BONNET VENTS

[Valsheda]

HOW EASY IS IT TO CUT THE HOLES FOR VENTS INTO THE BONNET , I REALISE THIS IS A ONE WAY TICKET ONCE YOU START THIS JOB , SO WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS PLEASE ?????

[Luke]

be handy if you had a spare bonnet to practice on!!!

[Valsheda]

YES I GUESS IT WOULD WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS AND WHAT TOOLS FOR THE JOB ??

[24vMk2]

What type of vent are you fitting?

I've just fitted a set of Ast*a GTE vent into my spare sapphy bonnet for my car, by cutting the astra bonnet and taking the 'hole' that the vent fits into, then, I cut the Sierra bonnet, and welded the 'hole' into it. Skim of filler, looks factory!

Most vents the tools you will need are: angle grinder, or if you are carefull, tin snips, if using snips, you need a drill aswell, and some form of sticking the vent in, silkaflex is great for this.

[MrMPuk]

On finished paint work the best thing i've found is a dremel with the small cutting discs, takes a while but you will get no destortion from heat or damage from using things like jigsaws.

[jay]

make a template from card first.then put the template on the bonnet to make sure the vent is in the right place and it looks ok.check underneath the bonnet to make sure you are clear of the streangthers.make out the template on the bonnet the cut by dremal/jigsaw/grinder what ever method you find happy with.stick vent in by silkaflex or what ever you want.skim of filler then paint...job done.. BUT TAKE YOU TIME..

[martinjpainter]

I have some in my Mk2. I did not do them myself, I had a mate do the work. There are quite a few pictures on my we site: http://www.toytow.co.uk

Here's one, sorry about the dust

[Valsheda]

HIYA , THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP AND ADVICE , VERY HELPFULL