I've had the carbon bonnet a while now and love it but have noticed it lifts slightly at one corner due to the strut being to strong, this wouldn't normally be a problem but at Bedford Autodrome on the straight at 135mph a few weeks ago I thought it might go from a carbon bonnet to a carbon windscreen!!
To put my mind a ease I've fitted some AeroCatch flush bonnet pins (
www.AeroCatch.com)
Firstly painted them Candy White and replaced black fixings with Stainless Steel.
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Bonnet lifting
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Drill and fix pins
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Mark pins on underside of bonnet (tippex)
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Drill through and line up cross hairs
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This should sort the men from the boys!
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Need to cut extra for access to nuts
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Piece of cake, although I was a carpenter for 20 years, whether its Carbon Fiber or Wood the principles are still the same: measure twice cut once, always blame the tools, never be more than an arms reach from tea, Allow Darlin on your way to a photo shoot?, etc etc.
Neil