wtb st205 gt4 LHD hood latch, aybody plz help Options

[smoog83]

hello im after gt4 lhd hood latch as im planning to do gt4 front conversion in my st 202 if anyone got that part plz pm me .cheers

[DEATH]

Is your car LHD in the UK?
Unfortunately the LHD ones are much harder to come by since the majority of GT4's were RHD. I'm sure you'd have better luck on ebay or a Toyota parts department in a LHD European country. If you still need help - contact member Lagos. Most likely he can order you one.
BTW - Your stock ST-202/4/AT-200 latch will work and hold tight but if you want a safety catch you will need to extend it by roughly 1/2". Not difficult by any means and alot of us in the US have either done that or just gone without the safety catch [don't pull your hood release while driving obviously].
If worse came to worse I'm sure I can extend you one from a junkyard if you wanna pay for one.

[smoog83]

Is your car LHD in the UK?
Unfortunately the LHD ones are much harder to come by since the majority of GT4's were RHD. I'm sure you'd have better luck on ebay or a Toyota parts department in a LHD European country. If you still need help - contact member Lagos. Most likely he can order you one.
BTW - Your stock ST-202/4/AT-200 latch will work and hold tight but if you want a safety catch you will need to extend it by roughly 1/2". Not difficult by any means and alot of us in the US have either done that or just gone without the safety catch [don't pull your hood release while driving obviously].
If worse came to worse I'm sure I can extend you one from a junkyard if you wanna pay for one.

hi ,no my car is rhd ,but ive read post" how to "do gt4 front conversion ,nd it says there i need lhd hood latch as rhd wont work ,im lookin on 3 forums nd ebay but lhd hood latch is rare i guess nd so far i cnt find it ,also i know that st 202 latch will work but it wont secure hood proply ,nd it may happend that when ill drive fast my hood will open nd cause lots of damage - its gonna be nightmare .aslo i cnt extend it by myself as i dnt have tools ,even i dnt have garage -english reality ill keep lookin nd if i wont find nothing ill get back to u ,then u cn extend it for me .many thanks for reply

This post has been edited by smoog83: Jan 8, 2011 - 12:36 PM

[DEATH]

Wait bro!!!
The information you read is for us LHD people - most of here were from the US in the early days. If you have a RHD car you need a RHD GT4 hood latch. Good for you because they are easy to find. You can probably find one in a junk yard in the UK [Breakers I think you call them?]
And you are right to be cautious but I used a ST-202/4 hood latch for several years without incident. But since you should easily be able to find the proper latch - get one.
Hope this helps

BTW - contact member _Jim_ - I'm almost positive he has several of them laying around from all the clips he has broken down over the years

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jan 8, 2011 - 12:45 PM

[smoog83]

Wait bro!!!
The information you read is for us LHD people - most of here were from the US in the early days. If you have a RHD car you need a RHD GT4 hood latch. Good for you because they are easy to find. You can probably find one in a junk yard in the UK [Breakers I think you call them?]
And you are right to be cautious but I used a ST-202/4 hood latch for several years without incident. But since you should easily be able to find the proper latch - get one.
Hope this helps

BTW - contact member _Jim_ - I'm almost positive he has several of them laying around from all the clips he has broken down over the years

ohh really thats gr8 news man ! i thought i need lhd one there is plenty rhd in uk ,thank you sir ,ill go now nd drink beer for ur health ,many thanks btw u got one sic lookin celica .i mean shes beauty ,engine bay nd evrythng in total tip top .

This post has been edited by smoog83: Jan 8, 2011 - 1:12 PM