Small custom hood latch options

[dontlifttoshift]

Went to the pick and pull yesterday.....there were no mercedes hood latches left on any of the models I was looking at. I took that as a sign that maybe that wasn't the best set up to use. Also, the merc uses a spring on the secondary latch in the middle to pop the hood.



So I looked at the other bavarian cars and the E36 bmws had a neat arrangement. Two latches, two pins, and two springs. Their secondary latch looked to be adaptable so I grabbed a couple of those as well. The goggle says that most of problems with these are corrosion, steel housing with plastic guts, and the cable likes to break at the inside handle. I will likely run two left side latches and two separate cables inside the car so I can make all adjustments inside the car and eliminate the intermediate cable between the two latches.

If you don't hear back, it didn't work.

There was a SAAB latch system that was similar to the BMW, but parts availability was a concern so I left those there.

[BuzzKillian]

Went to the pick and pull yesterday.....there were no mercedes hood latches left on any of the models I was looking at. I took that as a sign that maybe that wasn't the best set up to use.

OR... maybe it is SO popular they have already been scavenged.

I like the looks of what you posted, anyway, you got the wheels in my brain turning.