Can I drive with no hood, Approx 60 miles? Options

[celicaST]

the main latch is perfect. all you need to do is lengthen the safety latch hook by about a half inch or so. that is only really necessary though if you have the gt4 bumper. the stock safety latch works but it is tight. also, if you do buy a gt4 hood latch, make sure it is lhd.

This post has been edited by celicaST: Mar 9, 2007 - 4:13 PM

[Rayme]

On the subject - do you think the GT4 middle vent which will be directly over the header will melt because of the header?

its metal, it wont melt. and also, double check to make SURE the hood latches after you put it on. dont pull a rayme

omg I didn't thought this would have been remembered



May this picture remember you to be careful!!! This was a BRAND NEW hood...thankfully even at 30 mph the windshield didn't smash, and the hood didn't bend..just ceased in..thanks for the light aluminium...

BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BE A DUMB ASS LIKE ME !

[Negative]

I think it needs to be lengthened half an inch.

Won't be able to meet up tonight. Dinner with gf and her 'rents probably.

I just remembered that my dad has a truck, but I don't know if he'll let me borrow it for a day. What we can do is like what someone just said previously: go down with your stock hood, swap out, then I can bring you your stocker back when I can get my hands on a truck. The hood latched close on T-Spoon, but I'm not sure about Elis@beth. Let me know when you're free. I can go tomorrow at 1 with you if you're free, if not, then it'll have to be Sunday morning or something.

Yeah I can do 1 tommorrow. Call me in the morning and we'll meet up so I don't have to try to find it. I remember the last time was a bitch to find.

[Negative]

May this picture remember you to be careful!!! This was a BRAND NEW hood...thankfully even at 30 mph the windshield didn't smash, and the hood didn't bend..just ceased in..thanks for the light aluminium...

BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BE A DUMB ASS LIKE ME !

What happened? So it doesn't happen to me - be specific. Thanks

[Rayme]

May this picture remember you to be careful!!! This was a BRAND NEW hood...thankfully even at 30 mph the windshield didn't smash, and the hood didn't bend..just ceased in..thanks for the light aluminium...

BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BE A DUMB ASS LIKE ME !

What happened? So it doesn't happen to me - be specific. Thanks

Just a hard way to learn that tie wraps aren't made to hold a hood closed.

[Negative]

was actually thinking of doing just that LOL. Just to double check the hood.
An old member on here used a whole pack of tie wrapps to act as a rear tranny mount when he swapped his car using the MR2 tranny. Just to get from his shop to mine driving slowly, shifting easy and not hitting boost. When we got to my shop [about 20 miles away] only like 5 of them were still holding on. Funny story

[azian_advanced]

omg I didn't thought this would have been remembered

oh i remember it...
and btw, while we're on this topic. you can use your oem hood latch temporarily. just be sure it's 'shut all the way' and not hanging off the safety latch because the hood (since it's bulged up a little) will make it look like it's property closed. while you still have the stock bumper, you're good to keep using the stock latch since you can get your fingers in the gap between the hood and bumper.. once you get the gt4 bumper on, you'll have to do something about that latch. i simply cut my safety latch for the time being until i order a lhd gt4 latch this spring.

[6gc_driven]

well, ive been drivin like this for the past week:





n after a week of driving..nothin has happened (n this is with a carbon fiber hood BTW).. so IMO, unless ur drivin around over 100mph and nothing but the hood on, i dont think n e thing will happen. just my $0.02

[NgoFcukinWay]

Negative officially has the hood now and was able to travel 40 miles back up to the northside of town safely at ~65MPH (or so he claims) without any problems. Now, quick question to anyone with the GT-4 hood, do you guys know what the 4 li'l holes are that are at the back of the hood sitting in that li'l dip? Not really sure how to explain their locations, but they're there. Didn't notice them until tonight when I saw the hood on his car.

[celicaST]

they are for mounting the wrc hood spoiler, a very hard to find part. he is either going to have to fill those holes or try and source a hood spoiler.

[Rayme]

they are for mounting the wrc hood spoiler, a very hard to find part. he is either going to have to fill those holes or try and source a hood spoiler.

http://www.erebuni.net/accesscustom/univhs.htm

scroll down to universal plastic cowl spoiler, special 30$

[playr158]

a) haha driven is only like that because of me....maybe i should hold onto his lights for another week

b) you should just clean your car out and put the hood INSIDE the car for transportation, its hard to get in the entire way but it does go in

c) lol @ u

[BigAl_UK]

I'm not sure how much it would cost you to import but you can still get the WRC bonnet spoiler from Toyota UK for £46. I was about to buy one but managed to find someone today who was throwing one out so I had it

[6gc_driven]

a) haha driven is only like that because of me....maybe i should hold onto his lights for another week

b) you should just clean your car out and put the hood INSIDE the car for transportation, its hard to get in the entire way but it does go in

c) lol @ u

haha..dan got jokes huh??!! I WANT MY HEADLIGHTS!!! LOL jk

no no dan, i cant drive like that any longer, im sure i'll get pulled over sooner or later

[Negative]

Hell Yeah! Got and installed the hood. Plus we ended the "can I drive with no hood" question in style - a '06 TRD Tacoma!
Here are some pics [crappy cell-phone pics]:


The Taco:

And the look I've been waiting for.....

