Whats up guys.Just got my CF hood in today for my '97. Wanna know what the best hood pins are and how all different hood pins look on the Max. So...POST SOME PICS!

 

CF Hood (big pic.. didn't want to post it)

I'd rather have the other style hoodpins, but the pop rivets that come with them are beyond my intelligence to get working .. and the guy who had the hood before me had already drilled holes into this one for this type of hoodpin. I'm planning on getting one new hopefully in the spring and installing it correctly and getting better pins / windshield washers somehow..

 

Without hood pins. Too scary on the highway to see my hood dance.




With hood pins. Morso aluminum hood pins. Chrome plated steel ones tend to rust after the chrome chips off. Aluminum ones aren't as bling bling but they won't rust.

 

I like those moroso aluminum pins.How much those run you?

Bump anyone else? anyone like the locking ones?

 

love that pebble beige bro

 

pebble beige?...looks like a sterling mist to me

 

pics on home page

 

You can get morso hood pins from Summit Racing. They are like $10 I think.

 

I'm thinking of going the same route because since I bought my car (used), the hood had been somewhat bent (photos below). I tried to adjust the hood thru the hood latch to bring it down more to eliminate the gaps. But when I do that, the hood wouldn't open properly.

If I do go CF, that means I have to add more CF accentuation on the exterior of the car which I'm not too excited about because real CF is pricey. Is there maybe a fiberglass hood that I can get? I'm just not sure if paint matching will be a PITA.

 

The locking pins will not work with the shape of our hood.

Heres mine...

I have Moroso sliding pins.

 

Looks great!

 

yah that IS sterling silver, where did pebble beige come from?

 

^Haha dont know TJMAX.

FLAVOR- How easy are those to unlatch/latch? And yeah locking ones work,my buddy has a set on his '95.

 

What types of hoods are people using?

 

Their not too bad, the same as any others.

Your refering to these locking type right?


Id REALLY like to see how he got the locking ones to work. Myself and others have tried. They require the mounting surface to be perfeclty flat and lined up with each other.Our hoods have a downward slope which throws the setup at an angle.
The way they work is a T type of locking system. If the T post isnt able to fit in the cutout exacty it wont lock.

 

Yeah those are the ones i'm talking about. I dont know how he did it,but he did. I'll see if I can take some pictures.

 

ehh.. I was talking about this type..



but those locking ones look even better... if they would fit

 

I have the same type on my car made by Sparco and it's anodized blue.

 

I already hate taking off the hair pins to pop the hood. I would kill myself if I have to deal with the locking type.

 

anyone got a cf hood with a max my color?

 

 

anyone got a cf hood with a max my color?

 

sparco hood pins

 

Are you ever going to paint your lip or are you going for the the black them?

 

I think i'm goin to paint it black...I dunno yet. I'm waiting to get the rest of the kit so I can paint everything at the same time, including my bumpers.

 

Thats a pretty nice color scheme.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/maxima98vspec

I remember when I first posted pics of my CF lip,boy did I get flammed on for having a two toned car.
Seems to be getting more and more common now though.

 

Very sharp car!

 

Yeah that he look I'm going for. Your car is awesome too. There's only a couple of colors that go togheter well IMO.

 

to ask the stupid question... how did you secure them?.. the push-pin crap things that come with them didn't hold them onto mine, and I didn't want to cut away enough frame underneath to get nuts on a bolt to hold them in... so I dunno...

I would think the locking type would be easier.. the hair pin ones (mine at least) are a pain in the *** because you have to be careful not to scratch them across the hood when taking them out.. locking ones at least would just pop off with a key of some sort..

 

is there anyone who has a colored CF hood.

to use an example, i saw a dark blue rsx which had a dark blue and black CF weave patern and it was hot as hell, may sound ricey but i liked it alot. i would like to get a dark green and black weave to go with my black emerald paint. anyone can custom make it, i mean its just he waeve, it doesnt require anymore special work does it?

 

I wanted to do that. They basically spray it with a pearl clearcoat. But I don't think there is a silver pearl color that can match the Sterling mist. I seen red pearl, blue pearl...etc.

 

Buying the Moroso aluminum pins i think....how hard is it drilling a hole for them 1MAX2NV?

 

No, they use a colored kevlar.
Ive been seeing more and more colored carbon options being made available.
Im sure, its going to cost more for a colored item,but I agree it woud look sweet!
Here is a site that offers colored options and they do ake a hood for maxima's....
http://www.carbonefx.com/search.htm

 

Nice!!! Thanks for the link, I just dropped them an email.

 

thats exactly what im talkin bout, it seems like CF hoods are getting to be common thing. id like to step it up a notch and get a colored CF one just to stand out a lil. i emailed them also askin if i can get a black and green weave and how much.



something like this but a dark green and black combo. this blue one is nice for those who have that neptune blue color

 

He guys,if you read their site, they dont do online orders. I asked Steve with SWA to contact them tosee if he can become a dealer for them.

 

The scratch plate is big enough so you don't have to be perfect. Anyway, the hole on the underneath part needs to be oval shape. The hole on the CF will need to be a tad bigger than the hole on the scratch plate. I used a Dremel with a sanding drum for the fiberglass part and unibit for the CF layer part. Dremeling fiberglass is like hot knife on butter. You might want to put some masking tape to prevent the gel coat on the CF gel layer chipping before you drill into it from the top. You could drill the CF gel layer from the bottom but you will chip the gel coat on the CF for sure. Even if you do that, the scratch plate will cover it as long as the chip is not a huge one.

 

thanks...I'll post pics once it's done

 

When I get a CF hood I plan on getting key locking pins. That way I can get rid of the OEM latch and cable to save weight and clean things up.

 

well looks like i wont need that green and black CF hood since i bought one off ebay....$300 shipped! spur of the moment lol.

ill still post the feedback i get about pricing for the colored CF hoods when they respond to my email.