Shaved Door Handles

pradamike · 01-26-2004

Hey everyone whats going on i am a newbie when it come to door handles and i want to know how to put some shaved door handles on my car because my handle broke off in the cold piece of sh## plastic things and i was just wondering if anyone has a how to do or intsructions or possible could come and help me out

thanks everyone

**Kracka** · 01-26-2004

Go to Mitsu and spend the $60 to get a new door handle...far less work and effort than "shaving" your door handles (even though they are already recessed so it would really be "filling" rather than "shaving").

JiN · 01-26-2004

Dammit Chris your ruining everything by pointing out the obvious. I've wondered the same thing though.

At-Least-It's-An-Evo · 01-26-2004

Have fun driving that w/o handles in the winter when the door popper is frozen and you can't get in your car.

JiN · 01-26-2004

That'd suck so bad. To answer his question though, they make kits to shave off the handles. Just go on ebay and look or try visionautodynamics.com. They may have something for you.

**Kracka** · 01-26-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by JiNMaXimus@Jan 26 2004, 01:44 PM
Dammit Chris your ruining everything by pointing out the obvious.

Thats why I am here

LightningGSX · 01-26-2004

It's really not all that hard to shave the door handles, just weld in some sheet metal and fill and paint, a few hours tops(unless the bodyman is really slow).The wiring and installation of the solenoids is another couple of hours.And as long as you get quality(Auto-Loc) solenoids(and they're installed properly), you will have zero problems, regardless of outside temp.

BuildADSM · 01-26-2004

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Originally posted by . guest .@Jan 26 2004, 12:53 PM
Have fun driving that w/o handles in the winter when the door popper is frozen and you can't get in your car.

I have heard this as well. Especally when it is frozen. I heard of some people that had air baggs on their car and the had it pretty much on the ground when parked at the mall. Came out an hour later as well 4 inches of snow and they couldn't get into their car.

To shave you handles you pretty much just take them out, fill in the holes, and install a kit to open them for you by remote. Cool looking but I don't know how it would be in MN. On the other hand lightning knows what he is doing abotu this type of stuff so I guess if you have the right stuff it will work.

sorry for the long post

BTW I believe that you arn't allowed to drag race (mabey other racing as well) w/o door handles for safty reasons. Just thought you might want to know. Whatever you do good luck.

LightningGSX · 01-26-2004

Even if you get shitty ones just spray some moisture displacing lube(like WD-40) in the solenoids before winter and problem solved.