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Post by sirlordoz on Jun 7, 2004 15:44:23 GMT -5
sup all i just got in from the garage after werking some new body mods on my sport! I am currently in the bodywerx stage of shaving out the handles on it. Was a fun one with the body line in it but it looks tight! i should have some pics soon! ill let yeah know how it looks! Lata
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Post by monsportY2K on Jun 9, 2004 18:28:38 GMT -5
OZ, heres a dumb question. When you shave all the door handles, how does the door unlatch from it's lock. Must you install a door popper or something. Thinking of shaving the door handles on my eclipse. The handles broke on both sides (freaking eclipse). $520.00 the dealer is asking from me (parts, labor and paint). Is this something I can do with minimal body work knowledge and over the weekend. Thanks in advance.
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Post by sirlordoz on Jun 9, 2004 22:01:48 GMT -5
Well i dont know how handy u are but if u know how to weld and do some bodywerx the eclipse is an easy one to do, I not only shaved em on my eclipse but i put in miata ones. Same deal as shaving em i just used the surrounding sheet metal around the miata door handle as the filler for my old one! Anyway after u remove the handle u grind out the metal around it so u can weld to it, then find a nice pcs of metal to fill it and cut grind and what ever u need to to get ti to fit inside the hole then tack and weld it all the way around, and finish off the metal werx buy grinding down the welds some then a smooth coat of bond or two and primer and paint. Again i dont know if u are down with that or not but then u do need to throw in som accuaters to pop the door open. and if u dont have an alarm u need that to opperate em so it could be a lil costly and if u dont want to pay the $500 im sure u will not want to do that eather but it is trick! Check out my eclipse to see the finished deal! members.cardomain.com/sirlordoz Now if u dont want that i still may be able to help ya i have a set of handles off mine i aint going to use! and i am a custom auto painter so we maybe able to werx something out there and it shouldnt cost $500. It coudl be even easyer if u have a secong gen that is silver mist? Let me know? Lata Keep on cutting!
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Post by monsportY2K on Jun 10, 2004 22:53:45 GMT -5
OZ, I have a barcelona red 99 gst eclipse. (It's actually Burgundy but freaking mitsu changed the color name so they call it custom paint). Anyway, after reading your post, I spoke to a buddy of mine that is an aircraft mech and he told me that he would help me shave the doors. About the door poppers, I have an aftermarket alarm. It is viper (don't quite know what the model # is). This alarm is already integrated to windows roll up/down and also moonroof close/open. Will I be able to integrate this popper to it? Thanks for the input. I'll send you picks on how it comes out.
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Post by sirlordoz on Jun 10, 2004 23:07:50 GMT -5
Cool bro! That is so the way to go man! yeah, hopfully u still have some chanels left on the remote. If so u can set it up to pop your doors. Vipers werx well i had one on my toy! good luck bro, and yeah send me pics! One last thing if u realy wanna be trick u can shave em on the inside, ill have to send ya a pic of my door panels if i ever finish em! Lata
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Post by sirlordoz on Jun 10, 2004 23:10:21 GMT -5
Hey what we doing talkin about eclipes's on a tero board? Shouldnt we be on a dsm page? Lol! Hey we need a page on here for tero owners that have or had eclipse's. Lata
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Post by sirlordoz on Jul 1, 2004 22:02:14 GMT -5
Sup all just wanted to let everyone know that the truck just out of the booth, handles done! should have pics of it up soon. It should roll back into the shop in 2 weeks to do the bagg setup. It will be done and ready fro hot import nights in chcago! If anyone cares? Lata
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