Secondary Bonnet Restraint

[emts]

Hey friends are doing their first track day at winton on the weekend.

but don;t want to cut holes for bonnet pins on their cars, (yes I know bunch of pansy's)

what have other people used to abide by this and not cut any holes?

M

[Mick]

Hey im just guessing here but wouldnt that gaffer tape they use to temorarily fix up smashed panels at the v8 supercars work well, they could just tape up all round the bonnet cos that crap sticks real well, but as i said im just guessing here..

[ferni]

The way i've done it, is get some of that metal cable with plastic coating around it... cut 2 lengths, make 2 loops, thread one on the bonnet and one around the radiator support or something solid, then get like a hook/clasp that you can clip on/off easy..... Should only cost a few dollars to get the stuff to do it and about 5mins...

[dezz]

a piece of chain and 1 of those rock climibing carabeena things i think the sau guys use...

[Belsil80]

i dont know how much i trust the plastic coated wire anymore. i have done it as tight as i can and have forgotten to undo it before opening the bonnet a couple of times and its come undone. i imagine the forces when the bonnet is up 5in at at speed would be more than that. It is the cheapest and its acceptable so just do it...

[emts]

how thick wire are we talking?

we have a bunch of cat5 at work will that suit?

[Mick]

IF you go the stainless steel cable it wont ever break, but is more expensive. I dont know if you can get the stainless steel cable thats plastic coated though ..

[Mick]

please tell me you were joking ..

he wasnt talkin bout electricat wiring ..

Its similar to the stuff you can buy for dog runs ..

looke like closeline wire but thicker ..

Goto bunnings, they have it

[emts]

oh oh speaker wire FTW

yeah cool, know that green coated stuff for the clothes line.

that would work well.

thanks.

[Mick]

i would goto bunnings and ask for the stainless steel cabling though, since you dont need much anyways.

Much much stronger, and get the little U clamps for it too. I think thats what there called.

Edited February 7, 2008 by Mick

[Big Trev]

If this is a standard car with a bonnet release in the car and a release under the bonnet to get the bonnet up, then it has 2 catches.

If you still want a bit more, use a leather belt teethered under to bonnet to the bumper brakets or maybe the under body tow point some how.

[saff_cossie]

I have a climbing clip with the catch in, on a piece of steel wire. The steel wire is screwed into somewhere near the bonnet release utilising a screw already there and the climbing clip loops through the bonnet loop that the standard bonnet release uses. Easy and cheap

Other guys in the club have used their SAU lanyard looped through.