modifying hood latch for gt4 hood, Is there a how to somewhere I can't find? Options

[97lestyousay]

I would like to get a LHD gt4 but like the oem riserblocks
I want, it takes months to get. I am going to purchase another
stock latch and modify it for now. Any pics / help would be
great.

[808celica]

wait i'm confused. you have to mod what on the hood?? what doesnt catch and what does?????

[celicaST]

wait i'm confused. you have to mod what on the hood?? what doesnt catch and what does?????

the maing latch catches, the safety hook is very tight. normally when you pop the hood from inside the car, the hood pops up and you put your fingers in to disengage the safety latch. without extending the hook with the gt4 hood, its so tight the hood wont pop up. have several options. best is to extend the safety hook and youre set. or you can do it like azian and only use the main latch. that would work but i like the reassurance of the safety hook. i use my saftey hook but i havnt extended it. to open my hood i first "pop" the hood, and then to disengage the safety latch i remove my center grill to reach the lever (i also need to press down on my hood slightly). not the best, but it just shows that if need be you can use the gt4 hood without doing anything to the latch.

on a side note, if you only have the hood without the gt4 bumper, the gap with the oem bumper lets you get your finger in to disengage the safety latch.