Sticky door handle trial and error

Ok,

After all the driving I have been doing and parking in the sun, my handles have become sticky...

I removed them with Easy off (thanks guys) amazingly strips the rubber ferrari crap right off. I don't even want to read about the chemicals in it.

I have satin finished one of the handles to see what it is going to look right.

I am not 100% pleased with the result. The finish of the bare metal is not too smooth, I am trying to make it more smooth.
I was going to High polish the other to see how it looks, it would match the shift knob.

We will shortly see how nice I can get it to look.

Here are a few pics, one after the easy off treatment, the other after polishing, removing all the extra rubber crap, then satin finishing it.
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i had my power coated ... looks fine

 

Hey Chris, how did you take out those handles? I am in the middle of doing my sticky interior pieces too. The screw holding it is tucked away underneath the handle, and very hard to get to. Did you also remove the handle that is used to close the door to get to that dreded screw?
If the surface of your handles are bumpy, you may want to use some ,that is just a little bondo to fill in, then sand smooth, prime and paint.

 

Remove the screw for the handle that you use to pull the door closed, then it moves a bit out of the way so you can slightly lift up the other handle so you can get to the screw.

I think I am gonna shoot it with some paint tomorrow and see how it turns out.
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+1 $10.00 each and looks perfect.

 

I polished mine to a mirror finish and had them nickel plated, really compliments the interior
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That's what I was trying to do!

I couldn't get a mirror finish. The surface is so ....ummm .....ok.

That looks great!

 

They do look very cool!!

 

See photos . 10 bucks .
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Sweet. They look like new.

 

They probably look better than when they left the factory

 

Ha! I think you may be correct there.

 

Very nice looking!!!

 

Dave, it looks awsome!!

 

I was really trying to have new billet aluminum handles made for the brotherhood through our company. cost just wasn't there. Aside from the labor of me polishing mine, the plating cost $80, it would cost $400 for the aluminum ones.. Do the math

 

+1, I did the exact same thing. But I do like the carbon too, tempted to take them off and have them wrapped in carbon locally during the off season.

 

All look good... I am going to go with the $10 solution on mine and then I will officially be 100% sticky free. for now :-(

 

That is what I did also. Thought about the CF, but the cost of a can of paint and some of my own labor made sense to me then spending $$$$$$---But the CF does look real good!!

 

They look geat how is the coating holding up so far?

 

I coated my ash tray door in plasti dip as a trial and while it is holding up fine and seems sturdy, I can't say I'm a fan of the texture/feel (it seems tacky) and it appears to be a magnet for dust

 

Nice job with the black spray paint.

The Nickel plated handles do look great.

 

This is what I came up with.

I went with $5.99 instead of the $250 the chrome guy quoted me.

not too shabby for 6 bux
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Looks good!! What kind of paint did you use??

 

I don't think it's paint.
Brand is 'Bondo' and it's called paintable rubber.

It looks really nice in person, I am pleased with the end result.

 

Can you post up a pic of the can you used, because the finish looks very good? Are they tacky or are they completely dry after sitting in the sun for a while?

I had my car in the sun all day Saturday and Sunday and my factory ones are a little tacky now, so I don't want to redo them and have them feel tacky once again.

Thanks