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Light coats, not heavy.
Awesome! One of these days I’ll give it a shot. [emoji16][emoji106]
I need to repaint my handles, they’re worn on the inside of where you grab them. But with my latest attempt at painting my grill emblem, Im not too sure of my painting skills. Looks like you’re doing good at it though!So I’m starting to tackle paint items. My poor paint is thrashed.... like everywhere.... ugh
At any rate @ivin74 sold me three door handles in my exact paint color! Score! But holy crapolla!!! If I’d known how much work it takes to switch out a door handle!! I would not have done it. Anyways, the drivers door handle is in excellent condition as well as the front passenger side handle is great in great shape. Gave them a little clay bar and a little CG V36 polish and they cleaned right up! Then I tackled switching out my driver door handle. It was a nightmare! But I got the swap done(thankfully!)
The factory door handle:
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Pretty scraped and scratched
And the polished up and sealed replacement handle: View attachment 228544 View attachment 228545
Yup that’s exactly where my drivers door handle was wearing out. It was driving me bonkers!
that’s a good idea... if you want your handles to be painted silver birch metallic!!
Don't forget, it's all in the prep.
How much work is it to pull the handles? I would need to pull them, paint them and reinstall them in 2 days.
It was definitely not that easy when I did it lol. My window had to come out otherwise I couldn’t access the handle bolts that bolt it to the door.....
I was thinking the same thing, because when the passenger front lock was punched and I tried to remove the handle, I couldn’t get to the bolts. So the glass comes out first, but that’s not too hard right? 2 bolts then rotate it and pull it up? Or is it more complicated?
It’s smashed...hope it’s not fragile?
That’s pretty much it. Then just lower the window regulator so you have room to pull the glass and then that also gives you room to get to the door handle bolts. I’ve done it twice now to replace the regulator and for the door handle the other day so o know how to do it. It’s not hard it’s just tedious.
You can access the bolts ? With a wrench or socket?
