slo4door

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Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions/experience with which hood latch cable to use when you put the JDM ITR front end on a 94-01 Integra. The USDM is way too short and keeps the hood latch open all the time and the JDM cable is a little longer but is still pulled too tight and keeps the hood latch open all the time as well. The end result, hood will not close. I was thinking maybe a Prelude or Accord hood latch cable may work because they are longer. Anyone know what to do in this case? Thanks.

baboofka

i have the solution.. use the gen 2 integra hood cable...works like a charm.. good luck

SYTFU Tommy.

or use your stock hood latch and reroute it to the tright

DesertTanDb8

some people say u can use 92 accord cable

djtony5

Just do what my little brother did. Just twist the cable to the latck and hold it with a ziptie. Everything works like a charm...no need to relocated anything.

slo4door

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Thanks for the suggestions.

Baboofa, do you go to UTK? I think I may have seen your car there if it is a white Integra with the JDM front end. Does the Gen 2 Integra cable have plenty of play (length)? Thanks again.

thaiphob

after doing my front end conversion, i used the 90-93 hood latch and cable. i routed it though the fire wall and into the engine bay. normally it would go though the fender but i did it this way as a precaution. theres about a good two feet left over after routing it this way.

baboofka

nah, i dont goto UTK.. my integras PY with the conversion.. and if you dont feel like goin with the gen 2 cable, tie the end of a clothes hanger or soem kinda wire into a lil ball.lol then wrap it around your bumper reinforcemtn bar.. haha thats an easy, yet cheap thing to do as well.haha

MugenDC4

I had the exact same problem as you before when I got into an accident and my hood latch cable broke. Body shop kept on ordering the cable by my Vin# which kept on coming short about 8 inches. Use a Gen 2 (DA) cable like what baboofka stated and it should fix the problem. Its about 10-12 inches longer. The USDM cable kept on coming short even if I routed on top of the engine bay and not through the fender.

slo4door

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Yeah I ordered a cable from a 90-93 Accord yesterday just to be safe. I thought as big of a front end as that year Accord has, it should have plenty of play. Thanks for the help everyone.

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01blackgsr

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Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but how did that work for you? Could I use any year accord hood cable, or does it only pertain to certain years?