Fyi
 

Today, it was 25*F and I ran out of windshield washer fluid. Knowing that the hood was frozen, I asked my good ol mom to pull the handle while I tugged on the hood to free it (I figured she had the safer, easier job). So she crawls into the driver's seat and pulls the handle.
The cold, combined with her pulling up, instead of out...the handle pops off. AWESOME!:mad:
As strange as it sounds, I actually had a spare hood cable in my room for the solenoid/latch popper plan (wierd).
I spent the entire mid-day removing and rerouting a hood cable.
Let me tell those of you who have not done this....its no walk in the park.
By no means is it difficult or hard...its just a giant pain in the ass.

I also degreased the latch in brake cleaner and relubed it w/ oil, liquid wrench, wd40, and some urea grease (all I had). I never thought about the latch being that shiny under the grime.

(Did you know that if you put a bunch of brake cleaner in a THIN plastic bin, it will melt it and fuse plastic to the floor? I learned that today. Common sense if you think about it though :rolleyes: )

So just in case any of you happen to get luck as bad as mine and break your handle, know that the job kinda sucks. FYI for all

Ha ha ha hah a.... sorry bro I had to laugh. My shit has been broken for a while now. When I didnt have a place to do oil change, I took my car to a lube place to get an oil change. This fucking shop broke off the handle and tried hiding the piece under my seat. I got so fucking pissed off that they almost called the cops on me. The fockers wouldnt admit that they broke the thing. Anyway, I tried replacing mine while I had the motor out but I got lazy cuz that shit does look like it would be a pain in the ass. I just dry my hands off real good to get a grip of it... or I use a pair of pliers sometimes..... fuk it.... it'll give the thieves a little bit of hard time if they try pop my hood....:o

Yeah, I thought about just leaving it...but I couldnt.
The sideskirt has to come off to get the fender off...
Bumper off
Driver Headlight off
Dead pedal out to remove Kick panel
THEN you can begin to take the thing out...way too many of those white clips too btw

ahahaha, sorry man. i hope i never have to do that.

thats a bitch I know what you mean when I tell me stupid friends to pop my hood I always tell them to pull straight out