I'm giving up on the dzeus fasteners on my GRP bonnet as they keep coming undone - even tank-tape over them doesn't secure them for most runs.
Anyone know where I can buy the rubberised SVA over-centre catches at a decent price?
Plenty available from the usual suspects but, call me tight, I just can't get my head around paying £7.50 a catch for a component that must have cost pence to manufacture!
Thanks in anticipation, Pewe

if your cars already on the road i wouln't worry about sva ones too much

^^^ likewise, I'd go for some of the metal spring type catches - locost and reliable

Where's the best place to buy sprung latches from for a good price?

Pewe you have u2u

The Dzeus fasteners are usually pretty reliable. Perhaps you need to use a shorter version to give a tighter fastening?

Surely this thread is upside down? Generally people would want to replace the SVA catches with Dzus!

To avoid this: -

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Thanks for the suggestions guys.
PhilJ you might be right - existing ones are quite long so maybe it's a case of shorter ones to achieve a tight fit.
Off to the garage to try some of the shorter ones I have in stock - now where the b*ggery b*llocks did I put those????
Cheers, Pewe

i used dzus fasteners from the begininning and since getting her on the road, ill be changing to something as im fed up with fiddling with the damn dzus everytime i put the bonnet on


chris