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By tmc_2,
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tmc_2

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Hi guys,

I tried seraching cant find any thing.

I had a CF vented bonnet but too many fines from police prompted me to get an ADR approved fibre glass vented bonnet. MyCF bonnet did no require bonnet pins.

Now my Fibreglass one may require pins if it is not stable at high speed.

Does any one know if pins are illeagle or are there a certain type of bonnet pin that is accepted?

Cheers.

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Yawn Mentor

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Tripych

Yeah thats what i remember too. With that information i dont believe it is possible to have a bonnet pin that sits flush????

Any one know of any?

Yes there are flush sitting bonnet pins, they cost quite a bit though. A lot of the Top Secret cars use 'em. Revolution Racegear in Melbourne sells them. If i remember correctly they were around $100 for the normal ones but slightly more for the set that comes with a tiny key and a small lock built into the pins for security purposes.

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markimak Grand Master

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If I remember correctly the pins aren't allowed to stick out on top of the bonnet. You need something that sits flush with the bonnet as it becomes a hazzard if you hit somebody.

yes which is stupid.. the amount of damage a pin will do or a car..

Triptych Proficient

Triptych

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well alot of these laws are based on pedestrian safety. Some of them do seem stupid but even if we do argue a point alot of the time it falls of deaf ears. I currently drive a gemini which has bonnet pins and haven't had any issues from the police about them. I got in trouble for blue lights on the washer jets but they didn't say anything about the bonnet pins.

Personally I prefer the look of a flush pin over the setup I have on the gemini, I like everything to flow nicely and with big pins sticking out of the bonnet isn't really my taste but that was all I could find when I built the gemini.

I have learnt alot in visual modifications since I had my car and lets just say I am happy I learnt from alot of mistakes on the gemini and when the R32 comes hopefully it will come together alot better.

Col-GTSX Grand Master

Col-GTSX

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Link to flush sitting bonnet pins, revolution racegear on the gold coast could get them in stock when I inquired about them 6 - 12months ago. Hope this helps

http://www.vsport.com.au/vsport_aerocatch.htm

Thats a good looking bonnet pin...

lol i think the bonnet pin would be the last thing on the pedestrians mind when being hit by a car

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Triptych Proficient

Triptych

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True it would be but added injuries that could be sustained from them I think is the reason behind the law. Same sort of deal with wings.

I don't know what happened to this technology but some company was making a system where on a frontal impact it would slightly pop open the bonnet (the edge closest to the windscreen) to try and take away some of the force of the pedestrian hitting the windscreen. When I saw that I just pictued all the "testing gone wrong" where the back of the bonnet pops up sending the test dummy flying over the car :(

Al Grand Master

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Link to flush sitting bonnet pins, revolution racegear on the gold coast could get them in stock when I inquired about them 6 - 12months ago. Hope this helps

http://www.vsport.com.au/vsport_aerocatch.htm

My mate tried to fit these to his R33 about 12months ago, but due to the curve/slop of the bonnet, wasn't able to. The bonnet must be flat to fit these on :(

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