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Flush fit bonnet pins
MAT ED30:
great job by Mat at VWR :laugh: he was covered in dust :signLOL:
NeilM:
Nice one RR, the black on red matches the fog vents well. :happy2:
The VW Cup cars have them on the rear as well. I suppose they could save some weight without the rear locking mechanism.
I would have paid to see Mat covered in dust :wink:
RedRobin:
^^^^
Re catches on the tailgate, I think it's probably because of regulations - An on-track nudge might easily release an oem tailgate lock. On a track dedicated car you wouldn't need the security of a lock. I've kept my bonnet lock fitted to prevent anyone opening my bonnet uninvited from outside as mine is primarily a road car. I have now decided not to fit a removable half-cage - Too tricky to take in and out.
Saw your car at VWR: Looking extremely purposeful - Very solid cage. :notworthy:
I wish I had taken pics of Matt covered in carbon dust now.
tony_danza:
Look lovely those, Robin :happy2:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: tony_danza on July 26, 2010, 02:36:19 pm ---
Look lovely those, Robin :happy2:
--- End quote ---
....Cheers. Mike :happy2:
Although primarily functional (though I will admit to thinking they look quite cool), being black on red I felt their position and orientation needed some consideration. Mat @ VWR was very keen to fit the anchor posts in a metal part of the slam panel, so, like Neil's, we decided to fit on the 'wings' of the bonnet. I then decided to angle them so their centre axis joined the frontal meeting points (as pic):
My GTI in particular has a lot of '\ /' shapes in its styling and so the hard-wired designer part of my brain kicked in. It may have looked more subtle to colour code them red but I was too amused to forego the fake carbon catches on painted real carbon bonnet opportunity.
I noticed recently that one of the new cars (high performance Renault?) has plain black AeroCatches on an unpainted carbon bonnet ex factory.
There's something strangely satisfying about click-clacking them to open and close the bonnet. They should be opened before the oem central catch is released so there are no stresses. It means going back to the car cabin but so what. You certainly know that your bonnet has been securely anchored. They are also available with key locks but I thought this would get too tedious.
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