Chrome door handle install help?

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03-11-2010, 04:33 PM

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Chrome door handle install help?

Okay, RandomSuper is making me feel like an idiot because he said this was a no brainer install. I just took a part my rear door panel and noticed the back of the handle is not even exposed. Can someone throw me a bone?

03-11-2010, 08:11 PM

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I had to do it.

03-12-2010, 01:16 AM

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you need to torx bit.. look in the door jamb.. you should see a plug..

03-12-2010, 01:16 AM

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I had to do it.

LOL

03-12-2010, 02:52 AM

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I had to do it.

Is that a tyrannosaurus bone? haha...

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you need to torx bit.. look in the door jamb.. you should see a plug..

Are there 2 torx bits I need to unscrew to remove the rear door handle? I know one of them is easily accessible behind the plastic liner, and now that you mentioned it, I did see a rubber grommet near the other end of the door handle, but not necessarily in the door jam. I will try again...

03-15-2010, 07:02 PM

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I think that rubber gromet is the one you take out for the key whole cover, I think I saw that in the DIY at Cluxb.com

03-15-2010, 08:43 PM

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I think that rubber gromet is the one you take out for the key whole cover, I think I saw that in the DIY at Cluxb.com

I wish I would've seen that thread a lil' earlier, but I installed the door handles on Saturday morning while drinking good ol' coffee from Starbucks. You're right though, for the front doors handles, you have to remove the grommet in the door jamb. For the rear door handles, you have to use a T40 torx bit to remove the locking mechanism to get to one of the screws behind the rear door handle.

Installation time took about 1 hour...

03-15-2010, 09:14 PM

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Any pics "D"?

03-15-2010, 09:18 PM

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Any pics "D"?

Of the car or the door install?

03-15-2010, 09:34 PM

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all of it

03-15-2010, 09:44 PM

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Of the car or the door install?

Of the car....

03-16-2010, 07:30 AM

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i think that rubber gromet is the one you take out for the key whole cover, i think i saw that in the diy at cluxb.com

blahh clubxb.. Over moderated site! MODD ABUSE at its finest.. Screw them..

03-18-2010, 04:50 AM

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Here's the progress so far... I'm either thinking of going wingless or getting the Rumion wing. Cost should be about the same since I have the patch the holes from the stock wing I got now...

03-18-2010, 07:04 AM

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Hmm this car looks familiar lol jk "D" looks good bro!!!!!

03-18-2010, 07:44 AM

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Charles di you put a fix axis kit.. LOL JK looking good man!

03-18-2010, 10:20 AM

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Charles di you put a fix axis kit.. LOL JK looking good man!

Funny you said that I just picked one up last Saturday

03-18-2010, 02:48 PM

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Hmm this car looks familiar lol jk "D" looks good bro!!!!!

Good thing you got new rims then!

To be honest, it really sucks NOT to roll hard. They say rims make the car, but really, stance makes the car. The fact that I can't stance out my car just makes it look so-so. Either way, I think this is the nicest it's going to look without air or coilovers once I get rid of my stock wing somehow.

For now, I'm thinking about re-tinting all my windows, only keeping the chrome door handles, adding the Rumion visors, and then going wingless.