roybob
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hey ho all,just asking quick Q n any help all the better,going delocking car and want to smooth them into the door,just looking for abit of advice,would I sand around handle or grind it, then put in delocked ones and fibre glass around where they join and then skim some filler over that? any help would be handy as I dont fancy it cracking in a few weeks or months,cheers
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Dan Lewis
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you take the handle out, weld a piece of sheet metal on sand down and skim with fibre glass
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mattievRS
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dont quote me on this but i think this may also make your car fail the MOT.Im sure someone will correct me if im wrong!!
Good luck though mate!
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Robin
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I'd imagine it's be a bit of a difficult job to smooth the handle into the door, as it WILL crack.
not sure how you'd do it either 
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RichR
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Iaz had this done on his "minty" corsa - I'm assuming that you are referring to keeping the handle itself and smoothing the surround into the door skin?
as opposed to some of the replies which assume you mean removing the whole handle (as I've done) and have no handles at all
Anyway contact Flamingcorsa (Iaz) on here and see what he has to say
[Edited on 12-09-2006 by LiVe LeE]
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RichR
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by m17tty
dont quote me on this but i think this may also make your car fail the MOT.Im sure someone will correct me if im wrong!!
Good luck though mate!
No you wont. TVR's don't have door handles.
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scottmmw
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i thought it would fail the MOT, altho i could be wrong. The reason for this is for in any type of emergency, emergency services have a manual way to enter the car. dont quote me tho.
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Hamish
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they have a button under the wing mirror that pops the door open.
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Robin
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that would look really really good with delocked early handles, not the facelift ones.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by scottmmw
i thought it would fail the MOT, altho i could be wrong. The reason for this is for in any type of emergency, emergency services have a manual way to enter the car. dont quote me tho.
No, TVR's come out the factory with no door hadles on them. Some don't even have door handles on the inside. Ever seen the jaws of life?
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scottmmw
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im not 100per cent, think i read it in an old max power or something! smoother the better i personally think so go for it!!!
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RichR
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officially you need two mechanical methods of entering the car
its really upto the individual test stations discretion - I had one which wouldnt touch my car and another which hasnt said a thing; other than the fact that TVRs dont have them
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boyracer2002
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i did mine 4 years ago now, not had a problem with them, sticker flex the handles in so their in solid and not gonna move and also screw them in as usual, key up the handle and door, then skim with fibreglass then sand and a skim of filler
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roybob
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cheers alot lads, got old ones out n put in delocked ones off a old corsa,the flatter ones,and fireglassed em in just gota sand and fill,makes big difference already.
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