cervinis 2 1/2 inducted cowl. Sure, the duct is 2 inches taller than stock but you really need to bee looking for that to tell the difference.

Those are on my buddy's car in stainless. Very nice.

DontGivaRatz said:

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So, you need a key to open your hood? Sounds like a PITA. I check my oil at just about every gas fill (hey, its an old car), so that would be a big inconvenience to me.

NikwoaC said:

So, you need a key to open your hood? Sounds like a PITA. I check my oil at just about every gas fill (hey, its an old car), so that would be a big inconvenience to me.

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Agreed... I am however, willing to make that sacrifice in convenience for the sake of asthetics.