Ps sorry to the op for going a bit off topic!

If you want to see more pics etc and have a couple of hours spare then here is the build diary of the car

http://passionford.com/forum/restora...-its-over.html

I used to work for fast ford mag, so bought the car as my project and it took so long to build as the wages were ****!

Now work for bosch doing electronics lol

 

lol mk1 or mk2 focus rs i know more about than cossies.... and scoobies i dont know **** all about cause never looked into them before cuase therer w@nk lol

 

Cheers bud, i was gutted at the time but it was probably for the best. It was tbh pretty horrible to drive on the road as it was so track focused. So no doubt had it lived, i probably wouldnt have lol.

Still, with the cash i got back, and a **** load more my current project is a massive extension on the house. At least it wont take as long to finish lol

 

but you bought one despite them being w*nk

 

Dem fooking pikey barstewards got alot to answer for!

 

there cheap, i had money burning a hole in my pocket lol what cani say...

 

anyway fudgey as you and me both have (or had in you case) aerocatches would you agree that you can only have them either open or closed as they are spring loaded and no fiddling and sliding is required to close on genuine properly fitted ones.

 

Yes i agree, but it can easily be overlooked if your messing about under the bonnet doing something and needing to drive it. Almost done it myself, but never actually got moving luckily. Pain in the *** with a 5-point harness tho

The way they work is they are either unlatched or latched. But when in the latched position you still need to click the lever part down for full security, as at speed if the lever is in the slightly lifted position air can still get under it and force it open IF you have the levers pointing forwards.

 

you could quite easily miss that tubby if your in a rush to get out on track or soemthing....

 

The pin will still be in and the springs are very strong so it would take a lot of wind to lift it but thats user error.
Why snap it shut then not bother locking it in place.

 

user error indeed, but it can be easily done lol

also, if i were to close them, then they would be locked shut.

i had the locking ones that needed a key. quite a cool idea that!!

 

Yeah you can lock these with a kep, but that just stops you from pushing the bit down to open them, so that wont be getting used lol

 

i had the locking versions first and didnt like the look of the silver bit in the catch so changed to non locking versions.

if your retaining the original catch there is not much point in the locking partr as you still cant open the bonnet without pulling the release handle inside.

they are a pain in the *** to fit, luckily mattyb help fit mine (cheers fella i owe you one)

anyway heres a pic from above, they dont suit everyones car but i like them.

 

I quite like the look of them, but doing it more for peice of mind rather than looks, the looks is just a bonus lol