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What do you think about shaved door handles?
I have a 91 firebird and I am thinking about getting the door handles shaved. Any suggestions on a certian kit/motors to use? What do all you think of shaved handles on 3rd gens?
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
I bought the vehicle power accessories kit from summit racing. Shaved door handles are for sure the way to go.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
i hate the look, it just makes it look like something is missing...because there is
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
It's horribly tacky. Don't do it.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
Consider just shaving the locks. The locks are ugly, the door handles aren't that bad.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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Firebat Consider just shaving the locks. The locks are ugly, the door handles aren't that bad.
now thats something i have never thought about, i like that idea, anybody on here do that?
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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charlielamb now thats something i have never thought about, i like that idea, anybody on here do that?
82Firebird did. His car was the silver 82 firebird with the bird painted on the hood along with 18" Coys C5 gray rims.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
another good one is converting to the more flush look of truck handles.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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charlielamb now thats something i have never thought about, i like that idea, anybody on here do that?
Yep, I did....it looks soooo much better. I topped it off with the smooth 4th gen handles.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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FYRCHKN Yep, I did....it looks soooo much better. I topped it off with the smooth 4th gen handles.
how hard is it to put the 4th gen handles on? are there any modifications or do they just bolt right on?
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
graft in some corvette handles
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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charlielamb now thats something i have never thought about, i like that idea, anybody on here do that?
I plan on doing it now since the person who broke into my car really ate up my door around my lock cylinder. It'll look cleaner I think.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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irockid86 another good one is converting to the more flush look of truck handles.
I agree so much, I did it to my old 92RS, years ago.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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FYRCHKN Yep, I did....it looks soooo much better. I topped it off with the smooth 4th gen handles.
Nice mod
Personally I like what Stephen did in fitting the truck door handles on. Looks killer on our cars.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
I did mine a few years back and I love it. People comment on them all of the time, and it's one more thing to set your car apart from the rest
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
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charlielamb how hard is it to put the 4th gen handles on? are there any modifications or do they just bolt right on?
Direct bolt on with no mods needed.
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Re: What do you think about shaved door handles?
thanks FYRCHKN i gotta head to the junkyard and get me some and swap them out, great idea, you do awesome work
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