Put some high density foam over the pin so when you close the hood it will crush the foam and keep the hood from vibrating. Also make sure the hood pis have a nice wide grommet to go through. The wide grommet will spread out the pressure more evenly and help protect from cracks. You can also have the shop epoxy a piece of aluminum under the hood where the pins go through so it will better distribute the stress to the hood lessening the chances of cracks.

If the hood was suppose to ship with the latch already in and it didn't and they won't take it back I'd demand more then just the free hood pins.

not you, the company that made the hood.

im guessing that the hood latch is laid on the hood and then more fiberglass and resin is laid overtop of that so the latch is basically "one with the hood", its not welded or bolted on or anything.

I second that motion!!!

Called both Extreme Dimentions, and Andy's Auto Sport and they are telling me that I cannot get a discount on the hood or anything because the hood pins "fix" the problem.

So basically I've learned that I shall never purchase anything from Extreme Dimensions, and I wasn't really expecting Andy's autosport to give me a discount considering they are just the people who give the order to extreme dimenions. So if I were you guys stay away from Extreme Dimentions products.

The reason for not supplying me with a new latch is because the latches are seperate from the fiberglass, they are bolt on and they are manufactured overseas and they cannot get me the latch or equivlant latch for the WS6 Hood.

So I totally got ripped off, I could have them send me a new hood but then I would have to charge for labor and paint fees again and not to mention the chance of not having a latch considering the guy @ extreme dimensions told me that all the hoods they had in stock had no latches. They have not put any warning on there site which sickens me to see that someone else will run into the same issue.

Why did'nt the bodyshop notice the lack of any latch while testfitting and painting? you could use an epoxy to attach the latch but I would add hood pins to be safe,I have had a hood fly up on me it was a tricky situation it did'nt fly off it just flattened back virtually blinding me I managed stop but it was a tad scary!

I'm not exactly sure why they didn't notice a lack of a latch, they were more focused on getting it painted and then onto the car. I even had the body shop contact them and they said the same exact thing to me and are shipping out the free hood pins. It's better then nothing and I suppose when I get some money i can get some blue locking ones to match my theme.

I just hope no one goes about ordering a WS6 hood from Extreme Dimensions.

you have to check stuff when you get it. I know that hindsight is 20/20, but this could have been avoided. I would be disappointed that the bodyshop overlooked this, also.

Lessons learned, though.

I had the hood shipped to the body shop, They painted it by the time I got to see it and noticed the latch was gone. Basically it coulda atleasted been returned but as you say avoided..I dont think so. Atleast if I was to get a new hood it couldn't of been avoided, if I were to keep it stock, yes.

I have learned from this though dont get me wrong. Im regretting the aftermarket hood now, but I suppose I may not when I actually get to drive my car and check it out first hand.

do u have any pics?

cant they bond the metal latch to the bottom of the hood with some resin and fiberglass sheets. when i was in highschool thats how we bonded the mounts for the control surfaces on an aircraft wing we built for aviation science class.

I'll get some pics, maybe I should try taking to a diffrent shop to see what they can do?

cause if they do it right and spread out the stress well that would work. fiberglass is very strong when used correctly and that might work but im no expert.

you would need a few sheets of fiberglass and that would add thickness, your hood might not latch properly. go with the hood pins, they are tried and true.

Hood pins it is anyways for the time being. If any issues arise with them I will get a latch made.

Aren't the stock latches bolted onto the hood? I remember palsut was able to unbolt the latch and add spacers to his hood.

Nope, welded.