Safety Pins

[Mazda6smtx]

I'm just curious if you need safety pins for carbon fiber hoods and/or trunks?

I know having them on the hood just makes sense but are they "required" for the either the hood, trunk or both?

Thanks in advance

[RichardC]

I can't say as I've never owned one, but I have heard that they can flap around quite a bit in the wind. I'd hate to see one wrapped around a wind sheild.

[P90Puma]

I'm just curious if you need safety pins for carbon fiber hoods and/or trunks?

I know having them on the hood just makes sense but are they "required" for the either the hood, trunk or both?

Thanks in advance

Not sure if you need them, but I have seen what happens after a carbon hood flips up at 160+, not pretty.

Small price for such insurance, even the really nice aerolatch ones.

[Marsh]

I wouldn't be worried to much for solo. The risk is that composite materials shatter rather than bend. A steel or alluminum hood could take quite a wack and stay closed. A compostie hood could easily have the latch tear away if damaged. Thus the pins are much safter; A - because there is the redundancy of two and B - because they protrude all the way through the hood and don't rely adhesive to keep them secure (loading adhesives in tension is BAD).

But as the man says. It's a small price to pay for that extra insurance.

[speedmerchant]

Probably ok for solo, but your trips on the highway would benefit from some. Depending on your car we have seen quite a bit of flex from carbon fibre hoods at speed. Mind you these have no frame supports (we like them really light...lol). Trunk is probably fine

[Mazda6smtx]

Well I was planning on getting them installed on the hood anyway, but are they "required/a good idea" for the trunk?