i woke upto go to school i noticed my hood was popped and the battery was gone. The doors were both locked and i dont know how they popped the hood unless u can pull the release somehow from outside maybe?
lol wow, I've never heard of someone getting jacked for their battery.
I think the older cavs you could stick your hand underneath the hood, pull the cord, and open it up.
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- Sold my beloved J in April 2010 -
Yup, '99 and older for sure. Thank goodness too because my hood cable rusted through and I just reached between the hood and bumper, yanked the cable, and woolah!
2010 Subaru Impreza WRX Limited
1999 Cavalier Z24 Supercharged
1999 Grand AM SE (Beater Car)
1997 GMC Sierra
2007 Honda CBR 600RR
2005 Honda TRX450R
95+ Cav's take about 2 seconds to pop the hood..... reach your hand between the hood and bumper and pull the cable. The '00 put a "Guard" over the cable to make it harder, but it doesn't really slow you down (all it does is hide the cable, but if you know its there......)
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'04 GTO 305whp
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SpeedRacerZ wrote:95+ Cav's take about 2 seconds to pop the hood..... reach your hand between the hood and bumper and pull the cable. The '00 put a "Guard" over the cable to make it harder, but it doesn't really slow you down (all it does is hide the cable, but if you know its there......)
plus that little guard is PLASTIC with push is tabs
I've heard of that happening before with car lots. But never to an actual person.
But yeah, we used to be able to get under the hood of my buddies 96 sunfire by getting under the front and getting ahold of the cable.
Jon Mick wrote:
i find it amusing that SHOoff has nothing better to do but follow me around & be an unhelpful dick in even cross-forum.
wow thats @!#$ty watch now ill get my new battery jacked i guess ill have to chain it to the frame haha
I could see with a battery like an Optima. Stealing one is cheaper than paying $200
I dont know what to say to this....
Now that the question has been answered, can someone delete this post? Just one of those things that the less people know about it, the better.
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"The J's weren't designed to be sports cars, the suspension sucks, the brakes are tiny, and the target market for our car doesn't need to be able to do any more than 65mph." - Shifted
A more accurate observation has never been typed. These should be the starting points before any serious performance modification. What's the point of making a serious performer if you can't control it's power?
I put a small piece of razor wire behind my latch...
If they're going to try touching my car... good luck!
eh, i went the locking hood pin method.
lol@ lenko. That is a good idea.
Thinking a theif knows a thing or two about breaking into a j body, leave it to lenko to show them what is up.
John Lenko wrote:I put a small piece of razor wire behind my latch...
If they're going to try touching my car... good luck!
That is the best idea I have ever heard.
My original idea was to somehow rig a boxing glove (or pie) onto a giant spring.... but this is less complicated.
I was going to say just go with the old cartoon theme: maybe a big jack in the box with a boxing glove to the face
