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8th Oct 03 at 00:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

could any one tell me where to get body coloured door handles or wot u have t do to make them body coloured wif out it lookin shit thanx ...
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8th Oct 03 at 00:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Rub em down and paint them..

Or vectra ones are smooth already I think.....( :boggle
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8th Oct 03 at 07:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

u can get a set of rear door handles without locks if u got central locking
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8th Oct 03 at 08:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

get vectra rear door handles for vauxhall, then prep them up for spraying, spray them an your done.
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i got standard 1s on mine but i had mine painted by a pro coz i cudnt do it meself < lazy check me garage out dudeand u will see
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i just realised i brought vectra door handles and they ain't smooth
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scraprs, rub down, (u self) 15 squid for the painter
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i put rear door handles on mine.

Trouble is the actual door handles only cost about £6 for the pair. but if your gonna go for rear handles you'll need to buy the bracket to go behind them (front door handle brackets wont fit), i think it works out at around £55 in total.

I got mine sprayed up by a pro.

Worth it in the end, does look nice.
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9th Oct 03 at 09:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i got vectra rear door handles, an the bracket fitted, had to drill a rivit out for the lock to come off tho! they were also smooth!
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i sprayed the original handles on my car, but i did a really SHITE rushed job, still looked wicked but didnt last long, about 2-3 months and it started peeling!!!!cunt!!!

will the vectra door handles without locks fit straight to my gsi, ive got central locking and deadlocks???

i will give them a proper paint job if i get them but will they last???
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u have to drill a rivit out on the backin plate to take the lock out, then they fit, u loose dead lockin ability tho i fink
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"drill a rivit out on the backin plate to take the lock out"

i dont understand what u mean mate?
to get the original lock out u mean?
i never use my deadlocks anyway? and hopefully will get a cat1 alarm so it will be ok without deadlocks right?

i think the last months issue of total vauxhall showed how to delock or sumting like dat??
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9th Oct 03 at 10:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the lock that u have in ur standard door handles will get in the way of the new dorr handles, so u have to take the lock out of the backin plate, to do this u need to drill a rivit out then they come out easy. just have t ohave remote central locking
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9th Oct 03 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

oh ok mate i understand,

so i jus gotta go vauxhall and ask for the ready primed smooth vectra rear door handles??

which cost about 6quid for the pair??
will they fit straight on? i wont need any new brackets??
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9th Oct 03 at 10:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

they cost a bit more than £6 i think, but they shud be smooth will fit no probs an u dont need brackets
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i bought a lockless passenger side vectra CC handle, a driver side CC vectra handle, had a deadlock made for my key, backing plates and painted for £45.

then i chipped the bloody paint on both in the same place installing them and had to touch up pen them, they still look good though, you cant notice the touch up when they are on the car.

I dont really like the look of the rear handles though, thats why i went for a lockless front passenger handle, the litle smoothed lock area looks really good i think

The haynes max power corsa manual shows you how to do it with pics and everything, good book

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9th Oct 03 at 12:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

it shudnt chip easliy if its had a really good paint job done! unless u were really clumsy when fitting them

isit hard to fit it, coz i want it to be perfect dont want no chips or nuffin?

 
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