Installing hood pins on a CF hood

[deevergote]

Fixed your title for you.

I've had a CF hood with no pins in the past. It was made by Fiber Images, and had a latch ring that was thicker than stock (which required some modification of the latch.) It was very secure, though. However, pins will never hurt.

Also, since the mention of the trunk is the reason I clicked... I had a CF trunk where the manufacturer created the mounting holes in the wrong location. Since the skeleton was fiberglass, metal inserts were needed for those threads... and adding them to the proper location was a daunting task for someone with my limited experience. I initially sought to use pins, but I couldn't find a good way to do it without creating something for them to mount to. I thought about getting a good trunk brace from ESP, and then fabbing some trunk mounts to that... but I ended up just selling/trading the trunk to a friend for a Phantom Grip and some cash. To my knowledge, he has yet to install the trunk on any of his many CB7s either.

[af_1132]

drummersteve7, I can't see your pictures, bummer. Man, that's a long installation time, though, and I would hate to have to weld in reinforcements if there was another alternative.

deevergote, THANK YOU. That was a pretty embarrassing error that I could not get rid of. So, I REALLY have to make sure everything's measured right for a proper fit, it seems, or it's just not worth the weight reduction. To really get a worthwhile amount of weight reduction back there, it looks as though removing the hinges and using pins is the way to go. That is, if you want to fabricate some mounts. It seems like it's not worth the $500 I was going to spend. Before I decide, though, I will call Carbon Creations and have them explain their design and their mounting recommendations.