Hood pins are a decoration they are keeping your hood down.


CF hoods fly up because they are really light and they tend to vibrate more than stockers. That overtime loosens the latch adhession. Next thing you know the latch breaks loose and your hood smashes into your windshield and you're on here writing "God damnit I wish I'd gotten hood pins. You guys were right...bla bl bla"


In other words, get hood pins.


And put on wheels and drop it slightly. And "low profile" tires are for choads. Get a thick enough tire that you don't look like an idiot with a rubber band around your wheels and it saves your wheels from getting road rash the first day you drive them over a bump or pothole.