LOL! I wish that shaved locks would have kept the thugs out of my rex!!! They tried to pop off the passenger side door handle *how nice of them* then they tried to smash the passenger side window...all they ended up doing was shattering the glass, but it was held in place by the tint.. then they walked over to the drives side and smashed a hole in that sides door glass, reached in, unlocked the door, and had their way pillaging my rex for money, the radio, the amp, and whatever else, leaving me a nasty pile of glass on the drivers seat, a freezing cold 45 minute drive to the east side, and to add, this was the thursday before x-mas..leaving my fiance' stranded in a cold parking lot, while I left work early to go and get the her & the car [she drove my teg home & I took the rex]. I guess that what surprised me was that it was broad daylight [sometime btwn 9:00am and 2:30 pm] Pffft, some security guards. -M
>This has been covered before, but living in DC for years taught me just how >vulnerable our vintage Hondas are on their door locks & handles. The weak >point is where the door handle mounts to the door- all the thief has to do >is jam a screwdriver, slim Jim, etc. in between the rectangular handle and >the door, pop the thing out, and they're in the car in like 25 seconds. >I'm >contemplating shaving the handles entirely and going to power locks some >day... I've kept this from happening to me personally, but if anyone would >like to share they're stories, chime in! > > >George >'89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 122k miles >"Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Robert K. Kuhn >Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:54 PM >To: The Rex list >Subject: Re: CRX: door locks > > >On 10:22 AM 07/22/02 -0700, Powell Thomas said... > > >Or, even better, use it as an excuse to add power > >locks, an alarm w/pager, and rear door handles from > >same year civic sedan. It's a pretty cool mod that > >doesn't cost too much, but gives you a little bit of > >peace of mind about your crx being so vulnerable. Of > >course, nothing can stop someone from breaking your > >window... > >(* snip *) > >I was just going to mention something to that effect. I sort of have power >locks in that my locks are controlled by the alarm. I have the solenoids >in each door. Now it's just a matter of me getting around to installing >some switches that will operate the doors (which, as you can probably tell, >has not been a high priority of mine since I installed the solenoids back >when I got the car in 1998....). > >Anyway, I don't think I've *EVER* used my outside door locks. I wonder if >they work? :^\ > >The solenoids, at the time, were $30 (USD) each and I programmed second >button on my alarm remote to lock and unlock the doors. It took me about >an hour to do each door. I probably could have done it in less time but I >was also installing the alarm system. I got the solenoids from a local >stereo/alarm type shoppe. > >Since we're on the subject, has anyone added a power lock for the rear >hatch? Easy? Hard? > > >Robert K. Kuhn >CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > >1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) >ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
