GT4 hood, stock latch Options

[Goonter]

ok i got the hood i won from ebay in today and mounted it on the ST. anywho i thought that the hood would close even if the safety hook wasnt long enough. but i guess i thought wrong? the hindge thing falls short about 1/2 - 1 cm >.> is this how it is for everyone too or can you close yours even without the GT4 hood latch?

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[lagos]

no it's OEM.. the hood is really light and it doesnt seem to have the weight to close itself. do i have to like slam it or something for it to close? cause the safety hook hits it when i try to close it.. maybe pushes it back up?

You need to extend the hook on your stock latch, or buy the gt4 one. Be very careful with how you drive the car with the unmodified latch, as those hoods have flown up during driving on a lot of people on here without properly being closed (happened to me!).
Once you fix the latch it will close correctly, but you will still have a gap between your stock bumper and the hood because the gt4 bumper comes up higher to flow flush with the hood.