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  • Cruise Whore
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  • Member For: 18y 7m 24d
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  • Location: Melbourne

Yep, mate of mine had BF Mk 2 XR8 brand new and we went to pop the bonnet and the lever broke in his hands. Ever since then, I've been extra careful when popping my bonnet. Luckily his was under warranty at the time. I wonder what else are weak points :icon_ford:

- Bonnet Lever breaking off. Just be careful.

- Oil Cap thread perishing. Replace with CPC alloy billet cap less $20.

- Front brake rotors and pads causing brake shudder. Replace with dba 4000 slotted rotors and RB24 pads less than $500.

- Dunlop Sports 3000 tyres no grip. Replace with what - well I'm looking at replacing with Falken FK 452 but not done them yet.

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  • 6 months later...
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  • Member For: 13y 3m 4d
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I had the same thing happen on my '04 BA MkII Ute N/A in January 2009. Handle was okay, but could not open the bonnet. Not sure if the plastic pull handle and the cable are two separate items or not. I paid $36.30 for the bonnet cable and another $77 to have it installed.

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  • 7 months later...
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  • Member For: 16y 1m 23d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Melb, VIC

So yet another case of a broken bonnet release I damaged the wire as well using pliers for a while so its time to replace the whole cable....

how do I go bout doing this? how should I start?

any help would be much appreciated

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  • 1 year later...
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  • Member For: 11y 11m 27d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Brisbane, Thornlands

hey guys

Im having some problems with the plastic clip on the interior fuse box where the bonnet release is attached to. I have broken the attachment part of the fuse box twice in as many months.

Im just wondering is anyone else having the same problem and how they are fixing it. Car is a 06 BF.

Cheers

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  • Member For: 17y 6m 1d
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If the bonnet release is hard then replace it.. Mine got hard then eventually the cable ate theough the handle..

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