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

[Coomer]

Sweet! Is it installed yet?

[NEVERSTOP]

I have heare that some poeple are gettin away with just using the stock latch is there any truth to this..

I tried with mine and it would lock down just fine but had to use channel locks to get it open agian but my cable isnt hooked up right now so it might of released if it was hooked up...

100 bucks is kinda expensive for a hood latch but mikes work is top notch so I can kind of justify 100$ for it.

on the gt4 latch the only prob is that the cable exits out of the opisite direction or does it have probs mounting?

[presure2]

nope, not installing the front end till march 1...trying to wait out the bad weather, and lack of funds for paint..lol..after seeing a few people smash theyre new front ends i decided to wait till then..besides the fact that winter is a bad time of year for my business (hardwood floor sanding)..puts a hurting on the cash flow, if ya know what i mean!! lol

hehe that was over the summer, while i was still waiting for the LH fog light & bezel..finally got those a few weeks ago..6 weeks and counting!!
manny

[presure2]

neverstop..not to sound silly...but as i said, its a LHD GT-4 latch...the cable exits on the correct side...i've heard some people have no problem w/ the stock latch, then again, i've heard of it flying up on the highway on some people w/ the stocker...but for what i paid for this hood..im not taking ANY chances!! lol
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.

[presure2]

i'd rather not have to mod up a hood latch...just one of those things....and like i said, after paying for this hood,..im not taking ANY chances!!..lol

[ToYCeLi8]

[NEVERSTOP]

[presure2]

hehe NOW i get it man...:::slaps self::::

[Andason]

[presure2]

ouch, man...hey well, if worse comes to worse, your local toyo dealer "should" be able to get you the hood for a little over 400...at least thats what my dealer told me...but i didnt trust him getting the right parts ( WISH I KNEW ABOUT LAGOS!!, lol)