To drive or not drive without a hood... - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

chaoskaze · 07-13-2014, 11:56 AM

Find your friend & treat him pizza then go pick up hood together!

......I wouldn't drive hoodless & why burrow when u can just ask ur friend to go pick up with you? Unless you have no friend.....then......

R.S-HawK · 07-13-2014, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by shiumai

does the stock hood fit in the car to take it home? i think that's his whole point of doing this - or get a vehicle large enough to pick up the new hood and bring it home to swap.

Probably not, and it sounds like he doesn't actually want to get a pickup.

dnieves · 07-13-2014, 12:09 PM

I think a cop will stop you, if you get any road debris lodged in your engine compartment it's not going to be cheap to fix. What if it rains? I suppose the idea is not having to lug a second hood home. I'd sooner borrow a truck or strap it to the roof of somebody's Hyundai or KIA instead.

HeadBanger · 07-13-2014, 12:14 PM

You guys sound like a bunch whiny aunts.

Nothing has ever fallen out of the sky and hit my hood.

When it rains there's still water that can splash up into the engine bay. I can't see water coming into contact with the engine causing problems unless you're running some crazy ITB set up

kodyo · 07-13-2014, 12:54 PM

My guess is there are no laws that prevent someone from going hoodless. It's a bad idea long term because debris will fall into the bay while parked and people might screw with your engine, but I've never had anything happen while driving that would cause any damage.

Bring rope and tape in case you can't get it to fit right away so you can still hold it in place if you need to.

Reaper · 07-13-2014, 01:04 PM

lack of hood pins is a viable concern for 100 miles on the freeway.

xITSxTHExPOPEx · 07-13-2014, 01:25 PM

I spent a few days driving my old monte carlo back and forth to work with no hood and no problems with the police. Just be sure to stay far behind traffic to avoid having anything thrown at the expensive bits. Hell it rained one of the days I did that and I just threw some plastics bags over the fuse boxes and coil packs and didnt have any issues lol.

xITSxTHExPOPEx · 07-13-2014, 01:26 PM

Plus these cars are still pretty new, I'm sure lots of people are curious as to whats under the hood, give em a show lol.

Fish · 07-13-2014, 01:27 PM

Pretty sure that it's illegal to go hoodless. Probably because of pedestrian safety requirements. I remember also hearing that the air scoops/intakes cannot be higher than 4" of the hood surface or something like that.

Dake · 07-18-2014, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kodyo

My guess is there are no laws that prevent someone from going hoodless. It's a bad idea long term because debris will fall into the bay while parked and people might screw with your engine, but I've never had anything happen while driving that would cause any damage.

Bring rope and tape in case you can't get it to fit right away so you can still hold it in place if you need to.

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Originally Posted by Fish

Pretty sure that it's illegal to go hoodless. Probably because of pedestrian safety requirements. I remember also hearing that the air scoops/intakes cannot be higher than 4" of the hood surface or something like that.

It's different by State. Some states it's illegal to drive with missing body panels, other States don't care. And of course even if you're in a State that doesn't have a law on the books, it doesn't mean you won't get a cop who feels like harassing you.

But either way, it's probably less than a fifty percent chance anything bad will happen.

Takumi788 · 07-18-2014, 10:55 AM

Do it. I used to all the time with my S13 (because i'm a ricer and i had to work on it all the time anyway.)

Just dont leave the car too long...One person gave a quick yank to my boost controller at a car meet once. Luckly there were plenty of zip ties holding it to the car. lol

stevemp5 · 07-18-2014, 10:58 AM

Do it and take a rolling shot picture!

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dnieves Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: FR-S 10 Series Location: NY Posts: 1,062 Thanks: 615 Thanked 347 Times in 251 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I think a cop will stop you, if you get any road debris lodged in your engine compartment it's not going to be cheap to fix. What if it rains? I suppose the idea is not having to lug a second hood home. I'd sooner borrow a truck or strap it to the roof of somebody's Hyundai or KIA instead.

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kodyo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Los Angeles Posts: 686 Thanks: 597 Thanked 256 Times in 173 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My guess is there are no laws that prevent someone from going hoodless. It's a bad idea long term because debris will fall into the bay while parked and people might screw with your engine, but I've never had anything happen while driving that would cause any damage. Bring rope and tape in case you can't get it to fit right away so you can still hold it in place if you need to.

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