Looking at painting my car and adding a carbon fiber hood from VIS (OEM style, of course), and was wondering what kind of hoodpins/hoodlocks are the most....stealth. I want them to actually function, but I don't want them to be like huge fargin' eyesores.

Pics would kickass, along with retailers.

Thanks,
Corey

these are pretty small...and they lock...available at importfan.com

I know you can find them alot cheaper if you look around...this is jus the first place i thought of.

http://www.importfan.com/product.asp?3=2679

I have yet to install mine.....I hate the fact I gotta hit my hood with a drill.

I need support here...I mean I never drive my car anyhow...:-P

Would anyone suggest bringing it to a body shop and having them do it??
I'm scared!!!

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a body shop could do it no prob...hell...me and a friend did mine no prob at all...Take your time drilling...start out small...slowly increase teh bit size, etc...

painted black ones

why they don't sell gunmetal or black chrome hoodpins instead of those chrome blue or red ones is beyond me...

or even better - carbon fiber hoodpins

-marc

all those colored hood pins fade like whoa over time. CF pins would be a major PIA to make and they would prolly cost around $200 for a set.

I have those exact same hood pins. I got them off ebay, dont remember how much. They work pretty good. Not as strong as I wanted but they keep the hood from rattling.

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Originally posted by Pushin420a
I have yet to install mine.....I hate the fact I gotta hit my hood with a drill. I need support here...I mean I never drive my car anyhow...:-P Would anyone suggest bringing it to a body shop and having them do it?? I'm scared!!!

2007 wrx

sup dude....heres the pics i promised ya....sorry for the poor quality....should do the trick tho.....good luck bro! BRIAN




















btw- those are sparco pins...w/ a vis Vvader hood...i love everything about them!!! vis is the only way to go!

i still wanna see what it'd look like if you paint your pins black..

i'd try it but i'm still quite a ways off from buying a CF hood

-marc