Fawk. I dropped the metal piece that holds the keyless button on the handle into the door frame. Anybody know if it is possible to purchase that bracket?

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I did this as well after encouragement from Vichtz. I used Plastidip since I was just trying to get them all black before putting the Carbon Fiber overlays on them. My goal was to prevent any silver from showing through around the overlays. I was able to get it all covered without issue. It came out 99% perfect, I just had two really tiny tears in the plastidip when removing the masking tape from not cutting a clean enough edge. So from straight above the passenger door handle there are two 2mm specs of silver showing through I'll have to touch up.

1st pic - masked off area
2nd - flat black plastidipped handles
3rd - close up of CF overlay from the rear angle which showed a lot of silver prior to painting
4 - distance shot after overlays installed

I had dropped the screws down in there, but you can use a magnet that comes on a telescoping stick to get those out if needed. Pretty cheap can buy from pretty much any hardware store.

As an example, here is something similar to what I used:
http://www.harborfreight.com/18-inch...l#.UzMUEFcVfxg

I got it out eventually. I had the telescoping magnet but the piece somehow wedged itself at the very bottom and I had to use a makeshift metal hanger to somewhat pry it out.

Hah, yea, didnt even check to see the post was from back in Jan had seen another post from yesterday and scrolled up and saw yours to.

Finally finished this project

http://www.the370z.com/members/hocke...handle-sun.jpg

Like many of you guys, I dropped the bolts too. Does anybody know how long the 10mm bolts are so I can replace them?

Small Hint- On those tiny little screws that have the blue loctite on them that hold the brackets to the door handle. Use a heat gun at around 500 degree F for a short period of time (try 10 seconds first) if the screws still won't budge give it another 5-10 seconds. I did this for my door handles and the screws came out flawlessly. This will eliminate you having to remove the black cable from inside the door and will let you get the braided cable's bracket off easy.

!!! WARNING !!!- Do not overheat the door handles...you will melt stuff. Some of that plastic melts if u leave the gun on there too long. Try the 10 seconds @500 first and see if the screws budge -!!! WARNING !!!

When the door handles are off do you guys just leave your car door open and roll down the windows? Do you guys disconnect your battery?

I would just keep the windows down, even if you take the handles off the door will still latch, but you need to be able to get to the interior handle to open the door again.

Thanks for the help 90st!


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No worries

Question.. Might be dumb but.. How did you paint it without the button or handle sticking?

I really want to do this but I've never painted so if you could tell me in a "painting for dummies" style.. I would really appreciate it.

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first things first, paint a block of wood or something first haha. get the style down. Sweeping, 6 inches, etc... after that, its simple. Just tape off the area, lightly sand the handle with fine grit sand paper. wash the handle. Then just paint. super easy my freinds.

The handle won't stick. Its paint not epoxy haha. just spray and keep the coats light. thats really the key to spray painting any way. multiple light even coats. Dont worry, the handle is far to vigorously used for simple spray paint to seal it. Its all good :) You will, however, eventually have peeling that you will have to touch up with a paint pen or something. Comes with the teritory though.