Harwood's 3 inch pin on cowl hood...any good?

LT1Killa · Dec 11, 2004

Will this hood fit my 89 gt and not look like crap? It is only $219 from Summit Racing. How is the quality for the price??

FiveLtrRiceEatr · Dec 11, 2004

LT1Killa said:
Will this hood fit my 89 gt and not look like crap? It is only $219 from Summit Racing. How is the quality for the price??

hood pins are only for high speed racing and from what it looks like from your sig you have a street car. So you dont need them and I dont like the look of them. Save the 219 and buy something that'll make it faster IMO

stang2841 · Dec 11, 2004

I need the clearance...

only 220?

might invest.... its a lift off right?

TheUser · Dec 11, 2004

FiveLtrRiceEatr said:
hood pins are only for high speed racing and from what it looks like from your sig you have a street car. So you dont need them and I dont like the look of them. Save the 219 and buy something that'll make it faster IMO

hood pins are for whatever application you feel is necessary. Many use hood pins as a security measure to compliment or replace the stock factory latch. Hoods don't only fly up on high speed cars, they fly up on street cars as well. Although, I have heard the strings attached to them tear the paint up...you might search more about hood pins.

As far as the hood, I know Cervini's is said to be the best in aftermarket body parts. You generally get what you pay for.

FiveLtrRiceEatr · Dec 11, 2004

TheUser said:
hood pins are for whatever application you feel is necessary. Many use hood pins as a security measure to compliment or replace the stock factory latch. Hoods don't only fly up on high speed cars, they fly up on street cars as well. Although, I have heard the strings attached to them tear the paint up...you might search more about hood pins.

As far as the hood, I know Cervini's is said to be the best in aftermarket body parts. You generally get what you pay for.

true, but they are recomended for high speed cars, they tear up the paint too

and cervini's makes great products, you get what you pay for

BlownStangGT · Dec 12, 2004

FiveLtrRiceEatr said:
true, but they are recomended for high speed cars, they tear up the paint too

your kidding me right? Hood pins are for high speed cars????? First off, you do not have a aftermarket hood so you wouldnt know...I have had my hood come "loose" on me half a dozen times. It did not fly up because my latch cought it, but it came loose from hitting bumps in the road. Lucky for my latch that it was caught, if not I woulda had a hood bent up over my winshield. Its called a saftey measure, I have had many friends with aftermarket hoods fly up and mess up alot of stuff, i even had a friend with a stock hood fly up cause his latch failed. Hood pins or locks assure that even if that latch does not work that the hood will not come up. I never liked pins at all, but after my hood came loose a bunch of times, I wasnt going to chance it anymore.

Next time study up a little more ebfore you say stuff like that

LT1Killa · Dec 12, 2004

So I guess no one has any experience with that particular hood?

RsStanG1987 · Dec 12, 2004

Not pin on but bolt on with hood pins fits like a charm and is very good quality. Cervinis and harwood are 2 of the better brands out there i would buy the hood.

93-2.3 · Dec 12, 2004

mt one friend got a harwood on his monza the fir is great its held on by zus clips or whatever you call them. i dot a cervinis on my 93 i love it its not lift off but im running pins cause about 2 weeks after i got it on and entire car redone the latch broke through the fiberglass and the hood popped up scaring the hell out of me good thing the saftey catch worked. it mad a long trip home from pittsburgh though considering i live on the other side of PA and had to use shoe laces as an extra piece of mind and stuck to about 50 mph. so i recomend pins on any fiberglass hood. i have already had my roof smashed in to a stock hood too so im loving hood pins on anything.

wildstang607 · Dec 12, 2004

obviously if he wants a 3" pin on hood its going to have to have pins, and the latch will not be used. Just painted a friend of mines hood and the quality was decent, but not as nice as my cervini cobra r hood. But it was decent. The downside to the harwood hood is that it will have to be trimmed across the front of the hood and across the back of the cowl opening. I would'nt bother with the harwood hood. a cervini pin on hood will cost only $199 + shipping and it is a perfect quality and fit. My next step, if the bank will cooperate is to buy a bubble hood from Joe Van Overbeek, and rid of my cervini hood for weight purposes only.

RsStanG1987 · Dec 12, 2004

wildstang607 said:
obviously if he wants a 3" pin on hood its going to have to have pins, and the latch will not be used. Just painted a friend of mines hood and the quality was decent, but not as nice as my cervini cobra r hood. But it was decent. The downside to the harwood hood is that it will have to be trimmed across the front of the hood and across the back of the cowl opening. I would'nt bother with the harwood hood. a cervini pin on hood will cost only $199 + shipping and it is a perfect quality and fit. My next step, if the bank will cooperate is to buy a bubble hood from Joe Van Overbeek, and rid of my cervini hood for weight purposes only.

Funny my hood wasnt trimmed and fits fine.

dastang2 · Dec 12, 2004

i have a lift off 3 incher harwood and it is a great hood, no trimming either

wildstang607 · Dec 12, 2004

Was yours a BOLT on or PIN on hood? Harwood's catalouge even says that pin on hoods may need trimming and are made that way for shipping purposes. not saying yours didn't need trimming and that harwood doesn't have quality work; because it is decent quality; but all the pin on hoods i'v seen had to be trimmed.

"Warranty: Harwood Industries, Inc. does not offer a warranty, expressed or implied. Merchandise is accepted in ³as is² condition. Customers acknowledge Harwood fiberglass products are handmade and require fitting and trimming to ensure proper fit."

http://shop.eharwood.com/cgi-bin/harwood/index.html

UnderPressureGT · Dec 12, 2004

my hood flew up on me at 30 mph and i wacked a telephone pole.... thats some HIGHHHHHHH SPEED let me tellll you!!!! VROOOOOOOOOOOOM

dastang2 · Dec 12, 2004

mine is a pin on lift off hood

wildstang607 · Dec 12, 2004

Well, i guess i'm outnumbered, but trimming or not cervini lift off hoods are $199. could save you 20 if money doesn't come easy.

BlownStangGT · Dec 12, 2004

FiVeLiTeR87GT said:
my hood flew up on me at 30 mph and i wacked a telephone pole.... thats some HIGHHHHHHH SPEED let me tellll you!!!! VROOOOOOOOOOOOM

notice how he has not posted anything back yet...cause he knows he was wrong

LT1Killa · Dec 13, 2004

My dad and I are going to be repainting my stang this winter. He is a metal fabricator and I am a body man, so a little trimming on a hood isn't much to worry about for me. Trimming is ok, but adding to close up huge gaps is not.

I'll give Cerveni's a call and see what the shipping will be. I've got it narrowed between cerveni's and harwood now. I just wanted to make sure they weren't total junk hoods so I don't get ripped off.

dastang2 · Dec 14, 2004

the pins need to be adjusted but this is the exact hood you want

Camman · Dec 14, 2004

dastang2 said:
the pins need to be adjusted but this is the exact hood you want

That is a pretty big gap around the passenger side headlight... is that the hood or your bumper?

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