Bonnet pins


Boyle

Boyle

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Hi guys

I have just bought a light weight bonnet made from FRP and I see that some people run them with bonnet pin and some don't. I would rather not due to it looking much cleaner but for safety reasons they might be required.
Are the required??
Any experience or thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks
 
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Boyle said:
Hi guys

I have just bought a light weight bonnet made from FRP and I see that some people run them with bonnet pin and some don't. I would rather not due to it looking much cleaner but for safety reasons they might be required.
Are the required??
Any experience or thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks
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Personally I run the oem catch and pins. When I didn't have the pins fitted you could see the air getting under and trying to lift the bonnet on the corners. I wouldn't run a light bonnet without pins
 
Iv always ran pins on my carbon bonnets. (Aerocatches)

Especially my shift sports. At the start I didn't want to as it was so expensive but after 1 track day I was scared as the oem latch was barely holding it. I honestly thought it was going to flip up and hit the windscreen as it was flapping about that much. Put Aerocatches on and it was perfect. :nice:
 
Sounds like it would be a lot safer to use them then.
I'm going to paint my new bonnet but would you paint the catches white to match it leave them black?
 
Boyle said:
Sounds like it would be a lot safer to use them then.
I'm going to paint my new bonnet but would you paint the catches white to match it leave them black?
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If you want it to look subtle then I would paint the catches same colour as the car.
 
Iv not used any catches, didn't won't to drill into my carbonfibre,
I mounted my window washers under my bonnet.
I also used the rubber strip at front of the oem bonnet
On my carbon bonnet and that helped with the bonnet flapping.
But it still flaps a little,
 
Boyle said:
I have bought a shift sports. It is so light. You can pick it up with one finger
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Best bonnet mate :nice: I absolutely loved mine, insanely light but I would recommend using bonnet pins with it as with it weighing like 5kg or something silly it does lift pretty badly
 
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