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Hood laches

 
Old Mar 3, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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I just put the daystar on this week and can day they work great. No more flutter and only $35 here in Edmonton.
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Deasoninc
I just put the daystar on this week and can day they work great. No more flutter and only $35 here in Edmonton.
That's the same price I was looking at. Is it harder to latch the hood? I have a hi lift on my hood and I want to make sure the hood does not move even at interstate speeds.
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 04:24 PM
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Will the daystar latches do this for me ^^^^?
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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The Daystars will hold the hood DOWN! They are much tighter that the stock ones. I removed the spring as well.
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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Daystar Latches, cheap, effective, and remove all possibilities of getting on landing in the newspaper.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 07:05 AM
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Thanks guys, I'm going to go with the daystar latches, plus I can always set up my own cotter pin and make y own hood pins I might have to do a write up if anyone is interested!
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by hobo37
Daystar Latches, cheap, effective, and remove all possibilities of getting on landing in the newspaper.
X2 works perfect nothing else needs to be done.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 07:50 AM
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The spring removal works fine for me. Free took maybe 2 mins only once since have I had the hood flutter and it wasn't even bad. I seriously doubt the hood would fly up and obstruct your view...
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Doiron
Do you have to cut the ty wraps each time you have to open the hood?
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mbfrosch
Do you have to cut the ty wraps each time you have to open the hood?
No. They just wrap around the rubber band part. Install them loosely because if they are too tight you can't stretch the latch enough to lock it in place. They will be stretched tightly once latched.
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