Areo Bonnet Catches

[neil's]

Hi

 

I am thinking about fitting some areo bonnet catches to my zero and was wondering if anybody on here has used them before and weather or not they are IVA friendly. That last thing i want to do it cut 4 big holes in the side of the bonnet they find out that they will not pass the IVA test.

its been a long time since i have done some work on the car and went to Exeter kit car show and found some more inspiration to get the car moving again. there where some cracking examples on display but not any 7s sporting the areo bonnet catches look. is this for a reason?

 

Any advise will be gratefully excepted

 

Thanks

[Guest mower man]

They are quite expensive but doe look good ,can't se any prob with IVA [ don't take that as fact] ,may be fiddly to fit ? go for it ! mower man

[biksz]

contact gbs and ask them if iva freindly they should no if are or not.

[maccavvy]

im sure tazzman has aero catches on his. ask him

[sj-bradley]

Yes, he has. So they must be IVA ok. Can't see why not as they are flush fitting.

 

I'm not sure how you would fit those though as I'm looking into amending my bonnet catches. (There's a good reason for that

 

Simon.

[biksz]

look on youtube they show how to fit them and simon they fit side wards too so you could put them on your boonet i am thinking of some to make mine secure as i dont want it to happen to me.

[Tazzzzman1]

Hi,

Yep I have them fitted, and I can confirm that they are IVA friendly...

They are fairly simple to fit and can be mounted vertically or horizontally. They are much better than the usual over clips on the bonnet, and look really good as well. Just make sure that you position them where you have sufficient rear clearance (approx 30-40mm).

[sj-bradley]

I am now rather tempted to make a fibreglass bonnet. It might be an interesting exercise

 

Simon.

[Tazzzzman1]

^{"I am now rather tempted to make a fibreglass bonnet. It might be an interesting exercise"}

 

Could be interesting, lighter and bounces better....

[neil's]

Cheers for all your replies, Going to order some up tonight i think,

I thinks some carbon effect look ones will look good against the polished bonnet. i will stick some picks up when i done.

Thanks again

[Tazzzzman1]

Yes they look nice, but expensive at approx £50 for the pair. I did the usual Hoodie thing and went for the cheaper plain black ones and covered them with carbon vinyl wrap. Look pretty good and a bit cheaper....

[speedtripledan]

I am now rather tempted to make a fibreglass bonnet. It might be an interesting exercise

 

Simon.

make wings on the side and it might glide back to earth with no damage...

[Guest zerorace]

sorry to call on this old post

has anyone got any pictures on how they fitted them please.