How do you slim Jim a 2004 Toyota Echo?

Answer 1

I cannot tell you how to do this. I don't know for sure but have slim jimmed three cars in the past. The one thing I can tell you is this. It applies to all makes and models of any sort of vehicle. Do not slim the driver door. Do not let anyone else slim your driver door. This includes AAA, the cops or the tow truck driver. EVER!! The chances of breaking the lock mechanism on the door are somewhere between 99 and 100%. Have fun climbing over your console and floor shifter until you can fix the driver door. You will likely be able to open it from the inside to get out, or reach through the open window of the driver door and use the inside handle. But you won't be opening the driver door with the outside handle. So, do the passenger door or a rear door. Don't do the rear door on the passenger side on the street side. If you break it, they will have go det in and out on the traffic side of the car. I have a magnetic key box that sits in the curve of the metal bumper hidden by the plactic bumper cover. I place it directly in line with the license plate. So what if it's the first place a thief will look. At least my steering column lock won't be jambed with a screw driver and cost a fortune to repair if they do steal it to jack up a bank or convenience store. After locking myself out 4 or 5 times, that was my solution. In 45 years I have never had a car stolen and haven't been locked out either. All my family and close friends know where the key is if they ever need to use or move the thing too. I don't live in east LA or NYC either though. My not work for others.