Wow, VIS hoods are strong... unfortunately, my windshield is smashed in...

damn sorry to hear that man but at least taking the positive approach about it

Wow, VIS hoods are strong... unfortunately, my windshield is smashed in...

Well, in a rush to finish testing out the eManage settings for my new 550cc injectors, I didn't notice that my friend didn't close my hood all the way (he must have been distracted when he closed it). We had had a hecktic day and I had just finished tossing stuff back into my car since I had to rip out all the interior panels to access the ECU because of a bad ground. Long story short, I was in the car the entire time, so I never noticed the hood wasn't all the way shut until I was making my final test run settings. The hood flipped open and smashed the windshield. The raised vent made two dents in the roof of the car. The hood otherwise was fine except for 4 cracks where it hit the car.




At least I have my injectors in and working as well as the intercooler mounted (still waiting on couplers from Samco). It looks bad ass.

At least you have started putting the puxxle pieces together on the car

so sorry man . my invader came open on me But the good thing was I wasnt going to fast.

yo man im glad youre taking it well i would have been devastated, good luck on that turbo project tho, btw are you still auto?

just move to a state that doesn't require front license plates lol

that sucks about ur windshield - good that the hood survived though.

Still auto and staying that way. It'll be nice to not loose boost between shifts. As for the hood... my friend over compensated for my anal retentiveness and didn't close it all the way, figuring I would want to put the carbon fiber engine cover back on. The only problem was that he then left and didn't say anything to me about it.

he wimped out

r u keeping the license plate there in the center? im tryin to figure out wut to do wit my plate when i do turbo this fall, i dun want it to be in the way of the intercooler but i also dont want to put it on the dash cuz i'll get a ticket.

I dunno what I'm going to do. I have it raised up more than normal using custom fabricated brackets (e.g. bent aluminum with holes and bolts). I may try to raise it higher. I would remove it, but I don't want to risk getting a ticket as well.

Yea Derrick move here to DE this way I am not alone. LOL

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well the thing is sooner or later your tranny will slip

I have a high stall TC, a tranny cooler installed, and a shift kit meant to handle turbo power sitting in my closet.

What rims do you have on in your sig? I looked on your site, but they're still Slipstreams. but those look like Racing Hart C5s

They're Excel's.

hoodpins my friend

he's got them now after i pestered him for awhile...

it's already on order, from what i remember him telling me yesterday...though VIS is taking an eternity, by Derrick's reconing, to get it to him.

So will you be getting a new hood? I saw you asking in another thread about cost because yours kissed your windshield. And if you do, how much?

Hood pins wouldn't have made a difference since it wasn't closed at all and I couldn't tell it wasn't closed since I was sitting in the car.

derrick, it always seems to me that the weirdest bad shit happens to your car. nothing really goes bad with your mods, but it's always little things that get you.

vamps, time for a blessing on ur ride, as i recall, u've encountered quite a few accidents already, hope all is good bro...

damn that sucks dood, well at least the turbo is in and what not PSHHH! :d

Actually, I'm still waiting on silicone connectors from Samco. Now in week 11. Ug.

So will you be selling your cf hood that is cracked? If so, how much do you want for it?

If the bodyshop/insurance company lets me keep it, I already have someone local that was interested.