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We use composite hoods and hood latches on many racecars. You don't even need the rivits to make the system worked (as you explained). But, rivits don't last that long in fiberglass as the hole is not as strong as metal and starts to fray. The 1/2" hole combined with two small holes for rivits weakens the overall area under the hood pin "pad". Over time the rivit holes and hood pin holes can get bigger and yes eventually tear through. This can be compounded by poor quality hoods.

Quite often people's opinions and perspective is biased from what they have bought or done to their cars, they will also justify and defend their actions and occasionally lose perspective of reality. My whole point is that for a dd car, its not necessary. Sure you can do it but I'm bringing up both sides of the story from doing this and seeing how hood pins on hoods start to degrade over time and use.

Its up to the reader to decide if the looks, functionality, and drawbacks are worth it.

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<blockquote data-quote="stuntman" data-source="post: 1051759" data-attributes="member: 16531">We use composite hoods and hood latches on many racecars. You don&#039;t even need the rivits to make the system worked (as you explained). But, rivits don&#039;t last that long in fiberglass as the hole is not as strong as metal and starts to fray. The 1/2&quot; hole combined with two small holes for rivits weakens the overall area under the hood pin &quot;pad&quot;. Over time the rivit holes and hood pin holes can get bigger and yes eventually tear through. This can be compounded by poor quality hoods.Quite often people&#039;s opinions and perspective is biased from what they have bought or done to their cars, they will also justify and defend their actions and occasionally lose perspective of reality. My whole point is that for a dd car, its not necessary. Sure you can do it but I&#039;m bringing up both sides of the story from doing this and seeing how hood pins on hoods start to degrade over time and use.Its up to the reader to decide if the looks, functionality, and drawbacks are worth it.0.02</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stuntman, post: 1051759, member: 16531"] We use composite hoods and hood latches on many racecars. You don't even need the rivits to make the system worked (as you explained). But, rivits don't last that long in fiberglass as the hole is not as strong as metal and starts to fray. The 1/2" hole combined with two small holes for rivits weakens the overall area under the hood pin "pad". Over time the rivit holes and hood pin holes can get bigger and yes eventually tear through. This can be compounded by poor quality hoods. Quite often people's opinions and perspective is biased from what they have bought or done to their cars, they will also justify and defend their actions and occasionally lose perspective of reality. My whole point is that for a dd car, its not necessary. Sure you can do it but I'm bringing up both sides of the story from doing this and seeing how hood pins on hoods start to degrade over time and use. Its up to the reader to decide if the looks, functionality, and drawbacks are worth it. 0.02 [/QUOTE]

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