A good way to prevent thieves from yanking on this cable is to shift the hood latch cable, but it's gonna get messy. Read below on how someone did this:
I did the project coz I gave up my hope of finding a brand new (NOS or maybe from Taiwan) tail lamp. Basically, Mazda 808 parts are very hard to find nowadays. Once found, it is much better if you can save it. As for...