So now all that's left is to extend the latch and paint the hood. Think I'm gonna leave the vents black since they are already clearcaoted and look nice. Not sure though - taking opinions. I'm not gonna paint anything untill I get my OEM exstensions from doggy here in the next couple of weeks.
BTW - I drove around all weekend and even drove halfway to Austin and back with no issues. When I got there I popped the hood for my GFs Dad [he's into cars too] and I actually had to use the release inside the car and the Hood popped right up? I haven't opened it again yet but IDK why that happened. Everytime before that the release was useless and I could just open the hood from the front using the gap. The catches work just fine - I believe that as long as you make sure you close the hood securely the stock hood latch is fine until you go GT4 bumper - which I won't be doing. For any of you who may share my opinion that the GT4 bumper is just too busy and squares out the lines of the car - the gap caused by the GT4 hood looks totally intentional. It actually makes a useable scoop that vents right over the turbo and out the big main vent. I'm happy with the results. It's exactly the way I wanted it to look. Makes me crave the OEM exstensions though so Doggy - I got money comin your way very soon.
Then it's paint time!

This post has been edited by Negative: Mar 12, 2007 - 9:35 AM

[celicaST]

When I got there I popped the hood for my GFs Dad [he's into cars too] and I actually had to use the release inside the car and the Hood popped right up? I haven't opened it again yet but IDK why that happened. Everytime before that the release was useless and I could just open the hood from the front using the gap. The catches work just fine - I believe that as long as you make sure you close the hood securely the stock hood latch is fine until you go GT4 bumper - which I won't be doing. For any of you who may share my opinion that the GT4 bumper is just too busy and squares out the lines of the car - the gap caused by the GT4 hood looks totally intentional. It actually makes a useable scoop that vents right over the turbo and out the big main vent.

you still have to disengage the main latch in the car but the hood wont pop up. if you used the release and it popped right up, then the safety hook wasnt engaged. make sure the safety hook engages when you close it. look through the gap and double check. its very tight. im sure you noticed you have to press down on the hood to unlatch the safety hook. i loosened the bolts on the latch and shifted it up as much as i could and i also took the bumper seal off when i had my hood on. helped alot. i also dropped the hood from a bit higher to make sure it engaged. but i agree, the gap looks very intentional. my friend with a firebird thought it was supposed to be like that. by the way, plan on getting the wrc spoiler?

pic with my hood on



im still thinking of maybe getting a 404 lip instead of a gtfour bumper

[Negative]

Yeah. I shouldn't have said "popped up" - it still doesn't pop up but the first 2 days with the new hood the release inside the car didn't do anything. Now [I just checked it again], I have to hit the release inside before I let the manual release on the front just like the stock hood except it doesn't pop up. That's even better - I have my alarm hooked up to the hood but I feel extra safe knowing a theif will have to get inside the car before he can get inside the hood.
Still wish I had gotten your hood but black doesn't look bad at all in the meantime. Makes me wanna paint my whole car flat black.
Only downside - my header is getting uglier because it rained to day.

[celicaST]

Yeah. I shouldn't have said "popped up" - it still doesn't pop up but the first 2 days with the new hood the release inside the car didn't do anything. Now [I just checked it again], I have to hit the release inside before I let the manual release on the front just like the stock hood except it doesn't pop up. That's even better - I have my alarm hooked up to the hood but I feel extra safe knowing a theif will have to get inside the car before he can get inside the hood.
Still wish I had gotten your hood but black doesn't look bad at all in the meantime. Makes me wanna paint my whole car flat black.
Only downside - my header is getting uglier because it rained to day.

ya after having the gtfour hood on for awhile, it got my engine bay a lot dirtier than it was. you can also unhook the safety latch first and then pop the hood and it will pop up. ya at first i thought anybody could open my hood too until i figured it out

[Negative]

Took some more pics with my good digital camera:




And what't this peeking out....?

And if you thought the GT4 hood didn't look good with the stock USDM bumper - I beg to differ. I always thought/hoped it would look like this. I couldn't be happier.

[NgoFcukinWay]

keep the grills black and paint the rest of the hood. that's what i was gonna do. would look baller.