~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

basically this del sol i bought had the coresupport/rebar lined up to the old hood which was smashed in.. my guesstimate is that it will take 400 bucks for a shop to fix it up so that the hood can latch shut.. then theres the mother ------- latching mechanism itself and the hood cable which were fucked.. so right now my choices are cough up the money and fix all this little random ---- which will take alot more time and money..

or spend >50 bucks on a set of locking hood pins and remove the latch/bracket off the hood and it will align up and close perfectly..



bah...

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

We had a hood that wouldn't latch due to a front end issue.

Few beats of the hammer later, the latch lined up and worked.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

this is beyond fucked up tho.. the kid who sold me the car had someone cut and reweld a coresupport/rebar off of another del sol.. the entire ------- thing is cut too short.. so it will take more than frame work to fix it.. i dont think it can be stretched that far via frame machine without breaking the entire thing off...

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

hood pins ftmfw

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

do the hood pins man these cars are so old now who cares how they look

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Yeah they are just cheap pieces of ----.

I love the "I detail my 94 Civic beater every weekend" kid.

I would just go with the pins. From what you say it won't even look fucked from the outside anyway.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

if the core support is that out, how the hell does the bumper, headlight line up

we pulled mine so the hood would latch and looks 100% better than it did but the bumer/ headlight on the drivers side has about a half inch of gap-dont notice it unless you fixed it/ look really hard

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...5h41zrcg8q223y

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...6zehxkhsimac26

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...oog1nc7rk0pod5

the core support isnt out.. its in.. for me to fix it i could try to pull it with a frame machine which would ---- it up or i can cut it add some extensions and reweld it.. which would be a pain in the ass.. not to mention that it would put my car outta service for a couple days.. something i cant afford to do.. ----

right now its a little off but if i completly remove the latching mechanism from the car.. and the little metal latchy thingy on the hood.. it will sit flush or be just a little off.. (nothing that pushing the bumper out with washers cant fix..)

ghetto i know but idk.. the car is growing on me and i dont think i want to sell it anymore.. you wouldnt even be able to tell the difference from the outside of the car anyways..

now to find some stockish looking or discreet hoodpins.. lol

what do you people think?
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

i need to go and take some measurements.. find out where to mount these fuckers..

or some regular hood pins..
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

who here thinks i should paint the hood black? lol

right now its pearl white and looks like ---- at night.. cant really tell during the day.. and the whole carbon fiber look is kinda cool.. plus it will hide the hood pins well when the hood is black?

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

dude that ---- is so fixale i got alot wose ---- to close hammar and drill out holes and slide ---- around and make it fit O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 or hood pins

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

btw for those who dont know.. i picked up this 93 del sol for 1000 bucks.. was in a car accident and it was ------ rigged back together.. changed tie rods/axels/brakes/calipers/rotors/spindles and the upper control arm on the passenger side.. so far i beileve i have 1500 into it.. lol..

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

I wrecked my eg hatch pretty good back in 2000. got everything lined up as much as I could, hood would latch. The only thing that sucked was drilling through my cf hood for the pins.

hood pins ftw. I would get locking ones if this is a dd.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

hood pics are 9 bucks shipped on ebay, not 50 lol

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

i was saying worst case scenario..

damn look at this baller set.. hahaha
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aeroc...QQcmdZViewItem

9 bucks shipped for non locking yeah but i want to get something locking.. eh...

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

yea pretty sure imma go with the 100 dollar latching locking hood pin set.. unless i change my mind by next paycheck :8

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

I had a set or Sparco hood pins I chunked in the garbage. Just a little to late.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

that doesnt look too jacked- id rock the hood pins if the latch is the only thing that is keeping the hood from being flush

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I have that set but non locking on my cf hood.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8140/img5717vy8.jpg
yeah, i'm a ricer ;D

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

Buk just buy a set of the cheap 9 bucks hood pins and lock it with a set of 99cents pad lock LOL thats what some local guy did here lol

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LOL, i would seriously would lol if i saw that rolling around the streets

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I was searching for the pics on line and foudn this lol :
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Padlock.jpg

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

LOL!!!!

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

cheaper


cheapest

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

damn thats hot.. haha im sold on those.. will pick em up asap.. but locking kind because i live in detroit.. lulz..


i had a latch lock on my s10 ;D

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

damn you make me want an IS even more. I've been rocking an automatic IS300 for the last week and I LOVE it! I seriously want one [but in 5spd]. Problem is I could get an S2000 for cheaper. I'm in a pickle.

oh and I might buy some of those hoodpins but locking cause my car is a target.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 :1 :1 :1 :1 :1 :S :S :S :S :y :y :y :y :y fa sho cuz dog ----

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

DO ITT!! I wish i bought a 5 speed. It al boils down to what kind of car you really want, a sporty convertible or a fat 4 door. I have this thing for 4 doors though ;D. I also could have got an s2k for cheaper but decided on this thing.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TODAY.m238.lVI

I just bought these ones, cheapest locking ones I could find. The previous owner was a tard, and instead of reinstalling the latch assembly after repainting the car, he elected to drill 2 holes in his new c/f hood. And he installed the shittiest set of hood pins you can find, that are now rusting. So I have a car that anyone could walk up to and walk away with the engine at any time. Sweeeet.

Re: ~400 dollars in frame work vs hood pins?
 

i say all flat black and ---- it throw in hood pins, if you boost it and people say ----
then your boosted and can kick their asses in the car