# Q: hood pins only? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260 "2006-04-18T13:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the.k.w.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@the.k.w.c](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/the.k.w.c)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/1 "2006-04-18T13:40:08Z")
all right i bought a seibon carbon fiber hood double rear vents for about 800$ a couple months ago the problem is my hood latch is rasied all it can go but i still have to push down really hard to get it to latch… the hood is under a lot of stress were the latch is so the mother fucker cracked it happend in the winted when the hood got cold so today i tryed to see if i could bore the latch holes bigger and move the latch up more but i cant cause the bolts are welded to the other side so i thought y not take the latch right off for now but what im worred about is will the hood fly off with just with the hood pins or do i need the latch the vents do let out alot of air that would push the hood up so what do u guys think im going to try it out down the high way in like 20 min to see if it pulls up ---
**Author:** ![canadianskyline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@canadianskyline](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/canadianskyline)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/2 "2006-04-18T14:59:35Z")
Hood pins are better than the hood latch. That hood wont be going anywhere!!! ---
**Author:** ![Spec-Sentra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spec-sentra/32/5812_2.png) [@Spec-Sentra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spec-Sentra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/3 "2006-04-18T15:03:36Z")
How about adding a third pin front and center. Race cars don’t use latches. 2 properly adjusted hood pins should work, 3 is safer and may hide the crack. Trevor. ---
**Author:** ![DoubleDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@DoubleDown](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoubleDown)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/4 "2006-04-18T15:05:05Z")
Yeah hood pins will do the trick, and you don’t need to use the latch. Punctuation is also awesome. 😉 - Mike ---
**Author:** ![jdms13rhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jdms13rhd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdms13rhd)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/5 "2006-04-18T17:34:00Z")
I run pins in my red convertible. I drilled out the latch so I guess I needed them. Also a must for a C/F hood as I have herd from peoples un latching and smashing shit! ---
**Author:** ![the.k.w.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@the.k.w.c](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/the.k.w.c)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/6 "2006-04-19T00:55:25Z")
7what about people trying to open the hood and mess with shit or steal shit do u guys think its safe or what ?..+ iwas think ing using air craft wire and looping it through the hoods latch and locking it to a bracket with a pad lock or something ---
**Author:** ![Spec-Sentra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spec-sentra/32/5812_2.png) [@Spec-Sentra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spec-Sentra)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/q-hood-pins-only/142260/7 "2006-04-19T15:51:37Z")
I used a pair of small padlocks on my 510. They were both keyed the same, I never had a problem. Trevor.