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    carbon fiber question

    Ok so i finally got my carbon fiber hood in today got it installed and everything, and i notice that when you push it in the center it flexes like its really thin. Now i've never had this kind of hood before and was wondering if it was normal. By the way its am OEM style seibon hood. And of course pics will be coming soon.
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    Yea Its Normal Carbon Fiber Is Made To Flex.plus Its Seibon You Know Its Nice.good Choice


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      #3
      exact hood i got! great quality. once u get ur 30 post, come threw to the Nor. Cal section in Regionals.
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        #4
        yeah since it has no metal reinforcement in the skeleton structure, it'll flex and flop around on the highway too lol. My VIS does that kinda at 70+ mph, but the latch is solid so i don't feel weary about it flying up and hitting my windshield.

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          #5
          Carbon fiber is flexible, unless it is reinforced by honeycomb, which your hood is not. It is OK for it to flex.

          Also, if it WERE to fly up, it would shatter.
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            #6
            Originally posted by dragonman3102 View Post
            Ok so i finally got my carbon fiber hood in today got it installed and everything, and i notice that when you push it in the center it flexes like its really thin. Now i've never had this kind of hood before and was wondering if it was normal. By the way its am OEM style seibon hood. And of course pics will be coming soon.
            Hey were u the guy I bumped into like at 2-3am in the morning at the Vacaville QuickStop gas station?

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              #7
              Ok good i was worried about it. Also is anybody using hood pins?
              And no i dont think that it was me that you bumped into, but are you talking about the place right off of the Davis St. exit from I 80?

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                #8
                im using hood pins.
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                  #9
                  I am using hoodpins and the latch.

                  Am I a ricer?
                  probably.

                  But is it going to fly up and be destroyed?
                  probably not.
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                    #10
                    yea i got hood pins and latch. holes where already drilled for hood pins when i got the hood so might as well use them right

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                      Originally posted by chessboxer View Post
                      I am using hoodpins and the latch.

                      Am I a ricer?
                      probably.

                      But is it going to fly up and be destroyed?
                      probably not.
                      function over form.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by chessboxer View Post
                        I am using hoodpins and the latch.

                        Am I a ricer?
                        probably.

                        But is it going to fly up and be destroyed?
                        probably not.
                        I used to only run hoodpins. No latch.
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                          #13
                          heres some nice hood pins. im getting myself a set. my friend has them and they look nice.


                          http://www.importprecision.com/aeroc...pins/index.htm

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                            #14
                            heres the pins i am using
                            http://www.sparcousa.com/ptuning_acc.asp?id=297

                            Please, Leave me some feeedback on my ride ^CLICK ^CLICK ^CLICK
                            Originally posted by deevergote.
                            But Honda guys know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING! If you don't believe that, then you're just wrong...

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                              #15
                              no pins for me... the latch is enough to hold it on. been up to 180km with no issues... i don't like hood pins but it is a good idea if your worried, im not

                              the flex is normal, as a percaution i never slam it shut, i place it down and push down to close it.

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