as the title says. Bought a car from the auction and can't seem to open the hood. the cable from the inside is pulled out and when i try and pull the cable with some visegrips nothing unlatches. how would i go about opening the hood??? do i have to take my front bumper off?

 

i would try to go in the bumper, and reach the cable and pull it

 

checked out the cable looking at the bottom part of the bumper. i think the ball part came off the actual latch thing. so basically the cable that runs through the latch is gone

 

ehh problems, i dont recommend buying a car from a auction you never know what your going to get. I have a friend who bought a 99' GSR from an auction and that thing was running rich, worn out cf hood, quarter panel damage, hatch wont open, yea tons of problems

 

^^^^^^ thats why you inspect it and look at it before you by it, quarter pannel damage and a faded carbon fiber hood is very noticable.

 

From easiest to hardest:

Stick you hand/hands up through the front bumper to the latch (use your finger or screwdriver) and manually slide the lever on the latch that the cable is/was attached to.

OR

You could remove the front grill, 2 screws/bolts that screw down into the headlights and 3 clips that attach to the front bumper (pull straight out after you remove the 2 screws), unbolt the latch.

OR

Unbolt the latch reaching from underneath the front bumper (maybe easier to jack up the front end)

 

thanks for the help guys.

btw, i'm going to replace the cable, which cable do i use for the right fitment?

 

yea i would just slide the lever with a screwdriver or ur finger if its skinny enough.

umm i think the g2 cable is long enough. The problem with the g3 one is its too short to go from the inside release to the latch.