anybody with shaved handles?

[94Frankenstein]

Re: anybody with shaved handles?

I did mine 5 years ago and haven't had one problem with cracking. If you do it right there shouldn't be any problems. I had to deal with frozen doors when it was my daily, and climbed in through the hatch. I mounted my solenoids in the same spot and put the poppers in the lower corner of the jamb, but mine are only 35lbs and work great. I can't find my pics at the moment but I will post some up later. I don't think I would do it again on a daily driver, I would still do the locks though. Autoloc sells door release cables, they are pretty much hood release cables, they are so helpfull.

[homedog119]

Re: anybody with shaved handles?

If you cant get in during the winter cause the doors are frozen shut you should have installed an automatic window opener so you can open the window from the outside and can pull the door open

[CamaroJeff™]

Re: anybody with shaved handles?

I did mine 5 years ago and haven't had one problem with cracking...

so what method did you use to cover up the handles?

im thinking about cutting out the little cove that the handle sits in, panel bonding a piece of sheet metal (or perhaps pieces of smc from a donor cars doors...) to the back side of the hole, and using either panel bond or some other type of structural adhesive to fill whats left of the void. using only glazing putty to fill any pinholes, and a minimal amount of primer to completely level it out.

i would consider using 'glass, but only if ive heard any positive results from it.

[StrtRacer98]

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That seems like a pretty good idea jeff, using something to fill it in from a doner door panel and then fiberglass it in. :tup:

[CamaroJeff™]

Re: anybody with shaved handles?

i was looking at the contour of the doors to see if i can cut a chunk out of another door and i believe it will work, but i may have to cut 2 doors to get the exact shape needed. ive decided to bite the bullet and buy some of the special smc body filler. i need some for my glass hood anyways. its super expensive and smells like cat piss, but theres no need to worry about it cracking in the future... like the duraglass on my hood :(

[baggedmaro25]

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i have them on my doors and i didnt use poppers just the solenoids to release the latch so it "pops" enuf for me to grab the door....since i can only open my door alittle bit anyways before they have to go up but i have everything on the car shaved so......oh and i should have it back next week and full pics and hopefully and hopefully a vid will be up

[StrtRacer98]

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i have them on my doors and i didnt use poppers just the solenoids to release the latch so it "pops" enuf for me to grab the door....since i can only open my door alittle bit anyways before they have to go up but i have everything on the car shaved so......oh and i should have it back next week and full pics and hopefully and hopefully a vid will be up

:bs:

Youve been saying youll have pics in a week since youve joined.

Never have come up with any...

[baggedmaro25]

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actually i did post some of the car in the paint booth a few months ago you just didnt look

[StrtRacer98]

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Post em up again..

Does the car have somebody elses name on it this time?

[baggedmaro25]

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huh?????? what do you mean somebody elses name

[t-topV6]

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hes also got a couple pics in a new thread

[StrtRacer98]

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huh?????? what do you mean somebody elses name

In the hatch...

[baggedmaro25]

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lol no not anymore that was my ex's name

[CamaroJeff™]

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i have them on my doors and i didnt use poppers just the solenoids to release the latch so it "pops" enuf for me to grab the door....

tried that. dosent work worth a ****. besides, i dont want to worry about grabbing the door at just the right time to keep it open. thats just halfassed ghetto.

[94Frankenstein]

Re: anybody with shaved handles?

Now my methods are unorthodoxed but I filled the reliefs with a hardening expanding foam (kind of like a plumber foam) and then did my glass work over it. It was my first time trying this on a composite door and it really worked well for me. I have used it on other methods to get contours and shapes (for sub boxes and interior trim) and have always had good luck with it.