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Hey im just guessing here but wouldnt that gaffer tape they use to temorarily fix up smashed panels at the v8 supercars work well, they could just tape up all round the bonnet cos that crap sticks real well, but as i said im just guessing here..

The way i've done it, is get some of that metal cable with plastic coating around it... cut 2 lengths, make 2 loops, thread one on the bonnet and one around the radiator support or something solid, then get like a hook/clasp that you can clip on/off easy..... Should only cost a few dollars to get the stuff to do it and about 5mins...

i dont know how much i trust the plastic coated wire anymore. i have done it as tight as i can and have forgotten to undo it before opening the bonnet a couple of times and its come undone. i imagine the forces when the bonnet is up 5in at at speed would be more than that. It is the cheapest and its acceptable so just do it... :P

i would goto bunnings and ask for the stainless steel cabling though, since you dont need much anyways.

Much much stronger, and get the little U clamps for it too. I think thats what there called.

Edited by Mick

If this is a standard car with a bonnet release in the car and a release under the bonnet to get the bonnet up, then it has 2 catches.

If you still want a bit more, use a leather belt teethered under to bonnet to the bumper brakets or maybe the under body tow point some how.

I have a climbing clip with the catch in, on a piece of steel wire. The steel wire is screwed into somewhere near the bonnet release utilising a screw already there and the climbing clip loops through the bonnet loop that the standard bonnet release uses. Easy and cheap :no:

Other guys in the club have used their SAU lanyard looped through.

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