Shaving your door handles???

[simo711]

I saw this one persons MX and in the picture you couldn't see the door handles...I was like whoa!! On the page it said that the handles were shaved. What does this mean and how do you do it?<P>Chris

[white fish]

you remove the handles and fill the in then you need motors that open the door for you

[simo711]

How do you do this procedure or do you have a body shop fill it in and then where do you get the motor to open your doors???<P>This is tight stuff.<P>thanks Chris

[VizualXTC]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by simo711:<BR><STRONG>How do you do this procedure or do you have a body shop fill it in and then where do you get the motor to open your doors???<P>This is tight stuff.<P>thanks Chris</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>You remove the opening mechanism and replace it with the "door poppers" You have to remove the door handle then weld a plate in it's place and sand smooth......prime, paint, and your set. (sorry, I havn't done this so I don't have detailed explination)<BR>~Ryan~

[David Coleman]

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[Bri94GS]

You can also customize some sort of remote to roll your driver's side window down for you...then u can reach inside and open up the door. Just make sure you carry an extra battery around so you don't get locked out!! But filling in the hole isn't that hard. Just take it to a body shop...they'll fit them in as if they were a dent.

[SirCruizer]

Cute... Its been awhile since I heard anyone ask how to shave door handles. Do you have a car alarm? If not get one with electric door openers. That way you kill a couple birds with one stone. Shaved door handles or suicide doors as they are known is one of the first things people around here do to the body along with possibly a kit. Before you shave your door handles make sure you dont have something else you want to do with your body like remove dents or something. That saves you for repainting all the time and the paint not being matched because of fade and wear from the other parts of the car. My suggestion is if you dont want to do a full body paint have them at least paint the whole door.... Hope those suggestions helped. I plan having suicide doors also as soon as I get the FX design kit (this is long time down the road). Im suprised I dotn see more like that.

[Mx-3 Gs-x]

been there, done that

[Marlon]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mx-3 Gs-x:<BR><STRONG>been there, done that</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>got pics?<BR>did you run into any problems

[Custommx3]

here ya go..<BR><A HREF="http://www.autoloc.com/search.lasso?partno=sl" TARGET=_blank>http://www.autoloc.com/search.lasso?partno=sl</A>

[Custommx3]

here ya go..<BR><A HREF="http://www.autoloc.com/search.lasso?partno=sl" TARGET=_blank>http://www.autoloc.com/search.lasso?partno=sl</A>

[Mx-3 Gs-x]

no problems but the only thing is if u was to do that dont get door poppers go with window roll down instead thats what i think i got that, ne ways the only thing is probably tryin to get the door smooth like it was before

[SE-Man]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SirCruizer:<BR><STRONG>Shaved door handles or suicide doors as they are known is one of the first things people around here do to the body along with possibly a kit. </STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I thought suicide doors were the doors that opened backwards.... maybe things have changed.

[VizualXTC]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SirCruizer:<BR><STRONG>....... Shaved door handles or suicide doors as they are known ......</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Suicide doors are when they hinge on the back of the door instead of the front. It is because in the 50's, I believe, they would race toward a cliff, and the first person to jump would lose....the suicide doors made them unable to jump from the moving vehicle....at least that is what I was told a long long time ago.