Carbon fiber hood & Hood pins Options

[cheela]

so you guys with carbon fiber hoods or experience with them,
what's your opinion on hood pins?
Are they absolutely necessary? I've heard many horror stories and I've also seen people go without them for years. I don't intend to race/track my celica, just driving around town and the occasional spirited driving. I love the look of a clean hood but don't want to smash my hood and windshield if that's the cost. I also don't want to drill and cut into if not necessary. lemme know what u guys think.
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[Box]

It just depends on the car, but if the latch is properly working and securing the hood you should be fine. There have been plenty of cars with heavy O.E. steel hoods go through the windshield due to owners not caring enough to align and lubricate their hood latches. If you were to use hood pins though I'd go with AeroCatch since they're not glaringly obvious. The old rods sticking out with giant cotter pins only looks good on old muscle cars and even then meh...