How many people have Bonnet Pins on their car??

Whats peoples opinions of them??

I've heard about quite a few people who have had their bonnet open and smash their window while driving along this year! This wouldnt happen with Bonnet Pins would it?!

 

Only if you didnt put the pins bk in lol

I fitted emmas the othere day to her carbon bonnet looks mint to

 

I'm thinking about getting lockable ones, i've only ever seen them on one fiesta! I really dont know much about them! But i dont fancy my bonnet flying open while i'm driving along!

 

Emma got the lockable ones first but she didnt like the look of them so she got the sparco ones

You'll find that people wont want to drill your bonnet as when me and emma went to pick her car up when it had be painted he didnt want to drill her bonnet just incase he got it wrong

 

Save your money and buy bungee straps! Works for me!

 

The bf will be doing it! he had them on a previous car so he knows what he's doing apparently !

 

The Pony Feeder

 

You can get some called Aerocatch.

They're what we hold our bonnet and tailgate on with for our race cars at work.

Look a lot less 'chav' than some of the other stuff.

You can get lockable ones as well if you like

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOCKABLE-AEROC...mZ250070188003

 

lol

 

Now them aerocatch are smart and like Big Will 85 said look less "chav"

 

Got them on my S2.

HATED them at first but they have really grown on me.

Only thing is they have gained a bit of staining/surface rust and look kinda shit, but that can be sorted i rekon.

 

I'm thinking about ordering either of these...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7917&rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...0766&rd=1&rd=1

 

miss fiesta > is yours a standard bonnet? i doubt a standard one will be as hard to drill as mine. mine is carbon fibre and cost me Ł425 (not to mention its my third one! )
I dont care if the bonnet pins look chav though, i needed them badly and was not prepared to fork out another Ł425 for a new bonnet if it flew up!

i say go for it

 

The lockable ones are bigger than you think thats what put emma of they have a big disc around the key hole that i think looks shit but thats me lol

 

yeah, they did look poop! they would instantly distract the eye from the rest of the car as they were too big.

i got the sparco ones that i think are associated with chavs but they look mint on mine dont they mike

 

mrs_cossiemike yeah mine is standard!

cossie_mike think i will go with the stainless steel ones then... instead of the lockable ones!

 

I dont think they look chav but better than the lockable ones and id say drilling a standard bonnet should just be as easy as your emma

 

ive had them on a few cars, easy enough to fit if you take your time and worth it imo

 

Bonnet pins aren't 100% reliable. Well, I guess they are if you don't forget to put them in.....

 

^^^ oh dear!

am i right in thinking that i can still keep my original bonnet catch working too... just have the pins on as an extra safe measure?!

 

HATE THEM HATE THEM HATE THEM

Look tatty imo

seen em in the flesh and they look shite

 

yep, thats right miss fiesta!
its best to keep your catch too if your not using lockable bonnet pins or any random chav can just pop your bonnet and rob your engine lol

 

You can keep the original catch, though this can make them a pain to use. They must be lined up perfectly, so that you can still drop the bonnet as you would have previously.

I aren't a real fan of the look, mine were fitted when I couldn't run a catch. If I put another RST bonnet on it (I have a non-turbo bonnet at at the moment), I may look at something else.

 

1stEscort even if they did look shit... i think they look better than a bent bonnet and a smashed windscreen

mrs_cossiemike cool... thanks hun

 

Miss Fiesta Turbo
Fit a new bonnet catch, thats what i'm doing,

 

this is the most recent pic i have of mine.
ignore us lot in the background!!

mine is the black glanza..i think the bonnet pins look kool

 

mrs_cossiemike
looking good there,

the bonnet pins will probs look ok on a heavily modded car,

 

mrs_cossiemike i think they look coooool

 

They should do i fitted them

If you take youre time and line them up you shouldnt have no problem useing the standard catch to

 

your the best

 

Miss Fiesta > Post pics when they are on!

 

should this not be in the muppet room?
seriously,bonnet pins on a road car wtf for???

 

I have them on the Cossie, But i never fitted them the bloke before me did.


I have a new bonnet to go on the car, once that is painted etc etc i will be losing the pins

 

if you saw how my carbon bonnet flapped before the pins were fitted, you wouldnt need to ask that question!

like ive stated, i dont care how uncool/chav they are...i need them!

 

Why not just get a brand new Ford catch and make sure it's fitted properly?Instead of spending money on pins etc.

Why did your Starlet's bonnet keep coming up MrsCossieMike?

 

Its more Escorts that have the problem with the bonnet catch going rather than Fiesta's so your car should be ok im having pins put in when i get my bodywork done but thats only because i dont trust my catch after having everything moved forward

Will be fitting the Aerocatch ones when i do rather than the chrome style ones

 

Might have something to do with the carbon bonnet ?

 

Didn't see that bit.

 

@ Batfink > luckily its never actually flew up on me but i had to stick to 60mph on motorways etc as it would flap up and down and you could feel the wind lifting it. It was very scary when the wind was strong!

My first bonnet was damaged, the second bonnet was ok but someone rolled back into me an fooked all the front so this is 3rd time lucky! hence why i got the pins on asap

 

I see what you mean now. Because it hasn't got as much mass and in it.It's alot more able to moving around.

Pretty bad worrying on the motorways etc like you say