shaving my handles

shoey50 · 01-08-2006, 06:39 PM

here is a couple of crappy pics off me phone of me shaving my door handles have currently glued the metal plates in and layed down some filler

HSVETAR · 01-08-2006, 06:53 PM

Sweet as man...... Cant wait to see the end result... How many hours hav u put in to get to this stage?

efgiar · 01-08-2006, 07:00 PM

what are you going to use to open the doors? solinoids?

XR8 Uterous · 01-08-2006, 07:00 PM

looks awesome, how do you plan on opening the door once the job is done?

Kryton · 01-08-2006, 07:02 PM

to be legal there needs to be a latch/switch or opening mechanism on the outside of the car.

kyro_02 · 01-08-2006, 07:04 PM

climb through the window to get in, great , i have heard of commodore drivers shaving door LOCKS .. not handles... should look unique !

SupahStah · 01-08-2006, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MYGT05

looks awesome, how do you plan on opening the door once the job is done?

Perhaps he has not thaught that far ahead? =-] :P

shoey50 · 01-08-2006, 07:13 PM

manual popper its simply a rod on the window sill you push down to open the door instead eg

kyro_02 · 01-08-2006, 07:16 PM

lol looks nice dude, one thing.... if someone comes along with a thin screw driver... they can pop the door ??

edit: ... wait you leave the rod there? so like anyone could push the rod and it will open the door?

Gubas · 01-08-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kyro_02

lol looks nice dude, one thing.... if someone comes along with a thin screw driver... they can pop the door ??

edit: ... wait you leave the rod there? so like anyone could push the rod and it will open the door?

Not if its locked ;)

Dezza · 01-08-2006, 09:21 PM

How will you go about locking and unlocking the car if it doesn't have the key barrels on the outside... or will you still have them?

shoey50 · 01-08-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kyro_02

lol looks nice dude, one thing.... if someone comes along with a thin screw driver... they can pop the door ??

edit: ... wait you leave the rod there? so like anyone could push the rod and it will open the door?

not if its locked mate it would be just like trying to open say your car if it where locked the handle or in this cause the popper would move but it wouldnt open

shoey50 · 01-08-2006, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

How will you go about locking and unlocking the car if it doesn't have the key barrels on the outside... or will you still have them?

buy remote central risky i know! but there ugly and to me would kinda defeat the purpose of shaving the door which is to make it look simple and neat (which reminds me i better get a spare key and remote) anyway

shoey50 · 01-08-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HSVETAR

Sweet as man...... Cant wait to see the end result... How many hours hav u put in to get to this stage?

prob 5-8 all up over the whole weeken stuffed around a bit though and had to wait for the glue to dry and filler etc i have done this kinda thing before and have plenty of mates who have done it to mini trucks so all there knowledge over the years made it pretty easy for me

mcflux · 01-08-2006, 09:46 PM

Your EF gets better & better mate!

Looking forward to seeing the finished result

NC_GHIA · 01-08-2006, 09:57 PM

EF? They are EA-ED doors? or have I missed somthing?

ON_DUBS · 01-08-2006, 09:57 PM

EF is it? does that mean you have 4 door handles for sale?

pm me if youre interested...

snypereb · 01-08-2006, 11:39 PM

Cant wait to see this finished very unique however im very worried about the locking mechanism!!

EFFalcon · 01-08-2006, 11:57 PM

Those are EF Doors.

XRated · 02-08-2006, 01:19 PM

Nice. It's good to see something original on a 10-year old Falcon. I really don't like the knob things though.. I'd go without anything and have solenoids and a manual rod hidden under the car/boot for emergency.

Dezza · 02-08-2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 6cylEA

EF? They are EA-ED doors? or have I missed somthing?

EA to EL all used the same doors. The main differences are EF/EL use different mirrors and door handles to earlier e-series

DOC · 02-08-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by shoey50

manual popper its simply a rod on the window sill you push down to open the door instead eg

What would be intersting if it could be done is where in this pick you see the push rod coming through the trim, is around that spot put a hidden hinge setup, so the that you lift the bit of trim at the end and have that act as the handle.

Not sure if it could be done or it would be strong enough, you would need a clipping device for when you put it back down or spring type setup and you could stamp LIFT TO OPEN or simialar very neatly onto the trim?

looks good anyway good luck with it

EA2BA · 02-08-2006, 04:49 PM

The doors will look good, not to sure about the mechanism to open the door, looks a bit tacky for the hard work put in.

shoey50 · 02-08-2006, 05:45 PM

only those first 3 photos are of my doors and the 4th is of the popper i am using which will only stick out slighlty just enough to fully press it down i went with black so you can barley see it and will only stick out prob 5 10 mm unlike those other pics the other pics are just so you know where it will be located

Kryton · 02-08-2006, 05:51 PM

the mechanism to open the door has to be cleary visible and easy to operate otherwise it will not be legal.
this is for YOUR safety if you smash and need to be removed quickly.

mcflux · 02-08-2006, 05:52 PM

Are there latches out there that could allow you to push in the door so that it pops out a little, then you pull the door out? A-la entertainment unit styles...

IE having remote locking, and these magnetic push/open thingies...

shoey50 · 02-08-2006, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Are there latches out there that could allow you to push in the door so that it pops out a little, then you pull the door out? A-la entertainment unit styles...

IE having remote locking, and these magnetic push/open thingies...

not that i know of know but a cool idea

Brnesy · 02-08-2006, 07:28 PM

get soliniods attached to the door release rod and another solinoid or small hyprolic or electroic arm to put the door out a fraction thats what i would do

there are a few arms and devices to put out objects a small distance to open a door enuff to grab it,heaps of ways u can do it........

do that
would be awsome

get a programable remote with 4 buttons for each door to

they like $50
or some crap
we use em on garage doors for cbus systems but u can program em for anything ive been told by the programers!

shoey50 · 02-08-2006, 07:31 PM

you can buy remote poppers which is what i might buy one day but not overly fussed to me there not that cool

NC_GHIA · 03-08-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

EA to EL all used the same doors. The main differences are EF/EL use different mirrors and door handles to earlier e-series

I know that but you can still see the double sided tape for the EA-ED side mould was cause the EF-EL only had a skinny side mould that was at the top of the door indent so therefor there wouldn't be the double sided sticky tape on the bottem bit would there?