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*pdiggitydogg* · 08-21-2005, 04:00 PM

This morning I decided it was a good day to wash, clay, and wax my car...since I havent done it at all the whole summer (rained a lot!)
Anyway, after the wax I notice that my hood has since warped into the shape it should, since the last time I adjusted my hood pins, so I started to adjust them to take up the slack.
I did the driver's pin just fine, but when I got to the passenger's stud the nuts were stuck so well w/ red threadlock I couldnt even budge it. These were stainless pins and I ended up bending the top of the stud rather than breaking the nut loose...
Pissed, I dug out the dremel and cut the top of the stud and pulled the whole thing out.
I didnt feel safe with just one pin so I called around and the only local pins were APC, 10miles away. ....I bought them and replaced the only stud.
Dear god...what A Piece of Crap! I bought the "polished" pins because I was not interested in blue. These are super, super light (too much so) and I feel only moderately safer than I did before. The "polish" seems to actually be flaking off and I had to bend the rad support to get the stud to fit into the slot of the top mount.
I have already started looking for good prices on momo or sparco stainless pins..... When I buy a set I'll be selling these for $5, because thats all they should cost in the first place (not $16)

Moral of the story...no red threadlocker on hood pins...

*AzCivic* · 08-21-2005, 04:12 PM

thanks for the heads up

IALuder · 08-21-2005, 06:12 PM

lol, i could have told you not to choose those.

*pdiggitydogg* · 08-21-2005, 06:19 PM

Yeah, its obvious, I know. But I needed a pin today, and it was the only option. I totally would have felt just as safe (maybe safer) with a ziptie...

ebpda9 · 08-21-2005, 09:57 PM

that sucks. i know the sparcos and momos are overpriced.

CD5Passion · 08-22-2005, 12:31 AM

lol poor poor guy

08-21-2005, 04:00 PM	#1
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	My first A Piece of Crap This morning I decided it was a good day to wash, clay, and wax my car...since I havent done it at all the whole summer (rained a lot!) Anyway, after the wax I notice that my hood has since warped into the shape it should, since the last time I adjusted my hood pins, so I started to adjust them to take up the slack. I did the driver's pin just fine, but when I got to the passenger's stud the nuts were stuck so well w/ red threadlock I couldnt even budge it. These were stainless pins and I ended up bending the top of the stud rather than breaking the nut loose... Pissed, I dug out the dremel and cut the top of the stud and pulled the whole thing out. I didnt feel safe with just one pin so I called around and the only local pins were APC, 10miles away. ....I bought them and replaced the only stud. Dear god...what A Piece of Crap! I bought the "polished" pins because I was not interested in blue. These are super, super light (too much so) and I feel only moderately safer than I did before. The "polish" seems to actually be flaking off and I had to bend the rad support to get the stud to fit into the slot of the top mount. I have already started looking for good prices on momo or sparco stainless pins..... When I buy a set I'll be selling these for $5, because thats all they should cost in the first place (not $16) Moral of the story...no red threadlocker on hood pins...

08-21-2005, 06:12 PM	#3
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	lol, i could have told you not to choose those. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

08-21-2005, 09:57 PM	#5
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	that sucks. i know the sparcos and momos are overpriced. __________________

08-22-2005, 12:31 AM	#6
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	lol poor poor guy __________________

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08-21-2005, 04:12 PM	#2
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 43 Posts: 3,804	thanks for the heads up

08-21-2005, 06:19 PM	#4
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	Yeah, its obvious, I know. But I needed a pin today, and it was the only option. I totally would have felt just as safe (maybe safer) with a ziptie...