Carbon door handles

Started by Tim_B, May 06, 2009, 06:58:41 PM

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Tim_B

Anyone bought any of this sort?:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280339439021

Looks decent and price is good compared to Feed ones :Giggle
But wondering if quality is any good, so difficult to tell from a few pics on ebay

mutleysfriend

I also saw these, on the feedback page someone bought some and said:
"had to do minor modification but all is good"
Not really sure what to make of that but they are quite cheap I might give it a go.:)
Cheers,
mf.

Bobbit

Yep, they are crap. They dont fit very well, when you open the door the handle catches on the surround, and the lacqer peels off very quickly. They look rubbish when fitted too, especially if you have any real carbon bits fitted.
:Laugh LOL


                                       

mutleysfriend

Quote from: Bobbit;605676Yep, they are crap. They dont fit very well, when you open the door the handle catches on the surround, and the lacqer peels off very quickly. They look rubbish when fitted too, especially if you have any real carbon bits fitted.
Good to know...to be avoided then.

ENVYD

as rob said! they are crap they catch and when i was driving along they fell off!
 
do not fit over 100% either!

Tim_B

Cheers guys, I thought that might be the case but was hoping not.  Feed ones look good but are way too expensive - oh well will stick with stock ones

SleepyDude

Glad this came up, my handles are looking a little scruffy so was thinking about these to tidy them up. Bullet dodged lol

Bobbit

I\'ve got myself a spare set of handles and am planning on covering them in real carbon fibre, it\'s quite easy to do and looks the dogs danglies. Have a search as i\'m sure there is a write up on here about how to do it.
:Laugh LOL


                                       

Kieron

Quote from: Bobbit;605845I\'ve got myself a spare set of handles and am planning on covering them in real carbon fibre, it\'s quite easy to do and looks the dogs danglies. Have a search as i\'m sure there is a write up on here about how to do it.

I\'ve done this :yes

D2BBA

I bought some off a club member for muchos cheapness.  

As the lads say the fitness aint the best, but they were 100% better then the original handles.  Once trimmed they werent too bad.

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SleepyDude

Quote from: Kieron;605846I\'ve done this :yes

Any pics mate, otherwise i might just take mine off and clean them up and respray them.

Cheers

Aceman

I\'ve a set of these (or similar anyway) and they lasted about a year before the laquer started to come off the drivers side.

I\'d recommend them, but remember to budget in a need to replace them (in my instance anyway) approx every 1 to 2 years.. Might make it worthwhile buying something more proper thus :)