HOOD FLEW OPEND as i was cruising down the highway!!

[FrankiE D 9731]

well I went out crusing in the stang today, it all started when i ran out of gas! i was going up a real big hill and it started to putter, had just enough to get her to the side of the road! well anyway i put the hood up too cool her down, my friend stayed behind with my car while i went for gas! i came back and he had the hood down (i din't think anything of it, thought it was closed) so i filled the car and left to the gas station to put more in! finally we left and im crusing about 45 the hood flys up like in tommy boy! i did some pretty nice wreckege its all f u c k e d up i bent the fire wall and everything!

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[Blakthorn]

sorry man

 

[aete2]

I have read this sort of thing happening alot on this site, i have a after market hood too and i am always worried about it, i don't like the look of hood pins so i made some cables that hook to it under the hood (i hope it works if it ever happens) Sorry to hear that man good luck with the repairs!

 

[70lightning]

Yes it seems some type of restraint system is a good investment for after market hoods, this happens too much.

 

[stock 92 gt]

sucks penis man

 

[mjbtv]

Looks like you broke the cowl grill. Need a new one? I have one.

 

[UnderPressureGT]

surprise it doesnt look like it pounded your two panels in, which happened to me.. lucky.. cooda been worse

 

[demon5oh]

Man you got off easy with that one. I done that back in fall and it completely caved in the cowl panel, like to where the top was touching the bottom and busted the corner out of my cowl hood. I'm in the process of fixing it now. Good luck fixing it. later

 

[Thenemesis]

ouch damn dude.. sorry to hear that

 

[sLOWSVT]

I have read this sort of thing happening alot on this site, i have a after market hood too and i am always worried about it, i don't like the look of hood pins so i made some cables that hook to it under the hood (i hope it works if it ever happens) Sorry to hear that man good luck with the repairs!

Got any pics? I hate the look of hood pins, but dont want this to happen.

 

[ram360]

Probably happens to someone here at least once a month. Looks like yours isn't as bad as some I've come across.

 

[UnderPressureGT]

Yepp VERY lucky!! here is mine a week after i got my paintjob.. Took out my windshield, both cowl panels, plastic grille, and both my wipers.. It was too much a hassle to fix, soo it is banged up as best as i could.. you can still tell something happened however..

 

[quiksilver9531]

i never noticed that before on your car, joe

 

[forrealb50]

Yeah, atleast the windsheild didn't break! You lucked out!

 

[BaXTeR3221]

Yea i forgot to put my pins in once last year, drove around on the highway for a long time without em in. Luckily the latch held, but thats a mistake i'll never make again.

 

[Henceforward]

A few questions...

Why does this happen to cowl hoods?
Do the stock latches not work?
Do people remove the stock latches, and rely just on pins?
Is it because of the higher air pressure under the hood, plus the reduced weight?

 

[demon5oh]

Mine doesn't have a latch, just hood pins.

 

[kj2833]

join the club, about two or three years ago i forgot to put the hood pins in my 91lx vert. The top was down and my hood must have went like twenty or thirty feet in the air, it was crazy because i looked up and saw it flying. (about 50mph this happened late at night) there wasnt a single car on the road so nobody saw it or was hit. damaged hood, damaged cowl, and it also busted my windshield it hit so hard.

 

[TT91]

Frankie, I hope your friend is going to help you pay any of the damages. Its completely fixable, It happened to me on 4 different occasions. Good luck

 

[70lightning]

Frankie, I hope your friend is going to help you pay any of the damages. Its completely fixable, It happened to me on 4 different occasions. Good luck

Damn, your car is nice looking did any of those happen recently?