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After market TRQ Interior and exterior door handles.

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Old Jun 17, 2023 | 10:45 PM
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After market TRQ Interior and exterior door handles.

Hey guys, here's a little video on how to install this particular brand of door handles.


https://youtube.com/shorts/T-wooONk4AU?feature=share3

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Old Jun 17, 2023 | 10:52 PM
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Re: After market TRQ Interior and exterior door handles.

In short, they are complete trash.

Interior: The spring inside is significantly weaker than the spring in the stock ones so after you pull on the handle to open the door it doesn't recess all the way back into the door trim, it sticks out about an inch.

Exterior: They rattle worse than stock, and cannot be fixed as it's to do with the hinges and how they've been machine pressed together. I tried my best with a hammer and punch but couldn't make them stop rattling.
One also that isn't such a big deal but they don't come with the self threading nuts and the posts are thinner than stock so you can't use your old self threading nuts, you'll have to go buy some.

Imo, just avoid them, sand blast or whatever, sand, repaint and grease the old ones and get them going well again, which is what I've ended up doing.
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Old Jun 17, 2023 | 10:56 PM
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Re: After market TRQ Interior and exterior door handles.





This part circled is machine pressed with a pin but is super loose and despite my efforts I couldn't close in the gap or mushroom down the head of the pin so installed they would rattle like crazy.


Super soft spring.
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