Can you polish the door handles?

yotagirl · 01-19-2022, 12:03 AM

So I was at a meet and a guy had these gun metal looking door handles. I wanna say it was 2016, 17,or 18 years that this worked on. I fell in love with it. He said he just polished them. I hear people talk about metal polish, paint polish, and it brought their handles to a gun metal color after they were given a high gloss polish? Has anyone else tried it? Are there pics to document the process? What did you use? I have a full spare set and ready to polish them but I need some direction. It's been a year since last talking to him.

Thank you in advance!!

SeeThruHead · 01-19-2022, 12:21 AM

Didn't they change the door handle color in 2018? Is that what you're talking about?

yotagirl · 01-19-2022, 12:24 AM

No, this guy polished it and the finished product was a gun metal. But there were only a couple of years you could do that to?

SeeThruHead · 01-19-2022, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by yotagirl

No, this guy polished it and the finished product was a gun metal. But there were only a couple of years you could do that to?

Polishing paint doesn't change it's colour tho. So doesn't seem very likely the story is true. But who knows.

Tractionless · 01-19-2022, 01:28 PM

They're painted plastic. Sounds like another car meet fairy tail.

JARblue · 01-19-2022, 01:41 PM

Plastic door handles don't polish up like you're describing. The "polish" was likely a cleaner or finish wax on the painted handle.

Cyber370 · 01-23-2022, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tractionless

They're painted plastic. Sounds like another car meet fairy tail.

What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now I’m intrigued.

Tractionless · 01-23-2022, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyber370

What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now I’m intrigued.

Do you own a magnet?

If not go ahead and start the process of polishing them like metal and you'll find out real quick.

BettyZ · 01-23-2022, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tractionless

Do you own a magnet?

If not go ahead and start the process of polishing them like metal and you'll find out real quick.

But what if they're not ferrous? Pretty sure mine are made out of aluminumized tungsten oxide. Or was it tungstenised aluminium?

redondoaveb · 01-23-2022, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyber370

What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now I’m intrigued.

They're plastic. I have an extra set laying around and I just checked them

Cyber370 · 01-24-2022, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

They're plastic. I have an extra set laying around and I just checked them

Thanks for the info. I learnt something new.

Spooler · 01-19-2022, 06:13 PM

LOL, folks will lie about anything. Too funny.

God-Speed · 01-19-2022, 08:10 PM

I've got nothing!!

Tractionless · 01-22-2022, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

LOL, folks will lie about anything. Too funny.

Yup can't even go to car meets anymore, it's like listening to a bunch of 4 year olds tell the tale of how their dads beat up Mike Tyson.

INV_MY_370 · 02-10-2022, 05:42 PM

They are cast aluminum , I removed mine to hand lay the carbon fiber. And had to disassemble them and notch out few areas to do so. THERE MUST BE 2 TYPES. THEY DO HAVE REPLACEMENT PLASTIC ONES OUT THERE. if u look at how big of a differance in prices are. But I am 100% that mine are cast aluminum. After having to cut into them.

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01-19-2022, 12:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
yotagirl Base Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Caroline VA Posts: 3 Drives: 17 Nissan 370z Nismo Rep Power: 6	Can you polish the door handles? So I was at a meet and a guy had these gun metal looking door handles. I wanna say it was 2016, 17,or 18 years that this worked on. I fell in love with it. He said he just polished them. I hear people talk about metal polish, paint polish, and it brought their handles to a gun metal color after they were given a high gloss polish? Has anyone else tried it? Are there pics to document the process? What did you use? I have a full spare set and ready to polish them but I need some direction. It's been a year since last talking to him. Thank you in advance!!

01-19-2022, 01:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tractionless A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Atlantic SE Posts: 1,361 Drives: '10 K23 ST 7AT Rep Power: 30527	They're painted plastic. Sounds like another car meet fairy tail. JARblue and Optimiser like this. __________________ Toys Not Tots

01-19-2022, 01:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 45 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684442	Plastic door handles don't polish up like you're describing. The "polish" was likely a cleaner or finish wax on the painted handle. Optimiser, Tractionless and BettyZ like this. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

01-19-2022, 06:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
Spooler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ga Posts: 14,153 Drives: 2013 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 2684394	LOL, folks will lie about anything. Too funny. Optimiser and Tractionless like this.

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01-19-2022, 12:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
yotagirl Base Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Caroline VA Posts: 3 Drives: 17 Nissan 370z Nismo Rep Power: 6	No, this guy polished it and the finished product was a gun metal. But there were only a couple of years you could do that to?

02-10-2022, 05:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
INV_MY_370 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Illinois Posts: 84 Drives: 2012-Gun Metallic-MT Rep Power: 3364	They are cast aluminum , I removed mine to hand lay the carbon fiber. And had to disassemble them and notch out few areas to do so. THERE MUST BE 2 TYPES. THEY DO HAVE REPLACEMENT PLASTIC ONES OUT THERE. if u look at how big of a differance in prices are. But I am 100% that mine are cast aluminum. After having to cut into them. Sent from my unknown using Tapatalk Cyber370 and yotagirl like this. Last edited by INV_MY_370; 02-10-2022 at 05:59 PM.

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