My door handles have finish on them thats flaking off, scratched up, chewed up.. looks like ****. I beleive its the same stuff thats around the shifter. I took the stuff off of my shifter cover with nail polish remover, it came up pretty good and just looks like a clean black plastic finish.

Has anyone done anything similar to this?

How much of my door do I need to take a part to get the plastic handles free? I assume soaking them in nail polish remover again should do the trick. I then plan on spraying them the same colour, beige/tan.

**This is the plastic grip you use to close the door, the one iwth all the window functions on it, not the door handle to open/unlatch the door**

 

Im sure this is a common problem as mine are the same why. Ive had the door panel off and there is a foam cover that is tarred over the entire backside of the handle area. I didnt feel like taking that off because i was just doing speakers so i didnt need to. I plan on striping the old stuff off and painting them with Krylon Fusion paint that bonds to plastic IF i can find a color match.

 

I painted mine. You have to take the door panel off, and poker your screwdriver through foam on the back side to unscrew the handles. Make sure you unscrew all of the screws or when you pull the handle you could break the lil plastic tabs. I used oven cleaner to remove the paint.

 

woah oven cleaner!?


that didn't melt the plastic or anything?

any idea if nailpolish remover will work? I'm starting this tomorrow...

 

i would imagine nail polish remover or paint thinner would work. at least we know the handles come apart from the door panel. any idea exactly how many screws there are?