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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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Door handle mods....

I'm thinking about modding my door handles. Don't know what I want to do, though. Can some people post up pics?
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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The search button is your friend. People did mostly everything to door handles. From shaved, to flush mounted (90s pickup style), to C6 door handles. A search will provide you many, many pics.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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Maybe I just suck at searching, but I couldn't find pictures. I've thought about using early 90 truck handles too.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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The easiest(without welding and cuting up doors) is 4th gen door handles. Looks clean too.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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The easiest(without welding and cuting up doors) is 4th gen door handles. Looks clean too.

Werd, bolt on. Simple and clean. Tides me over until I can get flush handles.

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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 04:51 PM
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I went shaved...check out my cardomain in my sig for plenty of pics displaying them
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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Im going with 4th gen handles painted body color this winter. I like the smooth look more.
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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I considered shaved, but I'd rather have some kinda of handles. I have bad luck with stuff like that.
How hard is putting the 4th Gen handles on? I might do it til I can afford to replace them with some kind of flush mounts.
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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hey iansane, think u could take a couple more pics from a lil further away/different angles? im trying to decide whether or not i would like to do this to my 89 trans am.. thanks
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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4th gen handles are a direct bolt on, the mounting is identicle to a 3rd gen.
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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hey iansane, think u could take a couple more pics from a lil further away/different angles? im trying to decide whether or not i would like to do this to my 89 trans am.. thanks





That's about all I've got. How far away are you looking for?
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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Cool, man. I need to get a pair. They look pretty good like that. Will any 4th Gen handles work? I mean, will the LT1 and LS1 body style ones work?
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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Heck yea that looks nice.Guess it's back ta pull-a-part for me.Any little tricks we should know about?
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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I would assume both body styles would be the same, these came off an lt1 car.

One thing that made my easier to get to was the fact both doors had the skins partially peeled back. So really it only took me the two speed nuts to get them.
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 12:34 AM
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4th gen handles painted body color are hot.
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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hmmnnnn...Wonder if any other handels would cross??Guess i'll bring the tape measure and note pad with me to the yard next trip.
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