Jason Knowles

Any one else had this with a new age sti,it just popped up onto the safety catch.The safety catch did hold but i was a bit surprised.Ive given it a little adjustment now but lost a bit of confidence in it.Also the bonnet movement at speed is also quite alarming JASON

davedipster

Mine did it on the first week of ownership, only because I didnt check it was secure before driving away.
I always give the bonnet a little pull after closing it now and it's never popped open again. Oh and never slam the bonnet, alway push it shut at the most forward point.

davedipster

Oh and they do move around abit at speed, it's all that air going through the scoop.

StickyMicky

seen a few classic ones come up compleatly

i always check and double check mine when i have had the bonnet up, just to make myself feel a bit safer

Monkeh

hmm i was told to allways drop the bonnet shut and to never push it shut as it dents the bonnet ? this was from the MD of adams group ?

speedydaveb

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Agreed, this is what I always do now also, as I used to have dents in some of my old car bonnets!

hugo

My MY03 STi's bonnet arches alarmingly at fun velocities. I would have thought (hope!) that the scoop would pop off before the bonnet flipped!

scooby jay

you should always drop the bonnet shut and not push down with your hands using this method will result in palm print dents on the front of the bonnet if pushed to hard especially on scoobys with alluiminum bonnets, when we hand cars over at the pdi centre where i work we always tell customers to drop shut bonnets

wheelwright

DROP SHUT always

ticky

I had the bonnet fly open on my classic a while back now, luckly I was travelling at low speeds when the bonnet flew open, The bonnet (aluminium) had creased just by both side vents hinges damaged too but no windscreen damage. Could have been worse.
Found out the next day that my brother had been looking at the engine bay & had not closed the bonnet properly.
That was him banned from having the keys again.

jb2000

110mph so lucky it was on a private road or some one else could have been hurt if it fully came up

BedHog

Mine scares the hell out of me the way it blows around in the wind (ally bonnet Newage JDM WRX)

Now you've scared me even more lol - I was always scared of it opening but convinced myself it never would........

Anyone do decent bonnet catches for a Bugeye?

SirFozzalot

Agreed!

I know of a couple of newage scoobs with palm prints on the bonnets from pushing it closed!

Andy M3

My old T5 went in for a service. I got a phone call from the dealer explaining that the bonnet had come up and i need 2 wings, a bonnet, grill and a catch - fortunatly no windscreen - but it took the **** 5 weeks to get the car done, then it was a different colour, so it went back twice !!!!

still not right - so that was the last straw, it went up for sale. Lost a fortune on the car, but the new owner is happy.

T4molie

Another one for drop shut the bonnet and then try a couple of pull ups to make sure

mpr

funny you should mention it.....
My bonnet did exactly the same thing at the weekend (WR1). Just pulled off a fairly hariy overtake and as I came back in, heard a thud and noticed the bonnet moving around! Needless to say I pulled over (so looked like a real tw@t to the people I'd just overtaken...) and saw that the bonnet was on the saftey catch. I am positive it was shut properly as I always double check.... bit worrying really.

Jap2Scrap

Bonnet pins.

Forget that you'll look sad, arrive alive

scoobyboy1

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When im on the mororway in my O4 WRX, the bonnet seems to vibrate quite a bit, ive noticed it on other new shape scoobs that the bonnets seem to shake a lot more then any other car ive been in.

SirFozzalot

Do you mean other scoobs or other makes of car?

Coz if it is other makes of car then you will probably find it has something to do with the other cars not having a whacking great scoop on the bonnet trying to act like a wing!

Gutmann pug

yep happened to me once too

Tim W

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Check that your bonnet release cable is moving freely and that the catch area is clean, greased around the spring and where the 'hook' rubs against the release mechanism bracket. I found that mine was covered in crap (it's nicely positioned to catch road dirt) and had stopped returning to the locked position fully. A couple of pulls on the bonnet and it would pop open becuase it was only sitting on the very tip of hook. A main dealer should check and grease it at every service...

pippyrips

i almost sh*t myself the first time i went in a newage. Over 100 and the bonnet was all over the place and really did think it would let go at any second. My 04 is exactly the same

Jason Knowles

When the bonnet popped up the last time it was opened was 3 days previous.I always drop the bonnet shut from about a foot in the air.The amount of movement i get on my bonnet is terrable at speed and the thought of it coming up has always been at the back of my mind.Now its at the front of my mind.The next night after the event i adjusted the catch slightly by raising it a bit so if it wasnt quite hooked round properly it will be now.Ive given the bonnet a good yank in the down position and it definatly is properly down so time will tell.Wakes you up when it pops. JASON

jasonius

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I think this is directly related to the scoop size on the latest newage cars (STI particularly..!). Even in my 05 wrx the bonnet does move a lot a high speed..!