despite the piece of **** exterior i am still concerned with someone stealing my car and taking my engine....i've heard that you can actually move your hood latch release to a less obvious location and i was wondering how to go about doing that? it seems like a pain in the *** job assuming that the latch is released via a cable going from the lever to the front rad support.

 

Look at this post. I am not sure about moving the hood lock itself but here is another option.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=232875

They run about 29 beans and you can get them from that hot rod place JEGS

 

I have to ask, how is someone gonna steal your engine ? If they steal your car there gonna do anything to get the hood off. Just woundering.