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Bonnet Pins On R33

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Are bonnet pins popular with Skylines? Curious to see if many people run them. Previous owner of my R33 mounted the bonnet catch system on the intercooler and if the weld lets go or something happens to the intercooler the bonnet doesn't have much else supporting it.
I bought some Aerocatch flush mount bonnet pins but I don't know if I'm going to be able to mount them properly and if they follow the curve of the bonnet and don't stick up. I don't particularly like the round locking style ones the old fords have.
Or I could run a safety lead of some description...

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"Are bonnet pins popular with Skylines?"

thats a strange statement to make???

if you need em you use em, you dont usually put em on cause you like the look, you try to make em look good if you want to use them to hold your fibreglass or carbon fibre bonnet down, I dont see the point of using them on std bonnets, just use a secondary strap for trackdays if its a requirement.

I have aerocatch on my vented bonnet and they are great...

surely you googled first and saw all the photos of other r33s that have them, didnt you? you did didnt you? nah ofcourse you did...

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I didn't want to just install them becuase I liked the look. I bought the aerocatch ones becuase they are less noticeable. Didn't want hassles with police as I live in a country town.

Might just go with the safety strap for now. Anywhere that sells universal ones?cheers

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I had aerocatch, mount them on your radiator support bar. Just make sure you get your measurements right before cutting into the bonnet.

No point on factory bonnets unless its tracked, recommended for fibreglass/carbon bonnets as I've had one come up and smash my windscreen and roof.

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