Guess who just folded his perfect aluminum hood over his FD3. YUP me. Just got my car running 1 week ago after 2 frigin years. Single Turbo, custom intercooler and radiator ECT, ECT, ETC. I don't even want to think about how many hours I have in this project. WTF did I do with my brain.

I had my car in the air doing a basic visual inspection, finished, put it on the ground and low and behold I get a phone call. Long call from a good friend. GO back to my car fire it up and head to another friends house to watch Monster garage. At about 40 mph my hood folds over my roof. I FORGOT TO LOCK MY LOCKING HOOD PINS. You know the kind, the ones that make it difficult for anybody to get under the hood without a key. Well it helps to use a key to LOCK IT DOWN. Oh and by the way, I don't have a center support cross member anymore because I cut it out to make room for a fresh air intake I will be making. " SO NO SECONDARY SAFETY CATCH." Just wake me up. This dream sucks.

Well I had to vent some steam. FCK I even got a nose bleed. That never happened to me before ever when I have been really pissed off.

Anybody have a hood for sale?

 

Dayam...

My condolences...that's happened quite a few times with friends of mine who have purchased aftermarket hood pins.

One even had his smash his window in during a drag run....almost suicided himself.

I'd have to wear a ribbon around my finger everyday if I got hood pins.

G'luck with the hood...maybe you can get a nice CF with vents for a good price.

Just look at it as a reason to upgrade.

 

heh, been there and done that too
A good reason to hinge the hood from the front.
Maybe have to wire up a pressure switch or and idiot light somehow to the hood pins. There was a hood for sale here somewhere in the last day or so though, might still be able to grab it.

Frank

 

Sux bro. You have my simpathy.

 

I feel better now. I had a couple of beers. I set massages to everyone in the 3rd. parts section who listed hoods for sale. Hopefully I will get a return message.

If anyone knows of a Straight Stock hood for sale e-mail me at rehanson61@yahoo.com. I am going to call my insurance agent tomorrow and see if it will be worthwhile for me to place a claim to help to cover my costs. Thanks for everyone's support. I have to go to bed now. I must be a light weight

 

holy crap...

is your windsheild/roof ok?

 

i had similar problems once. but my pins were stolen while car was parked. i knew they were gone though b/c when i came out my hood was up.
i had to use my shoelaces to hold hood down to get home. now i use small master locks for "pins" as the only thing holding my hood shut is the pins. no more stock lock.

 

Well, there was the day I took off on my motorcycle like a bat out of hell - with the padlock still on the front disk -
but that's another story!

I now have a string that attaches to the padlock and wraps aroung the front brake lever. (I hate doing face
plants on asphalt)

 

OMG! That is funny as hell, great visual!
Really though, that probably sucked for you.

Frank

 

I actually got thrown off so hard I hit the ground rolling. The only thing besides the bike that was bruised was my ego. My buddies were all watching me at the time, and they laughed so hard I thought they were going to **** their pants. Me too, it was hysterical!

Unitil I started buying replacement parts..