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by **Paladin06Greg** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:41 pm

Well the weather was forecast as mostly sunny, temp in the low to mid 60's so I thought I'd drive the old Solara to work. About ten miles from the house my damn CF hood blew open and slammed into the windshield. Scared the crap out of me and the wife at 5:05 in the morning. Well I nursed her home, rope holding the hood on, windshield shattered and we took the other car to work. My first damage to the Solara.

Man I'm not a happy camper right now.

by **Ruski** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:44 pm

Damn dude that sucks.. At least you two are ok

by **solaraN8** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:47 pm

wtf is up with the silver solaras curse coming back again.. sorry to hear about your car.. no hood pins ??

by **onefiend** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:54 pm

that sux man, it's good you and the wife are okay. are you goin through insurance for the repair?

post some pics.

by **lilm** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:44 pm

whew....glad everyone is ok

by **Akfahad** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:51 pm

you've had a while now too Greg. I never heard of you ever having a problem...probably a fluk...sorry to hear tho.

by **PhreakdOut** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:03 pm

Sorry to hear that! I'm glad you didn't go off road with it and you're both OK.

First damage? Didn't you have a major engine meltdown before you moved to AZ? (Sorry to bring up bad memories) My point is, in comparison this is pretty minor. Does insurance cover any of this? I believe you hit a major bump in the road, right? :wink:

by **iinokturnolii** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:45 pm

hood pins fuct up on yall... that sux... but glad the two of you guys are OK.

by **Mcthings** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:30 pm

How does something like this happen?

by **MCOjerry** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:53 pm

Mcthings wrote:How does something like this happen?

I ditto this question...

Glad you are OK!

by **Paladin06Greg** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:13 pm

I sure wish I knew. I had hood pins and I've never had a problem with the hood latching or the pins locking.

In the shop on Wednesday. I think I'll have a little additional custom paint done while it's getting fixed.

Thanks for the support.

by **SleeperSolara** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:27 pm

Sorry to hear about that Greg.
That sucks.
Glad you and your wife are ok.
Can't wait to see what custom paint job you will get now.

by **Astro** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:42 am

Glad you and the wifee are ok.

by **Yanks0114** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:57 pm

Sorry to hear about that.

Did you have the stock pneumatic hood lifters?

Some have reported that they are too strong for a CF hood.

by **Paladin06Greg** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:31 am

Thanks.

No I did not have the OEM hood lifters they are way to stiff for CF hood.

Yanks0114 wrote:Sorry to hear about that.

Did you have the stock pneumatic hood lifters?

Some have reported that they are too strong for a CF hood.

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