i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that dude is actually a chick with a name like danielle (dan-yell) [8D]

and yeah, they're what? $20 why not be safe and get them?

 

yo i have a seibon carbon fiber hood. its the evo style one. hood pins are a pain in the *** and theres really no point unless ur gonna go insane fast. i didnt get them and i think it looks better without them. if u wanna see some pictures i can send u some or something

'03 civic

 

they're not intended for "cool looks" or convenience, and you don't have to go "insanely fast" to require them. It's all about the quality of the latch mechanism. Bum quality....get pins

 

I know two people who lost their hoods (one had a fiberglass one, the other carbon fiber) at highway speeds.

 

Sired91 had his OE hood fly loose on him and damage the hell outta his roof line on his crx...... I'd say better safe than sorry. You can get stardard units, locking units and the more flush "areocatch" units (come in stadard or locking):

 

I dont know what the argument here is about. Get the damn pins whats the big deal. They look good on the aftermarket hood and its more safe, whats the problem? pay $30 for the damn pins. Dont come crying to HCF when your hood pops up and smashes your windshield and then flys over your car and hits the person behind you and ruins their car and then you wont even have a hood. So thats what...like $3000 in damage against $30? whats the problem

 

If your hood totally flies of yourvehicle you better have just rolled that damn car. as for the hood pins personal prefrance. As you will find out everybody has a horror story for every product ever made. personally I think hood pins look like crap on a street car.So just choose whatever is going to make you happy!

 

I am definitly not a fan of hood pins. But as I think someone metioned they do make a nearly flush cam lock kinda deal I that looks cool.

 

Those ones in that picture werent too bad really. I hate hood pins buy those flush ones werent too bad.

 

The flush ones looked good.