Someone told me that I should shave the door handles. I dont think that it would look all that great. Has anyone done it.
Anyone have pics of a IROC with shave door handles.

Thanks

 

redraif I believe does on her firebird.

 

yes, redraif has shaved door handles. call me old fashioned, but i prefer cars with door handles

 

Redraif probably won't have time to reply to this topic...she's getting her car ready for Super Chevy-Montgomery AL tomorrow...so I will (she's my girlfriend for those of you who didn't know).

One...its not for everybody. Unless you plan to further modify the exterior of your car, with different spoilers, hood, ground effects, paint shemes, etc, it won't look right. Shannon (Redraif) also decided to shave the gas filler door and antenna, and weld up the original mirror holes and go with 4th gen style mirrors. On her car, it looks right...on say a stock appearing IROC or TA, it probably wouldn't.

If you want to see how it looks on her Firebird, go to:
http://www.cardomain.com/id/redraif

BTW...for anyone wishing to bash the car...see below my sig picture.

 

I've thought about shaving the door handles or converting to a handle that's flush with the door just for a little uniqueness and a more streamlined look. With them completely removed is it just a plate welded behind the hole left and filler to fill the depression or is there another way? btw I love what's been done to that bird, it all kind of goes together and I've always loved customs as much as the hot rods.
David

 

if the gas hole thingy is shaved then where did you move the neck for the tank?

 

deadbird did the smooth handle look and i think it looks great i'm going to take his idea but not to be a complete tracer i think im going to use the gtp handels off the back doors so i have to unlock the doors with a remote. should look really cool

 

Thanks David! Converting to a flushmounted handle looks good, too. Plus, it keeps you NHRA legal if thats a concern. On Redraif's car we cut pieces of sheetmetal to fill the depressions, and tack welded all the way around and ground it smooth. A small amount of body filler may be needed. You could also cut out the depression and weld in a flat piece, but I thought this way would be better, since the more welding you have to do, and the larger the area, the greater the chance is for distortion. We're planning a full tech article on her website, once we get all the pictures uploaded.

 

We rerouted the filler neck through the wheelwell...its now accessed through the storage compartment on the passenger side. You have to change your filling technique a little (turn the nozzle upside down), but it seems to work out fine. Its also going to be a lot easier to replace the fuel pump in the future, since the neck had to be cut, extended, and rejoined with fuel resistant hose (don't use radiator hose, the gas will break it down).

 

Ever run in the the problem where the Door will freeze shut in the winter? Thats got to be fun. Think about it. Your late for work, just busted your *** on the ice and landed in a frozen pile of dog ****. There is some little kid over there laughing at you while walking his dog. You get back up and walk over to your car and notice its covered by ice. Hmm... Door wont pop open Must be frozen so you start walking back to the house and the kid tells you that you suck. You get back to the house and relize that you just wasted 30 minutes and you should be at work.

Well you late so you start walking faster but on your way down the stairs you slip and tumble down the cold ice and snow covered steps. There at the bottom of the steps is the kid still laughing at you! So after 5 minutes you get up and see that the kid refused to get help and just laughed at you. At this point you hit him with the empty jug of water and throw him in the bush. Wow! now that was loud so you go back in your house for a while laughing your a$$ off. Well there goes another 30 minutes. So you get the hot water and go back outside and get to the car. The kid must have gone inside this time cause you didnt hear or see him. So you use the hot water to unstick your door from the ice. Finally You get the door open!

Yeah!!! But whats this there is a cop behind you that slaps a pair of cuffs on you. He tells you he is placing you in jail for beating on that kid. At the jail they take your jacket and shoes then put you in Jail with a dude that is 3 times bigger than you and is looking at ya funny. You tell him to screw off and he goes back to sleep. Standing at a phone in a holding cell that has a cord that is to short you are trying to think of a phone # that you can call so someone can bail you out or tell you what is going on. After trying these #s for 20 minutes you finally get someone that picks up the phone! anxiously you blurt out the problem and why you are in JAIL. Then the voice on the from says "so you are in jail?" You pause for a few seconds as this sinks in and you relize you accidentally called your work and told them you are in jail for beating on a little kid! Your boss kindly explains how he is going to have to let you go and your stuff will be in a box when you arrive.

Now cooling your heels on the cold floor you think that those shaved door handles looked good in the summer but now they are not such a good idea. Now that Fat dude is laughing at you repeating "your fired!" So you start laughing too. As you walk over to him you crack up saying yeah, yeah I did didnt I ha they just Let me go.... Then you Crack out and open up a can of adrenaline woop a$$! Teeth are flying everwhere as the gaurd outside scrambles for the keys. The Cell door slams open and 4 gaurds rip you off the dude with 4 teeth left. They drag you down the hall and throw you in a padded room and shut the door. Now all you see is Darkness. You scream for hours but give up. In the far distance you can hear the laughter of a child. And you know there is no turning back now.


>Oh **** did I type that out loud¿?

 

Um...it rarely gets cold enough here to freeze anything, much less freeze a door shut. If the door is frozen shut, you don't have any business driving your F-body anyway...take the beater!!!

 

LOL!!!

 

that happened to me last summer but i just got out and feel alot better now

 

Aside from freezing weather, it must really suck to be in a car wreck or passed out drunk in your front seat drunk with the car running and NOBODY can open your friggin door.

 

I can't believe I wasted 30 seconds (and at least 30 brain cells) reading this WHILE at work.

I had my car out in Colorado through one of their winters with my handles shaved; been through two Virginia winters as well. Never had a problem. However, I HAVE broken a door handle before when it was ***** cold; door stayed frozen shut as a bonus. I'm sure you could find a worse-case scenario for ANYTHING; and quite a few of you do. Talk about wasting time.

As far as an accident goes, how long do you think a paramedic/fireman would wait trying to open up your door if he could see you're all jacked up? 'Bout one second before he busts in a window. Do you really believe that in every single accident out there, they just open up the door and remove the injured person inside? Frames never get bent, doors never get buckled? Puleeze.

If you REALLY want to sweat it, you could think about what might happen if a meteorite made it through the atmosphere and smashed you to pieces while sitting in your car. Don't laugh, it could and HAS happened to houses before. What about an engine falling off of a jet airliner crushing you while waiting at a stop light? That crap's happened before too. How much time are you going to worry about that happening to you? Did you know that annually 65,000 people DIE, yes DIE, each year on the nations' highways? I think you should sell your car and build a bomb shelter and never come out. But for Go<x>d's sake, get internet access so we can still be enlightened by glittering gems of ignorance.

If you're scared, say you're scared and move on.

S.

 

This has got to be the funniest thread ever LOL!!!

 

Here in Atlanta, a far bigger concern is having your car stolen (worse yet, carjacked), and the shaved handles make that a little more difficult. The one serious accident I have been in, only one door would open after the impact anyway...a 3/4 ton Chevy truck does a lot of damge to a Mustang Coupe when it hits it at 45mph (I was stopped at a red light)!!!

 

Well, considering I am a former EMT, please spare me on your finer knowledge of the sequelae of motor vehicle accidents. The fact that breaking a window open would be the obvious course of action underlies the humor of my statement. Albeit I'm not a former comedian, but several forms of 'jokes' stem from this practice and seem to evoke laughter from their audience. I am terribly sorry that you do not find poking fun at the functional aspect of an appearance detail to be amusing.

The strange thing is that I don't recall anyone being really unhappy with the aesthetics of a shaved door handle at all.

Oh...and by the way, watch out for those meteriorites.

 

this is not photoshoped

 

nice grand am in the pic huh? its my daily