[DML] Re: Door Handles

["Walter" <Whalt@xxxx>]

Dennis,

Are your scratches coming from a replacement metal door handle or an OEM
plastic one?

My passenger door has a replacement metal one that has scratched the door
very slightly on the front edge. As long as I don't use gorilla force
pulling the door handle, then it doesn't touch. I suppose I could file a
speck off the back, but then that would expose bare metal. Otherwise I see
no adjustments.

The OEM plastic handle on my driver's door doesn't scratch.

The last time I had my passenger door apart, I noticed that the door handle
mechanism is held to the stainless skin by two penetrating threaded studs
with Nylox nuts. One of these nuts was loose. I tried to tighten it, and
the stud effortlessly snapped right off -- damn it! The mechanism seems to
work fine with only one stud holding it, though.

I noticed that the replacement metal handle has a flat black finish that
does not match the door molding as well as the OEM plastic handle. It's
just an observation, but it's not very obvious.

Since James Espey was bragging about the new handles, I just had to have a
set. I talked to Warren at DMC Houston today to order them. He says that
the new batch is waiting at customs and he should be able to ship them later
this week. I'll let you know how I like them, but considering the
long-winded motor mouth that I am, that goes without saying :-)

Walt Tampa, FL