Took the plunge and made a start on the areocatches today.

Started by covering the engine bay as carbon dust will go every where! lol..


Masked off where the catch was to be fitted.


Place the bonnet catch on and added some butter to the top and closed the bonnet to see where it touched! ha.


Marked it and rilled a 8mm hole from under the bonnet though to the top skin.




Fitted the aerocatch template.


Made my first cuts with the dremel! Took a lot of ***** to cut into my CF bonnet! lol..


Cut out.




Test fitted the catch and it touched the under skin so that needed to be removed.


Chain drilled the under skin, and refitted.




Point where I have drilled the slam panel for the catch clip to sit.


Clip fitted.



I've got a small problem that the pin that the top clip locks onto does not fit well at all. Im looking to make a new custom clip from 2mm stainless steel plate tomorrow. If I dont get the 2nd catch fitted ill end up finding some way to wire the bonnet shut for TOTB and sort it out after?

Anyway thats it for today! lol.. :P

Finished the 2nd catch today, A little harder to fit than the fist as this one had to be measure many times to ensure it was at the same angles as the other side! I dont want one being wonky! lol..





No fitted pic's yet as its started raining! ha..




Some fitted pics!

 

Very clean install, well done sir.

 

Looks good OP.

 

looks good indeed...job well done OP

 

looks good! I had a great time installing mine and love them!

 

what are those holes on your front bumper?

 

Well done. This clean job deserves a sticky thread

OP, love your hood.

 

Wow.... love the look. Would u put up a pic of the underside for me? Just wondering how much of that needed to be removed to fit. Looks great! Can't wait to do mine

 

You sir, have a beautiful Z.

 

I believe they are for his oil cooler, seeing that he has a TT setup