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Are bonnet pins necessary for my fibreglass bonnet or not?
Bonnet seems pretty flimsy on the sides while only being held down in the middle by the latch. Anyone actually had bad experiences without them?
They look stupid. But if it's dangerous not to have them , then I may aswell

See here;

http://ftoaustralia.com/v3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25680

lawl.

Not necessary ... But a good idea...

I had my f/g bonnet fly up on my Evo when doing 110 down the motor way ... It was not fun ...

I think Taz had a bonnet fly up on him as well ...

I have not had a problem with my FTO which is c/f and f/g, and have had it for a few years now... But I run the risk ...

Shhtuart wrote:See here;

http://ftoaustralia.com/v3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25680

lawl.

Yeah, only a problem if it's 80km/h in a backstreet.


I never had a problem with our Carbon bonnet, but it's better to have the pins there.
I have lost a bonnet due to improper latching, but that was purely my stupidity, no fault of the bonnet itself.

And I still say that was either installation fault, or not closed properly ...

With my Evo, I know I popped the bonnet before I left... But only to let a bit of air in, as the vents in it were getting too hot, and had previously started to melt.. (right above turbo manifold)... I think I left the bonnet just resting on the safety latch ... And when the wind got under it, it blew up ...

Basically what happened to Taz... But rather than blaming the bonnet, I blamed myself, as I could not remember fully closing it before take off...


As I said though (and touch wood), the bonnet has been on my FTO for around 4 years ... And no issues as yet..

I do have flush bonnet pins to install, but have not got around to it as yet...

I have a fiberglass bonnet on mine. I use the AeroCatch bonnet catches;
http://www.aerocatch.com/

They can be a pain in the butt to install though.

But mine sit flat on the bonnet, legal and very secure, they also have a lockable option on a model

rock_it wrote:With my Evo, I know I popped the bonnet before I left... I think I left the bonnet just resting on the safety latch ... And when the wind got under it, it blew up ...

Same.

kiz wrote:I have a fiberglass bonnet on mine. I use the AeroCatch bonnet catches;
http://www.aerocatch.com/

legal

So....

Pins aren't legal, even on an OEM bonnet?

News to me.

Astron_Boy wrote:

kiz wrote:I have a fiberglass bonnet on mine. I use the AeroCatch bonnet catches;
http://www.aerocatch.com/

legal

So....

Pins aren't legal, even on an OEM bonnet?

News to me.

Protruding pins are illegal

kiz wrote:I have a fiberglass bonnet on mine. I use the AeroCatch bonnet catches;
http://www.aerocatch.com/

They can be a pain in the butt to install though.

But mine sit flat on the bonnet, legal and very secure, they also have a lockable option on a model

I have the lockable ones...

rock_it wrote:I have the lockable ones...

Same here

kiz wrote:

Astron_Boy wrote:

kiz wrote:I have a fiberglass bonnet on mine. I use the AeroCatch bonnet catches;
http://www.aerocatch.com/

legal

So....

Pins aren't legal, even on an OEM bonnet?

News to me.

Protruding pins are illegal

Ahh!
Of-course.

Mine came up one click when i was going down a bumpy road fast. lucky i saw it.

Think i may have to sort that out as well.

destinationtoby wrote:They look stupid.

I think they look good...plus it's advertising for fg/cf, embrace it

I think I'll install bonnet pins then.

Edit: I think I'll try install bonnet pins tomorrow and fuckiit up drilling multiple holes in my bonnet and end returning to the stock one.......

Will just one pin do ?? it was a lot harder then what I thought, just to install a f**king pin. cbf doin the other side

It looks like a blue nipple... (.)(.)

rock_it wrote:It looks like a blue nipple... ( . Y . )

fixed

Chebus wrote:

rock_it wrote:It looks like a blue nipple... ( . Y . )

fixed

Or that ... lol ..