Hood flew open!!

[StangGT96]

Has anybody had their hood fly open in the interstate?? Mine just happened yesturday and man did I almost $hit on my pants The Cowl is not that bad of a shape but hopefully it can be salvegable; my windshield on the other got really bad. IRONIC:The guy whom I bought the hood from never has any hood pins and his car consistently did 11's in the quarter mile
MORAL: Put hood pins on your fiber glass hoods. (I'm problably the only dumbass that has not put any hood pins!)

 

[SaleenGT2001]

i dont run hood pins on my car. i think they look like crap, but i will be getting them when my hood is repainted for safety reasons.

 

[bigcat]

why did it open? was it not latched? or did the latch rip the structure from the hood? we need more details!!

 

[02bluegtstang]

probably wasnt closed right...ive had cf hoods on my other cars and never had hood pins...never had any problems...

 

[ADRENLN]

no, this has happend to others with aftermarket hood. ive had hood pins for 2 years waiting install. i wont say i dont like the look. its ok but i like the way it looks without them better.

hopefully a look that will grow on me. now you are scareing me into putting them one.

 

[mklovell]

Strap it down!

Do what I did. Got my cervini hood painted and installed and stressed the whole time after putting it on since I had to realign the latch. I finally went to Lowes and bought the heaviest shielded cable that I could find that would wrap around the hood latch and strung it through the frame below. I held the cable together with miniature U-bolts and a screwable lock link.

It's a pain in the butt to hook and unhook and still have it latch on the hood. But I can tell you that the peace of mind is worth it.

I don't like the look of the exterior hood latches so this is an alternative.

 

[bigcat]

Do what I did. Got my cervini hood painted and installed and stressed the whole time after putting it on since I had to realign the latch. I finally went to Lowes and bought the heaviest shielded cable that I could find that would wrap around the hood latch and strung it through the frame below. I held the cable together with miniature U-bolts and a screwable lock link.

It's a pain in the butt to hook and unhook and still have it latch on the hood. But I can tell you that the peace of mind is worth it.

I don't like the look of the exterior hood latches so this is an alternative.

pics?

 

[02LaserRed2V]

i dont run hood pins on my car. i think they look like crap, but i will be getting them when my hood is repainted for safety reasons.

What kind of hood do you have? I think that would go with my bumper quite well.

I HATE hood pins as well. In fact, I absolutely refuse to put any on my car.

 

[mklovell]

Hood pic

Too late tonight to get and post pics but I have the Cervini Stalker (or Ram Air type 2) hood.

 

[007]

I'm another one who thinks hood pins look completely crap.

 

[fiveofanatic]

It happens with factory SN-95 hoods, not just aftermarket. I've had mine pop getting onto the freeway, & a friend has his pop during a FFW True Street cruise. The safety latches saved both of us from any damage, but it's scary as hell when it happens.

 

[StangGT96]

Well I've had the cowl induction for over a year and never had a concern with it opening when I'm driving it. The wind was pretty strong that day but I still dont know what happened. I checked the latch but still I have no clue.

 

[mrvax]

It happens with factory SN-95 hoods, not just aftermarket. I've had mine pop getting onto the freeway, & a friend has his pop during a FFW True Street cruise. The safety latches saved both of us from any damage, but it's scary as hell when it happens.

Curt is right. I've had this happen also. The stock hood latch and catch really suck.

 

[Crzyhrse]

My cowl hood flew open on the interstate doing 70 when I had my '93 GT. The piece of crap hood latch broke. After that, I would never get an aftermarket hood without using hood pins. My latch did'nt break until over 1 year later after I got the hood, so don't think if it does'nt fly open right after you buy it that it will never happen.

 

[Dan_Soprano]

Ha, I had the hood fly open on my 86 escort when I was a teenager YEARS ago!!! It scared the living crap out of me!! I don't know how I didn't wreak!!

 

[DropTopPony]

I've had my Cobra R hood on since 99 and it latches tight and never pops up...i drop it from about 2 feet up to make sure it closes. I think alot of people who have this happen just don't close the hood hard enough.

 

[Stangsgrl]

Don't know how much this helps, but I screwed those little black rubber stoppers to where they're higher (like 2-3 turns not much to where the hood looks like it's not even) and it keeps it tighter on the latch and the hood can't move at all once it's latched.
I really don't want hoodpins so the guy with the inside latch secure thingy share more info & pics

Here for reference, not easy to see though:

 

[fiveofanatic]

I've had my Cobra R hood on since 99 and it latches tight and never pops up...i drop it from about 2 feet up to make sure it closes. I think alot of people who have this happen just don't close the hood hard enough.

After I shut my hood, I grab the front edge & lift the nose of the car with it to make sure it's latched. It's not user error, it's an issue that's happened to enough SN-95 owners to be a design flaw.

 

[BlackenedSVT]

Hood pins look facking BAD-ASS!!! Hell I have some on my stock hood I'll post some pics later

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

Hood pins look facking BAD-ASS!!! Hell I have some on my stock hood I'll post some pics later

:Word:
the GT-H im driving this weekend has em and they are teh