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pr1mo
28-02-2004, 12:41 PM
most of you will be saying 'about time' as this job has been on the cards for 6 months lol. For those that dont know these doorhandles are out of the 1.8 BJ astina and are definetley not made togo into the BA. Custom mounts and alot of hacking up of the rear section of these doorhandles is required. This one alone took me about 2 hours to fit! im going to spray the grey bit black to match the rest of the car too

anyway enjoy.

http://www.webvisions.com.au/doorhandle.jpg


cheers mike
mrpayner
28-02-2004, 01:20 PM
Very interesting mike.. am keen to see what the finished product looks like..

AP
pr1mo
28-02-2004, 01:48 PM
haha yeah ive ducked in now as im doning the other 3 as we speak. its a pain in the asslining up all the mounts/modifying piano rods slightly/hacking into doorhandle but ill get there!

cheers mike
pr1mo
28-02-2004, 02:27 PM
half way there!
mrpayner
28-02-2004, 10:05 PM
I'm guessing that you did this to lose the actual tab that is the door locking device?

With filled in external key holes and no locking tabs are you going to be able to get in or out of your car if the central locking plays up?

Chrome handle looks nice though..

AP
pr1mo
28-02-2004, 11:50 PM
hehe nah one external key hole is now uncovered and im working my way around the central locking problem that these doorhandles have created. The front ones are proving an absolute b**ch to fit. Have thought about it some more and will have a solution tomorrow!

cheers mike
JynX
29-02-2004, 11:40 AM
Why didnt you just pull your olds one apart, get the handle chromed and paint the backing?
pr1mo
29-02-2004, 11:54 AM
explored that option and it would have been upwards of $70 per handle with the extreme likeleyhood of the existing handles being blown apart with the preperation process needed to make the handles entireley smooth. so the BJ option was the way togo

dan, what was the name of the place?? its up near your place off dorset rd

cheers mike
BigBoyLemonade
29-02-2004, 12:06 PM
Looks great squishy! Well done!
pr1mo
29-02-2004, 06:16 PM
thanks tony!
Chris
29-02-2004, 07:01 PM
Hey mike,

that looks great,

off that topic i just have one question, did you retrim your door trim with something else? if so how did you do it?

Chris
pr1mo
29-02-2004, 07:14 PM
yeah thats leather in those doors! did it myself. sourced some leather from a place in frankston VIC for about $40. striped my doors of all electrical appliances. the fabric which usually sits in there will peel strait off. simply use the bits of fabric as templates and cut out the shape u want + 3 or 4mm extra around the edges as you are using thicker material.

to bond i used selastic as reccomended by the guy i bought the leather off. im thinking about adding some bead liner around the edges to finish them off(possibly in the same color grey as the doorhandle) but thats another weekend!

cheers mike
KittyKatSmack
29-02-2004, 11:46 PM
Looking good Squishmeister!!!

Fully schik chrome

:D
Rupewrecht
01-03-2004, 11:21 PM
that place was the dashboard centre - www.dashboardcentre.com.au i think

and yeah, looks good :)
pr1mo
01-03-2004, 11:50 PM
haha yeah ill be selling em as a complete kit for the BA soon enough lol
platypus
02-03-2004, 01:02 AM
i'd love to see a set up like the Ford Mondeo... that was really noice

the locks were apart of the original handles

lock the doors? push them in!! unlock them? pull out to flush... open the door? pull out the rest of the way (like normal!!)


then just clean up the original locks, so they are hidden holes!!