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another way to open the trunk
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LDFIREWORKS
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thanks thats good to know just hope i do not need to do this at anytime :2thumbs:
bjt
Very Helpful Member
But some of the security of it is that most people don't know that its there. I have had many cases of someone being totally amazed that the Spyder has a trunk. I guess they think the engine is filling that space. :dontknow:
kalavera
New member
Yeah but this forum is public. So now anyone with internet access knows.
Its not like I leave valuables in there for long periods of time. Just thought it would be alot harder to get into than that.
I used to have a 1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief. The hood latch was outside the car at the front. We lived in Long Island at the time and really no issues till we stopped into the city. Doh! Come back to find missing pieces under the hood incl battery. I believe after that year, AMC stopped doing that with the hood opener.
I posted some months ago the idea to run a 28" length of picture hanging wire from the trunk release lever around the fuse box down to the oil tank area. Attach a small metal pull ring to the end and secure it near the oil tank. Then if keys get locked in trunk, you have an emergency release cable and don't need to try to reach up and find the trunk cable. Whatever works.
Jimmy Neutron
Senior Moment
Hey thats great.I am gonna put my keys in there.. Hopefully crooks can not read
thought of "may be i am telling crooks how to open my trunk" did cross my mind but trunk was never safe. if someone wanted get in my trunk, i think they can simply rip it out. its just piece of plastic. most valuable thing in my trunk for the most part is my lunch other than my helmet
i figure it will be more helpful than more harm.
i figure it will be more helpful than more harm.
Jimmy Neutron
Senior Moment
Its Okay we were just having fun. :cheers:
bjt
Very Helpful Member
The Spyder trunks security in any scenario is just a means of keeping an honest person honest. If somebody wants something in your trunk bad enough, they will get it whether they know how to access the trunk latch cable or if they just take a pry bar or 3lb. hammer to it. :sour: They wouldn't have to read about those last two methods on SpyderLovers or any other forum.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
I did something very similar, with aircraft cable and a poly tube sheath. This happened after I was unable to find the correct cable in the dark (flashlight and tools locked in trunk.). That reminds me, Nancy still owes me for my two hour trip each way to fetch the spare key.
Haven't used the emergency release since, but it is good piece of mind. I think the previous thread was title "Emergency Trunk Release".-Scotty
speedster200
New member
Don't worry most thieves want to do there dirty work in a matter of seconds. Removing the panel will take to long.
ataDude
Mod Maniac
... The owners on this forum will buy anything made of clear plastic.
You rang?
The one-of-each guy
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Build a greenhouse with all the left over plastic. You're in Texas, probably don't need one like we do in Michigan.
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