Shaved handles emergency option!!?

I'm not sure about all alarm systems, but some of the alarm backup batteries are actually a backup alarm with the backup battery...a pretty simple noise maker with its own battery. If the main alarm looses power while going off then the backup one will make noise. The backup battery doesn't actually power the main alarm. The reason is that if they find the alarm itself and cut the wires to it, then it will silence the alarm....but that will trigger the backup.

For the pads, you only really need to mount a positive terminal, no? Since you hook negative to the chassis, there's probably plenty of chassis mount points under your car, so you'll only really need one terminal for positive. I don't see any reason why you can't cover it in such a way that it's not a hazard.

If you ride too low, then maybe you have room in one of your wheel wells for a small terminal?

Another possibility would be to install a cable latch system to pop the hood from underneath the car. Just make sure you install a hood lock so that a theif can't just open your hood from underneath. In fact, I know that some Civic models are already rigged such that you can reach from underneath and pop the hood, and for those it is highly recommended to have a hood lock. I hear that a number of Civic owners have lost brand new batteries as a result of that design flaw.

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