Fiberglass Hood

dbdragracing

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Im getting ready to order a new Cervini fiberglass hood (either Cobra R or 2.5" Cowl). I was just wondering if you are using your stock hood latch or hood pins? I'm guessing the fiberglass hoods are a lot more fragile and I just don't want to damage it. Are there any cracking problems with fiberglass hoods? Thanks.

 

ECU5.0

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use hood pins. its cheap insurance for an expensive hood. as long as you dont hit it with anything or slam the hood really hard you shouldnt have a problem with cracking at all.

 

wythors

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The factory hood on our 96 Cobra is fiberglass and I haven't seen or heard of any problems with them.

 

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90StangLX

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I'm gonna second what ECU5.0 said, definitely go with hood pins. The stock hood latch has a tendency to let go, as is evidenced by the multitude of horror stories on this forum. It's much easier to just buy a $10 set of hood pins and install them than to risk the hood flying up when you're traveling at ~60mph.

 

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Nothing at all wrong with a fibergalss hood, you use the same mounting hardware and latch.

if you want to avoid a huge pile of crap in your drivers seat get the pins. When your hood flies off at 80 on the HWY, You will crap yourself

 

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Sicarius428

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Don't get the key locking type hood pins... Though it would be a really nice feature they are just to lock the hood... not secure it from flying up and smashing your windshield. They even say it on the package.
Kevin