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YES! They add a nice modern touch.
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NO! They don't break up the side of the car enough.
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Whos a fan of body colored door handles??

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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Whos a fan of body colored door handles??

ive always been mixed on these however i got my car touched up and removed the door ding guards and thought this would be a nice change. its defenitly grown on me since i had it done but what do you all think? do you like or dislike body colored handles? and does anyone else have pics of these on their cars???

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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I like body color door handles






















































................on a black car
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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I'm not a fan of door handles period....

It depends, if they stick out, I prefer black handles......If they are flush mounted handles, I prefer them body colored
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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dude are thos wheels made from fans? seems like a good idea for brake cooling

id say black, or body....
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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it depends on how much black you got elsewhere on the car. Sometimes black door handles adds the correct amoutn of contrast you need.Other times, it dont. If you have light color cars, ex. Benoit's, he needsa bit more black on his car becuase his silver is just tooooo bright. Take my car, pictured below, The color is dark in inteslf to not need much contrast.

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 02:34 PM
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I think it looks good no matter what the colour. too much contrast will lead your eye to that door handle, and its not something you want the person to be focussed on.
chleans the look of the car up
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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i like the look of body color. when my cars painted its going to have painted handles. it really does clean up the look on a white or light colored car and doesn't make u focus on it. also with tinted windows i have a good amount of contrast on the sides with black
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 03:04 PM
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Not a fan of body color door handles.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 03:29 PM
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Originally posted by FLYNLOW92rs


It depends, if they stick out, I prefer black handles......If they are flush mounted handles, I prefer them body colored
I agree with this completely.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 06:49 PM
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i used to think that as well however after i painted mine from black to pearl it just cleans up everything. to each his own of course and black looks good still, i just think body color makes it look a bit more smooth.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 10:35 PM
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I've been on the fence about this one, but if the poll is about your car specifically, I say it looks better painted. Nice work.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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Originally posted by CamarosRUS
i used to think that as well however after i painted mine from black to pearl it just cleans up everything. to each his own of course and black looks good still, i just think body color makes it look a bit more smooth.
on your car i like the handles body colored, it depends car to car tho. i think the black was an eye sore, hell, look at your avatar and you can see the big black dot.
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 01:26 AM
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lol i never noticed that until now..........but since youve mentioned it i just have to get a new avatar now!!
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