Sorry to dig up an old thread. I have a few questions regarding the Seibon OEM CF hood. First, does anyone know of anyone who has tested the speed at which this hood is able to withstand before experiencing a failure of the hood latch? I do track my car and regularly see speeds over 100+ mph. I have just recently installed this CF hood and CF rear deck lid, but have held back and not exceeded 75 mph on the highway to avoid a catastrophic failure.
@Tonkabob you mentioned this hood doesn't appear to move at speeds up to 130 mph. Are you speaking from experience?
Also, I recently received a set of locking Quik Latch QL-38 low profile hood pins in the mail and plan on installing these with the hood. As far as placement goes for the pins, has anyone tried the lower bolt locations of the strut braces? Those bolt locations seem to be ideal for the hood pins with this particular hood to allow the ease of drilling into the lower and upper portions of the CF hood. The pins would also sit low enough to allow for easy removing/reinstallation of the front bumper. After removing the 5 push pins around the hood latch, the black shroud can be easily lifted over the pins to remove the front bumper since the hood pins have to be mounted so low. There is enough flex in that shroud to lift up and over the pins. Does anyone see a potential problem mounting the pins in those bolt locations? These latches are rated to 500 lbs of force per latch and should provide enough holding strength in that mounted location to prevent the hood from flying open from the wind resistance met on the front end of the car or going through the shark nose.
I am welcome to any further explanation as to why this may not be the best location for the hood pins to be mounted or if hood pins are even needed with this hood. I am playing it safe right now with speed since this is a new hood until I have a chance to get the hood pins installed or until someone tells me that I don't really have anything to worry about.
