Has anybody put hood pins on a 1st gen? If so how and where? Pics if ya got em please.

 

There was a thread about this a while back, like 4 months or so, I think it had pictures in it if I remember right...

 

I searched but got nothin

 

I was wondering the same thing.. I havent been able to find anything on them

 

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=hood+pin

This was the only thread I found... no pics but shows diffrent types of hood pins

 

Why? The hood opens from the back and unless your doing well
over 100 mph sustained on a regular basis the odds of the hood
coming open and causing an obstruction of your view is very very
low.

 

???why???

 

They serve absolutely no point but to cause rust

 

I agree. ^

 

I was just wondering cuz I have a set that was supposed to go on another car but I sold it and I just thought it'd be cool to put em on my 7 plus id really like to get rid of the latch and release.

 

But they're mad JDM yo!

 

Lol not really going for jdm but I would like to shed as much weight as possible without striping my whole interior.

 

IMHO trying to shed weight without stripping the interior is a little pointless
If your going to lighten up then go all the way or don't bother; the gains you'd see would only be worthwhile if you go big, ie no middle ground. But that's just my opinion.

But if you're really set on getting pins, make sure you paint the holes after you drill them to keep them from rusting and get some rubber grommets to go in the holes so the pins don't rub the paint off.

 

Yeah, my whole interior is stripped out, I just need a cage now and some better seats. I'm trying to make my car light as can be, but safe. Everything has gotta go on the inside, no speakers, no carpet, I tried to get as much tar as I can. I need to try freezing it and see if I can get off some more. It looks good in the end though. Another way to lighten up also is no A/C if you're really looking to go light.

 

Dry ice that ****. Easy as 1,2,3.

 

Why would you want to get rid of the latch and release?

IMHO, running a cage on the street is a death wish. Find yourself someone who has a caged car, and sit in it. Look at how close your head is to the bars. Then, smash your head into the cage as hard as you can. Your head was moving at what, 5mph? Now think of your head attempting to dissipate 50x + energy (Kinetic Energy = 1/2*mass*velocity^2) than what you just put into your head by smashing it into the cage bar. Hello caved in skull.

 

um, did I say anything about getting a cage? Just my opinion on weight reduction, tar removal, and hood pins...

 

I think he means me, lol. My RX7 isn't gonna be driven that much. I'm getting an antique license plate for it, which limits me to 2000 miles a year. So if i get a cage, it won't bother me.

 

Hood pins on a Fb look tacky imo.

 

I quoted the wrong person. My bad.

Tacky/redneck/hillbilly/NASCAR-inspired. Don't do it. Do you want to be in the same crowd as the people with old Z24 Luminas or Sunfire/Cavalier/shitty riced out domestic (or riced out anything) owners?

 

Mine aren't the ones that have the stud that protrudes through the hood that you slide the giant hair pin through. Mine are more subtle and they lock. I'll take a pic later.

 

To be honest when I think hood pins 80s camaros and mullets come to mind

 

Pins are for lightweight racing hoods that open in the front or don't have latches at all, to keep them from popping open at high speeds. Makes no sense on our cars.

 

That original thread was mine. I started it because I have a fiberglass hood on my car, and the rear corners did flap around at high speeds. Since that time, I've removed the seal at the rear of the engine compartment and added vents to the hood, which seems to have fixed the problem without having to resort to hood pins. YMMV

 

http://shop.tougefactory.com/aerocat...t/g-56416.aspx

These are hot IMO. They're a PITA to install, in fact I don't think you could even do it on a steel hood (not that you should *cough* *rice* *cough*). But on fiberglass they would def be my first choice.