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[BlackCelicaGT94]

So most of you know I sold my 94 GT Faux in October to a guy in Oregon who had a 6gc in the past and I sold it to him becuase he had seen my car a car show 2 years prior and I was glad to let it go to someone who knew about 6gcs. Well I got a comment today on Myspace from him that the hood wasnt latched when he took it out and now the hood is messed up. Im assuming that it flew up. I havent seen pics but Im super sad now. Hes selling it for 2500 I hear but theres no way I can buy it back but jeeze! Have any of you let go a car to only find out that it got hurt? I know its not mine anymore but I cant help but be sad. It was ok for me to 'F' up the car when I had it but to see someone else accidently hurt it makes me sooooo sad and kinda mad but I know I cant be mad at the owner because well its not my car anymore and it was an accident.

[lagos]

Same thing happened to my hood. Its the gt4 curse.
Did you have the correct latch, or was your stock one modified.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

i had the stock one...i never had the issue for the 3.5/4 years i had it. i dont think theres a curse. i think its you make sure its down or you dont.

[block]

yeah. i sold my car to remy. some idiot bumped into it at the mall and it saddens me. i still have much love for the 6th gen celica!!!!

[lagos]

I think the real problem is that when we extend our latch, it can be hard to tell of the hood is open or not, and thats why problems occur. When mine flew up, the hood wasnt shutting right because of a fenderbender i was just in, so i didnt realize it was still popped.

The real gt4 latch makes it more obvious that the hood is popped.

[Rayme]

flew up in my face too

[azian_advanced]

that's why you get rid of the safety latch altogether.. you don't really need it. without it, it's super obvious whether the hood is properly shut or not...

i just hope i don't fall in the same curse..

[95CelicaST]

Kid I sold the Yelli Celi to slid it into a snow bank a couple weeks after he bought it. Then according to another member here he hit a deer with the driver's side of the front bumper.

Even my girlfriend says I shouldn't have sold it... I wish I could buy it back.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

i didn't know you sold the yelli celi.

eek imagine how Coomer feels.

[95CelicaST]

i didn't know you sold the yelli celi.

eek imagine how Coomer feels.

I sold it over 4 months ago... where've you been?

Wish I had the money to buy it back.

[GriffGirl]

unfortunately at this point you probably wouldn't want it back... ya never know though

[RocketScott]

I just saw the yelli celli at the last "meet". There were only like four of us there so it wasn't much of a meet. The car looked fine to me. I think the front license plate was a little loose but that's about it.

Sorry to hear about your car Natalie. Hopefully the new owner will fix it right.

[jason]

i sold my old talon to some guy, 13 miles later he crashed it into a ditch totaling the car, and f'ng up all the turbo goodies

i dont get why people buy an enthusiast's car and then not take care of it...

if i bought any customized car that was nice i would make sure to keep good care of it. if ya dont plan on being a good car owner, save yourself the moeny and buy a pos to beat up.

[joehernandez]

I think the real problem is that when we extend our latch, it can be hard to tell of the hood is open or not, and thats why problems occur. When mine flew up, the hood wasnt shutting right because of a fenderbender i was just in, so i didnt realize it was still popped.

The real gt4 latch makes it more obvious that the hood is popped.

Why do you say that the extended latch is hard to tell if is open or not?
my car is at the bodyshop right now and iam extending the latch once ready,,,
i hope that if i drive under 35 miles nothing happens (while taking it to extend the latch), or it does?

[lagos]

Let me see if I can explain it better....

There are 2 parts of the hood latch. The actual latch that holds it shut, and the hook that grabs it once it pops up a little bit. With the st205 hood the hook is too short. You can fully close the hood, but you wont be able to open it again because the hood doesn't pop high enough to get your hand in there.

To fix it, you can extend the hook, however you have to guess the exact length. Too long, and it wont shut, too short, and it will be hard to open (or to tell if its closed all the way).

You can avoid all that buy just buying the st205 latch. I think its only about 100bucks.

[joehernandez]

scoobydoocruiser sent me a how to on the latch,
the lenght is about 7.5-8 cm,,, will try that for a while and when i can i will get the st205 latch, i drive a lot on the highway and i dont what that to happen.

[808celica]

i sold my old talon to some guy, 13 miles later he crashed it into a ditch totaling the car, and f'ng up all the turbo goodies

i dont get why people buy an enthusiast's car and then not take care of it...

if i bought any customized car that was nice i would make sure to keep good care of it. if ya dont plan on being a good car owner, save yourself the moeny and buy a pos to beat up.

they have that "bought not built" feeling. the blood, sweat, and time that was put in. they dont have that.....those who "built not bought" their stuff have more respect for it.

[netrata]

they have that "bought not built" feeling. the blood, sweat, and time that was put in. they dont have that.....those who "built not bought" their stuff have more respect for it.

Oh boy, I wonder where you got those words from lol.

This post has been edited by netrata: Apr 28, 2008 - 4:46 AM

[Rayme]

scoobydoocruiser sent me a how to on the latch,
the lenght is about 7.5-8 cm,,, will try that for a while and when i can i will get the st205 latch, i drive a lot on the highway and i dont what that to happen.

The stock latch is perfect, it's the safety latch (the one you need to pull with your hand which is also the one that needs to be extended) that is too short.

The latch itself that is poped from inside the car is the same as the st-205 latch. So basicly, if the hood is properly latched on the stock latch, it's the same as if you had the st-205 latch.

The real problem is really that the stock latch's safety latch is too short when used along the gt-four front bumper..is that confusing? lol
When I had my gt-four hood installed along with my stock bumper, the latch, un-moded, was good enough to be used unmoded as the bumer's line is lower.

By the way, my hood poped in my face because of carelessness, not because of the latch, I assure you.

This post has been edited by Rayme: Apr 28, 2008 - 8:00 PM

[joehernandez]

scoobydoocruiser sent me a how to on the latch,
the lenght is about 7.5-8 cm,,, will try that for a while and when i can i will get the st205 latch, i drive a lot on the highway and i dont what that to happen.

The stock latch is perfect, it's the safety latch (the one you need to pull with your hand which is also the one that needs to be extended) that is too short.

The latch itself that is poped from inside the car is the same as the st-205 latch. So basicly, if the hood is properly latched on the stock latch, it's the same as if you had the st-205 latch.

The real problem is really that the stock latch's safety latch is too short when used along the gt-four front bumper..is that confusing? lol
When I had my gt-four hood installed along with my stock bumper, the latch, un-moded, was good enough to be used unmoded as the bumer's line is lower.

By the way, my hood poped in my face because of carelessness, not because of the latch, I assure you.

are there two latches?
sorry iam confused, may be it is cuz im soooo tired and sick,,, but i really got confused lol