Front outer door handles- Who is selling the good ones these days at a good price??

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Old 11-26-2007, 09:43 AM
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Default Front outer door handles- Who is selling the good ones these days at a good price??

Time to replace the driver's side on the red '87. Maybe good used?
Old 11-26-2007, 09:53 AM
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Default In "Audi Talk"..

In "audi Talk", isn't "good used" a contradictions of terms in terms of door handle life? :-)

Many of the online places have new door handles in the 10.00 - 25.00 range.
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Default got mine at drivewire.com..........

pretty cheap, very nice stuff to, the door handle gaskets I got from VAG.

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Default Some say rebuild them,. some say get replacements....

It all depends on how much work you want to put into that there handle...
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Default Mechanis are fine. Cosmetics suck..........

The black plastic turned white and the dyes won't do the trick so it's off to market I go.
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*sharpie*
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Default cheap fix- if it's just the looks that need improvement...

buy a bottle (or spray can if you'd rather apply it that way) of plasti-dip in black. it's the stuff they sell to coat the handles on tools, good stuff and pretty cheap. take the handle apart and dip it in the plasti-dip. it will come out nice with a black plastic?rubber type coating. sometimes you have to scuff the part a little, but it works.

i've done it to most of my trim and used it on the black trim around the windows and on the pillars. i think the stuff's great. heck, before spray on boxliner ever came out, i used to used it on the inside of jeeps i was building.

it does come in othre colors if you prefer.
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