RE-Mamamia

iTrader: (6)

The latch on my Feed hood broke and I want to look for ways to secure the hood properly without the use of hood pins. any ideas?

Archie

iTrader: (-1)

You could fab up some tabs with latches that mimic the stock latch; just reinforce them and use them where you would hood pins.

Smitter

i take it this is the shine hood that has that ghetto style latch?

RE-Mamamia

iTrader: (6)

^^^ yup!

sevensix

iTrader: (1)

whats wrong with shine latches anyone have a picture

Smitter

when i got there feed hood i must say i was disapointed in the overall quality of the hood, especially the latch. its just a matter of time before it breaks i think. its made of a peice of all thread bolt. it looks really ghetto. i'll get a pic and post it up here.

Archie

iTrader: (-1)

Please post pics, I'm *highly* considering the whole FEED kit from them.

sevensix

iTrader: (1)

whats wrong with the hood quailty besides the latch? ive heard the material is thin.

GOTBANNED?

Seibon FTW

Smitter

here are the pics of the latch. it might be hard to see but u can notice that its splits from being bent (at the corners)
the latch is attached to the hood with some epoxy or something, this is probably where the latch broke on the op

Smitter

the hood is fairly thin making it a tad on the flimsy side (really evident when the hood is hot from running the car), not a real big deal. the underside of the hood has the supporting structure cut out to allow for more clearance and so that it does not block the vents. but this also looks a little ghetto aswell leaving rough cuts and big gaps between the top layer and structural piece of the hood. this could be filled with some fibre glass or body fill aswell, again not a real big deal. overall fitment of the hood is fairly good, gaps along the fenders and front are fairly even, but maybe a tad larger then stock. the hood however does sit high at the back corners close to the windshield. i shimmed the hood a bit here to make it fit better. the hardware to mount the hood are SAE sized and come with a standard nut without a flange (unlike oem) not a big deal. the latch is definetly my biggest beef with it.

the hood does serve is purpose but if you are building a show car its probably not the quality u are looking for.

fendamonky

iTrader: (6)

I have read that the reason for the back being raised is that the FEED front quarterpanels are also raised, so when you have the FEED hood on with the front end it will match up.

I've read complaints about latch quality on numerous other types of after market hoods. I think the problem comes in that you can't weld the latch to the CF hood the same way you can weld it to the stock aluminum one. I don't think this problem is isolated to Shine/FEED products =P


If it's that much of an aggravant why not go Dr. Frankenstein on your stock hood, cut out the front bit (which is mirrored by the CF hood, yes?) and affix that to the underside of the hood... by attaching it at many different points you will distribute the weight/force and make the aluminum MUCH less likely to pull away from the CF. That way you'll have the front end stability of the stock hood, but the light weight and cooling perks of the vented one.

MyRedFD

iTrader: (1)

That looks pretty shoddy, using a threaded bolt like that. They could have at least ground the threads off and welded the pieces together better. Or they could have done it right and got an aluminum rod, bent it to the right shape, riveted it to the hood, and then lay the CF over it.

burtoncr

I assume its cause you dont like the look. Have you checked out Aerocatch
http://www.aerocatch.com/

subtle and paintable

Sarusanj

iTrader: (9)

Aren't those on backwards?

Tom93R1

iTrader: (2)

I have the nrg hood pins, they have a carbon laminate disk with a small lock on top. Not as clean as no pins but they blend in better than anything else I have found.

A google images search of "nrg hood pin" came up with this, a little small but it gets the point across.

KaiFD3S

iTrader: (37)

I just purchased the Aerocatch hoodpins since I completely removed the hood latch mechanism, this will be my hood lock from now on.

I bought the NRG hood pin like yours Tom but the pins itself is not made of steel mine broke, so I bought the Aerocatch ones, I do like the NRG better since it blends better.

I may just buy a small sheet of CF sticker and just stick it on top of the Aerocatch so it blends in like the NRG ones.

RE-Mamamia

iTrader: (6)

I don't have a stock hood but if i remember correctly, the stock latch is welded to the stock hood so if i purchase the latch and riveted into the fiberglass hood, it should hold right?

KaiFD3S

iTrader: (37)

It should hold, but maybe over time opening and closing the hood may loosen the rivets, I know that hood locks are ugly but that is the price you have to pay when using an aftermarket hood, you have to remember that CF or FG hoods are not really made for looking good and sturdiness, they are made to lighten up the vehicle hence why they dont make it so thick...

MyRedFD

iTrader: (1)

If you use rivets, make it up so you can use two on each end and that they are strong. As KaiFD3S said, it should hold, just not sure for how long. But since the CF and FG hoods are so light I would worry about flexing and eventual cracking around the rivets even if the hood is vented. Pins might be the only way to avoid this.

purerx7

iTrader: (61)

You guys have to remember that you are buying a $600 hood, you cant expect the best when his prices are so low compared to the original hood thats in excess of $1500. You want quality, then pay the premium for it and dont bitch, your getting a great piece for the money. I dont own a shine hood but i do have some of their products on my car and i feel that they are very misrepresented as a company in this thread. Their products fit great and required very little body-work to fit on my car. I have a seibon cf hood and love it, fits great, but i wouldnt say the latch is too much better then what I see above, although it is cleaner looking.

I would love to find away to secure it better without hood pins, as once you get above 70mph the hood starts to flutter.

FASTorBUST

iTrader: (5)

I had a seibon on my WRX.

It cracked AND the latch broke.

Go figure.

Smitter

i dont believe i or anyone else is bitching about anything here. all we are doing is critiquing a product that is available for our cars. just because it is cheap and readily available doesnt mean we have to love it and only say good things about Shine Auto. They are subject to critism just like any other vendor that provides a service or product. If i could have viewed this hood in person before i purchased it i might have passed on it just because of the latch, i as a consumer have that right, aswell as having the right to tell others about the product. aftermarket quality is never gonna meet the standards of oem, that is the bottom line.

The OP's latch is broken due to the poor quality, mine is likely to follow. That is info that should be shared with this community before they make a decision of which hood they want to purchase. Shine auto definetly could have spend a few extra bucks engineering a better latch and charge it out accordingly. Nobody would "Bitch" about that.

gracer7-rx7

iTrader: (16)

Is anyone seeing their stock hoods moving slightly up and down at highway speeds? I've been noticing it lately on mine but everything seems tight.

Been thinking about getting hood pins if I can't figure out what it may be.

RE-Mamamia

iTrader: (6)

The Feed hood is nice except for the latch. It sucks. There's nothing around that...just suck. I don't think anybody misrepresented on anything other than the fact that the Feed hood latch is crappily made. Regardless of the cost of hood, this should be made much stronger. If the idea is that it's a must to use hoodpins, why even make these crappy latchs.

anyway, this is why the forum is really dumb sometimes...let's get back on topic!

If i can source the stock latch from Ray, I'll try riveting it and see how it goes. I had pins on my other hoods before and I am just tired of it...hopefully this would work.