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Oh dude, around here (Detroit), they absolutely hate anything that isn't part of the Big Three.
I think one reason they attack Japanese cars is because it's embarrasing for them when they
get beat by one.

Anything Japanese is called a "rice burner" around here.

I see 30 bumper stickers a day that say, "Out Of A Job Yet? Keep Buying Foreign"..
That's no exaggeration. At least 30.

I named my car Spitrod because people hate her...and because she's actually been
spit on around here before.

Nice, eh?

I think there's a limit to "personal taste" and just something terrible...there's plenty of examples of that, like the Contour in the first post, or that crappy bondo-bodied Civic pic that was going around.

Personally though, I think proper paint makes a big difference. There's a giant gap between trying to make something rusty look nice, than putting something nice on an already nice vehicle.

u know wat i hate...ppl who mount razors on teh rear of there perfectly good car...it just is weird...haha just playin


i think if ppl think it looks good it shouldnt matter...just one more laugh

Its amazing how much changes by crossing the border. I'm only like 3 hours away from Detroit and its a completely different environment up here. Thanks kind of scary though, nobody should feel the need to dis/hock on another person's ride just because they won't work for as little as Mexican Workers and because they don't produce economically viable vehicles.

if I had a hood scoop for my stock 5SFE I don't think I'd be laughing at other "fraudulent street racers"

Cool air is your friend, Hurley. It's not meant to look "modded".. It cost all of $30. To tell you
the truth, I was actually looking for a clothes dryer wall vent to spray primer black and toss
over my intake..but you can't find the aluminum ones around here anymore. When I throw
a huge sticker on my car that says, "TURBO", you can Pistol Whip me.


Yeah, taskbot, Michigan UAW workers don't seem to have a clue. They don't realize that in
Ohio and Kentucky, All the Japanese Auto Plants are UAW..so is it unpatriotic to drive a
Ford or Chevy there? It's nuts. My old CRX used to get kicked way back in the day. They
never seem to stop blaming other people for their mediocre everything..

cool air?
for what exactly?
this thread is failboat city.

cool air for the engine manny,it would help ur engine run better..a high up mod like urself should know that

on a stock 5s???
spare me.

ohh wait, lemme guess....
you got a ubercool +25whp super fantastic cold air intake, attached to the scoop, right?

why no just reroute the a/c vents, cant get colder than that!!


cold air, by the time it heats the engine bay, its not cold anymore. Just as hot as the bay!

and what exactly are the hood pins for?

They where used on race cars that had flimsy and lightweight hoods that would break opening and closing if you tried to attach them normally. They actually are the attaching points. They added convenience when working on the race car because you just lifted the whole hood and set it aside.

WTF?! I'd have to regulate on a mo'fo


I had a rusted peice of junk, and i liked it that way


Yeah, Me too. Stupid ricey raver bastards Always picking up all the chicks

I wish i was atleast

There is no reason to NOT have a turbo sticker, if you ARE turbo'd. If you n/a, with a turbo sticker, then you're a poser



BEST MANNY COMMENT EVER!!

I liked the ubercool part... i'm going to be saying that for weeks...

But he's deff right. On a n/a 5sfe, hood scooped cold air is going to account for maybe .00001 HP. lol. Maybe .002 if you've got your super auto turbo plastic fan device attached oh wait, no... Ubercool plastic fan device

ROFL @ ubercool

actually hood pins are important but most people get them for looks

they can be usefull with carbon fiber hoods where the latch area can become weak, if it becomes weak the hood flies open or if in a front end crash a carbon fiber hood doesnt crumple like a normal alum. hood does....imagine getting your head cut off by your hood.


hood pins help keep the hood in place.

btw this thread=fail

This post has been edited by fastgt: Sep 22, 2008 - 10:51 AM

this is true.

Carbon fiber is not strong enough to withstand the crash, It's not strong enough to go thru the glass and the windshield arms, and quite frankly, Unless you've got a really good solid filled in hood (witch would defeat the weight reduction; and none are built solid that way) I don think it'd even be able to withstand the strength of your neck

You're right about hood pins though, They are designed for CF, FG, or KVLR hoods, And designed to keep them down. Most of these weight reduced hoods do not even have the ability to use the standard latch. They'll rely strictly on hood pins.

Bottome line, Hoodpins keep your hood pinned down.

CF hood won't go through the windshield
they shatter into a million pieces....

maybe i should of added a smiley ...i was joking about the cf hood going throught the windshield....my cf hood on my celica went to pieces in my accident

lol, it's okay. I though you were being serious there for a second... lol. It's okay to fail on the fail-thread.

I am aware of what hood pins are used for, I was questioning his use of the hood pins on a stock hood. Is the hood latch broken? If so why not just get a new one from the dealer for like $25? That's probably about what it cost for the hood pins anyway, right?