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 321 Posts Member #: 557 Senior Member Ireland |
15th Nov, 2005 at 04:04:33pm
Has anyone any expirience of fitting a boot pop solenoid to a smoothed off boot? I have seen kits that claim to be universal, but they are fairly expensive when compared to what you can buy a solenoid for on Ebay. |
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1171 Posts Member #: 107 Post Whore Sunny Sussex |
15th Nov, 2005 at 05:14:57pm
can you not fabricate a bonnet latch'n'cable mechanism? My flip front will be stealth latched by a pair of Laguna bonnet latches, they are really slim.
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 3184 Posts Member #: 628 Post Whore a LIL fishing village on the coast - Newcastle Upon Tyne |
15th Nov, 2005 at 05:15:31pm
put dzus clips on ? which are flush with the body
On 17th Aug, 2009 Jay#2 said:
I doubt I'll be dipping into the 13's like you did though! |
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321 Posts Member #: 557 Senior Member Ireland |
15th Nov, 2005 at 05:21:19pm
I prefer the solenoid ide as that saves me playing with cable tension etc. and also leaves the option of a remote control in conjunction with central locking at a later stage... |
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321 Posts Member #: 557 Senior Member Ireland |
15th Nov, 2005 at 05:21:58pm
I am however planning to use a pait of bonnet latches for my flip front |
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241 Posts Member #: 595 Senior Member stoke on trent |
15th Nov, 2005 at 06:59:25pm
my boots on a boot catch off an old honda acord with a striker pin on the bootlid, it was a bit off a pig to get to seal water tight as theres not that pressure as there is with the origanal twist shut lock. i thought about putting a solinod on but i thought if the battery went dead id be buggered
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3184 Posts Member #: 628 Post Whore a LIL fishing village on the coast - Newcastle Upon Tyne |
15th Nov, 2005 at 08:00:22pm
good point especially when the battery is in the boot !!!!!!
On 17th Aug, 2009 Jay#2 said:
I doubt I'll be dipping into the 13's like you did though! |
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 439 Posts Member #: 176 Pre-op Transvestite Felixstowe, Suffolk |
15th Nov, 2005 at 10:23:19pm
my doors have been delocked and de-handled and i'm gonna be running remote door poppers. I am going to be extra screwed if my battery dies :p
NO LONGER A <3 lover of BOLT-ON plastic <3 .... (and DOUBLE proud of it) |
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 2102 Posts Member #: 432 Post Whore Swindon |
16th Nov, 2005 at 10:52:36am
On 15/11/2005 18:59:25 ben doodar said:
my boots on a boot catch off an old honda acord with a striker pin on the bootlid, it was a bit off a pig to get to seal water tight as theres not that pressure as there is with the origanal twist shut lock. i thought about putting a solinod on but i thought if the battery went dead id be buggered I agree with the water tight seel on the boot, also (snowfruit) from looking at theplan for your car how do you plan to do-away with the external boot hinges? i looked into it but decided against it as you would loose the seal structure. As for mounting door poppers i **think**you have to cut away some of the door and make a small pocket for the solinoid to sit in, as long as the structure is solid you should be fine. On 15/11/2005 22:23:19 wethepeople said:
my doors have been delocked and de-handled and i'm gonna be running remote door poppers. I am going to be extra screwed if my battery dies :p i have devised a little safe guard though as you get manual buttons to mount somewhere on the car (incase of remote failure?) and i thought about hooking them up to a seperate little battery so even if my actual battery dies i'll still be able to get into the car? :) The manual buttons you talk about are ok but are only ment to ne mouned on the inside of the car. As these systems have no lock it just mean some little chav can push the button and get in your car in the event of power loss you could mount a jumping point on the car somewhere. I am placing mine under the bonnet |
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439 Posts Member #: 176 Pre-op Transvestite Felixstowe, Suffolk |
16th Nov, 2005 at 09:59:54pm
NO LONGER A <3 lover of BOLT-ON plastic <3 .... (and DOUBLE proud of it) |
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321 Posts Member #: 557 Senior Member Ireland |
17th Nov, 2005 at 11:30:00am
For the hinges I am planning on getting some custom internal hinges made up to fit inside the boot. I guess then it is a case of making sure they close tightly enough to maintain the seal and the same with the lock.
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