GT-4 Hood Latch Options

[presure2]

hey all...for all of you that have done the hood latch mod to your stock hood latch for the GT-4 front end, or are planning to, here's a pic of an actual LHD GT-4 Hood Latch.
notice that its LHD and not the normal JDM RHD. this routes the cable the correct way for us, no muss no fuss. hehe
the cost is right about $100, which is expensive, BUT if your like me, (no friends with welding equip., and not the greatest fabricator..lol) its well worth it.
with my luck, i'd try to extend my latch, it would break and i'd crash...not what i have in mind!!
anyway, on to the pic!!

if you want or need one of these, talk to mike@topshelfracing.com (qatar11)
he's the man.
later
manny

[lagos]

the problem with the stock latch is that the catch is too short. so, when you pop your hood, the catch stops it right away and there is not enough room for you to put your hand in there and pop it up.

there are a few ways around this....

at 1st i attached a pipe to the hood realease that extends down to the lower grills. this way all i had to do is pop the hood and push up on the bar. it worked well for a few months. later i found a friend who could weld and i had him extend the catch on a stock latch (bought an extra one to work on for 10$). now the hood pops open the way that it should.

the only reason that someone had their hood fly up on them is because he poped his hood on a stock latch and forgot that the hood was poped. so when he was driving, all that was holding the hood down was the catch. when that slipped off, the hood flew up.