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12xe
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6th Jan 09 at 11:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi all,not been on in a while so hope you all had a good xmas n a happy new year hope 2009 is good to you all

moving on.....i have a corsa b project rio de verde in colour and im looking for some bonnet raisers...can they be bought of the shelf...or is it a custom job?any info would be grateful!!

if it is a custom job could somebody point me in the direction of dimensions and ill get some knocked up!cheers
marklawton
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you carnt use spacers like they use on the escorts etc, you have to cut a small square piece of metal. theres a picture floating around of how to do it, ill try and find it
12xe
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cheers mate
Charlton
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jamesvalver (i think thats his name) had a pic of some that were on his if thats any help
Minty_Fresh
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look shite tbh..

only suites fords imo..
Nic Barnes
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i dont get why people do it for the look of it. if it needs the added cooling, fair enough, if not, why?
Jenko_Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
i dont get why people do it for the look of it. if it needs the added cooling, fair enough, if not, why?


Some people do it to try and look cool, proberbly dont even realise doing it has a perpose.
Nic Barnes
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guess so. i couldnt justify it for the look of it. it would have to serve a purpose, which to be fair it would do.
Jenko_Sport
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On a car like yours it would be acceptable in my opinion but anything less than yours is just a stupid idea.
Charlton
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i do think it looks quite good, but no point if you have say a 1.0 with a induction kit
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im guessing he wanted it for the looks (12xe name) thats why i said only look good on older fords imo..

but if there for cooling then yer go for it
Nic Barnes
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ive never had much problems with under bonnet temps to think about raising the bonnet yet. if it becomes an issue, i will give it a go for sure.
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it does help, i had some on my escort mk4 turbo and the temps dropped quite abit
Charlton
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you got any pics mate? just curious
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cant find any pic with them fitted on my turbo, but here is another of my mk4 escorts..
Charlton
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so clean
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that escort is well cool
12xe
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im asking how to do it or if you can buy kits to do it,if i wana do it i will!!
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quote:
Originally posted by 12xe
im asking how to do it or if you can buy kits to do it,if i wana do it i will!!


and the answer was no.. you cant buy kits... you have to make a custom bracket...

it looks like a metal rectangle with 4 holes in it... the bottom 2 bolt through the bonnet hinges and the top 2 bolt onto the bonnet... therefor when it closes..

it doesnt close fully at the top... and therefore giving you the raised bonnet effect..

the dimensions will be different depending on how much you want to raise the bonnet by...

so best of finding them out yourself.....


thank you please
12xe
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sounds good to me guess i will have to study it and have a bash at it

does it affect the way the bonnet catches at the front?
Corsa_Sport21
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I done it on my old 300+bhp Pulsar using washers and it done fook all to under bonnet temps.Waste of time if u ask me.
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U mean like mine i cut some plates out of ally to make mine that way i could polish them as well.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=472392&pid=6199676#pid6199676
12xe
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excellent mate cheers for that

 
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