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Old 03-02-05, 05:08 PM
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The Latest Projects: Body Work, Hood Pins, Battery Cutout, New battery.

Project 1: My buddy and I fixed his CF Vis hood that he smashed when he forgot to put in his hood pins. For all those wondering. A CF hood will fly up at approximately 50mph.



Project 2: Install a battery cutout on my car. Bought it from PepBoys for $16.



Project 3: Rerouted BC hose through firewall nicely with rubber grommet. Right above the throttle cable.



Project 4: Install Hood Pins. I thought maybe it was dumb to do this on a stock hood but when I hit about 130mph the sides flutter more than I really like. So I stuck these locking hood pins on.



Project 5: Replace my dead Odyssey PC 545 battery. This battery just didnt do it for me. I went in search of a beefier alternative. I came across an Energizer Motorcycle/ATV/Watercraft battery. Pepboys PN YTX20L-BS for $83. This combined with my cutout switch should solve the problem of me jump starting my car all the time.



Will post other photos of each project soon.
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Old 03-02-05, 05:16 PM
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Old 03-02-05, 05:27 PM
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nice work
Old 03-02-05, 05:27 PM
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Looks great, the hood fits very very well from what i can see. What kind of hoodpins are those? Do they work with a key like they look they do?
Old 03-02-05, 05:31 PM
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Yes, they have a key similar to coke machines.
Old 03-02-05, 05:33 PM
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The cutout is quite nice. Comes with a key that you can remove. I was thinking of doing it inside right next to the battery but then I thought how much it would suck to pop the hood, unlock the pins, lift the hood, disconnect, close the hood, lock the hood....
So I just routed it inside.

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Old 03-02-05, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by c00lduke
Looks great, the hood fits very very well from what i can see. What kind of hoodpins are those? Do they work with a key like they look they do?
Yes, it actually comes with 4 keys...I bought the pins about 2 years ago and just decided to put them on. They were about $20 or something like this. Cant remember.
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Originally Posted by c00lduke
Looks great, the hood fits very very well from what i can see. What kind of hoodpins are those? Do they work with a key like they look they do?
The VIS hood is actually pretty damn awesome. Fitment is great. I think my buddy had the body shop trip a little around the Rotary Extreme lights. But other than that it fits and looks fantastic.
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Hood pins on a stock hood!
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