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Old 09-17-2006, 10:01 PM
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Just wondering if there's a way to lock your gas tank for a 98-02 camaro ss?
Old 09-17-2006, 10:23 PM
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you can get the caps with a key at napa or vatozone.
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what in the world do you need to lock your gas tank for??
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Got mine at the dealership.
Old 09-18-2006, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bjamick
what in the world do you need to lock your gas tank for??
There are folks out there low enough to steal gas out of parked cars or tamper with the gas in them.
Old 09-18-2006, 11:36 AM
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oh ok well i live in alabama and i have never had that worry before. freaking a$$ holes what has happened to people these days?
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I could do with one also.
Is there a place online I can buy one from? I have got away with not needing one for 4 years, but with the increase in gas prices and $60 to fill the tank, I think someone will steal my gas. Other cars have had it done in the area, usually the theves cut the gas lines. If I catch them ******** I think a lit match in their direction will slow them down.

Anyway back to the lockable cap, I could do with a place online which can take PayPal. Failing PayPal I can go credit card.
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Originally Posted by bjamick
what in the world do you need to lock your gas tank for??
ex girlfriends

Originally Posted by nick_4.8sierra
Just wondering if there's a way to lock your gas tank for a 98-02 camaro ss???
I got my cap at Autozone
Old 09-18-2006, 01:56 PM
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got my FRAM cap w/ 2 keys at Kragan, it works great! Now I don't have to worry about my girlfriends ghetto, white trash neighborhood anymore, well at least as far as my fuel is concerned, b/c someone over there did shoot my ******* drivers side door with a BB gun. If i only knew who it was...
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I had the salesman get one for me BEFORE I drove it off the Dealership Lot.....added peace of mind...
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.Ohater
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I got my cap at Autozone

Exactly. And also, just for peace of mind, I can get paranoid.
Thanks, I'll try AutoZone.

Thanks,
Nick
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I got mine off ebay here ya go:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy...QQcmdZViewItem
EBAY FTW
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i <3 ebay. but any way.. my local autozone has a big poster in the window for locking gas caps.. id do that before ordering it offline.. why pay shipping when they sell em for prolly the same price 2 miles down the street?
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Thanks guys, if they don't have them at the closest autozone I will buy one off ebay. Thanks for the link KameleonTransAm.

Now all I need is something that I can put on my car to prevent it from getting keyed.
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No problem and I thought I looked around my local Discount Auto Parts and they didn't have any
Now all I need is something that I can put on my car to prevent it from getting keyed.
^ Good luck with that one
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Originally Posted by nick_4.8sierra
Now all I need is something that I can put on my car to prevent it from getting keyed.
I always thought Rhino liner would make good anti-keying paint
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Well there was this video I saw for a security system in South Africa (I believe it was South Africa) that involved a motion detector and a flame thrower under the car... LOL




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