Hood keeps unlatching..
01-17-2017, 01:13 PM
#1
*Updated* Hood keeps unlatching.. (Fixed)
Really starting to get annoyed at this..
For some reason my hood keeps unlatching and hooking onto the back up safety patch either during high way driving or when really putting the chassis through heavy turns and flex.
Noticed this on my way the the canyon this weekend and in the actual canyons. I had to pull over like 4 times to re close my hood.
Idk how the latch would be defective but I do notice there is a slight gap between the bumper and hood where air could get through. But I've tried to combat that by adjusting the latch at the lowest point before the hood doesn't want to close.
I'm literally having the same problem as this GTR... but I don't wanna go 150 mph and find out what this guy did.. I'm also glad this is a video cause I was thinking taping mine like this would help.. glad he learned for me lol
For some reason my hood keeps unlatching and hooking onto the back up safety patch either during high way driving or when really putting the chassis through heavy turns and flex.
Noticed this on my way the the canyon this weekend and in the actual canyons. I had to pull over like 4 times to re close my hood.
Idk how the latch would be defective but I do notice there is a slight gap between the bumper and hood where air could get through. But I've tried to combat that by adjusting the latch at the lowest point before the hood doesn't want to close.
I'm literally having the same problem as this GTR... but I don't wanna go 150 mph and find out what this guy did.. I'm also glad this is a video cause I was thinking taping mine like this would help.. glad he learned for me lol
Last edited by CK_32; 08-01-2017 at 08:00 AM.
01-17-2017, 04:12 PM
#3
No I have that. A couple clips are half broken so it's sloppy but it's in there.
Yea I wanna get this fixed before I start hitting 150 mph straights on track day. Trying to stay away from hood pins if I don't need to. Too many guys use them for ricer points in my area..
Kind of have a bad vibe about them cause of them.
Yea I wanna get this fixed before I start hitting 150 mph straights on track day. Trying to stay away from hood pins if I don't need to. Too many guys use them for ricer points in my area..
Kind of have a bad vibe about them cause of them.
Last edited by CK_32; 01-17-2017 at 04:13 PM.
01-17-2017, 04:48 PM
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Stock hood or aftermarket ?
01-17-2017, 05:04 PM
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No I have that. A couple clips are half broken so it's sloppy but it's in there.
Yea I wanna get this fixed before I start hitting 150 mph straights on track day. Trying to stay away from hood pins if I don't need to. Too many guys use them for ricer points in my area..
Kind of have a bad vibe about them cause of them.
Yea I wanna get this fixed before I start hitting 150 mph straights on track day. Trying to stay away from hood pins if I don't need to. Too many guys use them for ricer points in my area..
Kind of have a bad vibe about them cause of them.
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08-01-2017, 07:59 AM
#8
Alright so I think I figured it out.
I was still having this problem and kept playing with it in between installing my turbo kit.
And I think I finally figured it out. With the cable unattached, the locking tab that the cable pulls to unlatch the hood bar is all the way over to the locked position WITHOUT the hood cable.
But once I reinstall the cable the cable attachments that lock into the bracket seem to keep it 1/4" back and basically half unlatched. Which allows the hood latch mechanism to unhook with some force because it's basically already half open.
Playing with the cable and realizing it's non adjustable I loooked and bent some of the tabs allowing the cable to sit farther in that where it was. After some play the lock mechanism is now only about 1/8" away from full lock which seems to keep the hood.
Some how the mechanism got bent and placed the cable back some making the cable not allow the lock bar to full seat into lock. But lock half open allowing force or wind to pull it up and off.
Hopefully this helps someone else. I'll still be putting my under cover back on but it seems it was 100% the latch being bent out of place.
I was still having this problem and kept playing with it in between installing my turbo kit.
And I think I finally figured it out. With the cable unattached, the locking tab that the cable pulls to unlatch the hood bar is all the way over to the locked position WITHOUT the hood cable.
But once I reinstall the cable the cable attachments that lock into the bracket seem to keep it 1/4" back and basically half unlatched. Which allows the hood latch mechanism to unhook with some force because it's basically already half open.
Playing with the cable and realizing it's non adjustable I loooked and bent some of the tabs allowing the cable to sit farther in that where it was. After some play the lock mechanism is now only about 1/8" away from full lock which seems to keep the hood.
Some how the mechanism got bent and placed the cable back some making the cable not allow the lock bar to full seat into lock. But lock half open allowing force or wind to pull it up and off.
Hopefully this helps someone else. I'll still be putting my under cover back on but it seems it was 100% the latch being bent out of place.