carbon fiber hood Options

[TSiwrx]

My talon has a nice VIS c/f hood. it needs hoodpins though. i have the hoodpins but im not sure how to install them. im assuming you drill holes in the hood, but is c/f easy to drill? also im not sure how to mount the pins to the chassis. sorry i sound like an idiot, im really not. i just play one on tv.

[KOU In3]

I'd install the hood pins first or at least place/locate them. Find out exactly where they are hitting the hood. Mark and measure a couple times to be certain. Couldn't hurt to tape the top and bottom surfaces of the hood where you are drilling to help avoid splintering.

Drill a small pilot hole through the exact middle of where your pins will protrude through the hood. A side benefit of this is it lets you set the hood down onto the pin to make sure you are centered. If it's slightly off, you can redrill the pilot hole and both holes will be drilled out when you switch to the larger bit to make the full size hole.

On my hood pins, there is a metal plate on the hood side that covers the edges of the holes anyways so tiny imperfections will be covered up.

I'm pretty sure Eric Wort on here has a lot more experience with cutting into fiberglass and carbon fiber than I do though so hopefully he'll chime in for you.