Shaved door handles
 

What do you all think if a 370z had shaved handles? I know a lot of ppl complain about it sticking out color wise from the rest of the car, so you think it would look sleek and nice without and handles at all?

I try to imagine what it would look like, and in my head it looks nice, but because I have no real photoshop skills I really don't know for sure.

If anyone could photoshop a 370z (gunmetal) without any handles and black rims that would be awesome!!!

even though it was cool on mini trucks and ghetto low riders i always liked the clean look shaved door handles creates. if the mechanism for opening the door can be a bit more technical than the rusty ol' spring that 'pops' the door open i would be very interested in this!

I think it could look good, but I am going to do a color match on my handles, with PG I am hoping for good results.

Color matching = yes
Shaved....eh, yes, it'd look nice, but nightmare to get to work nicely.

Someone PChopped GT-R handles, those would be hilariously cool. For all of...15 minutes..

Do it!

thanks to a photoshop done by Kones, you kinda get the idea... imo it looks SiCK!

Looks amazing!

I'm in the minority I guess...I LIKE the door handles. But only on cars that have silver rims. Black rims and the silver handles just don't work....................................

Yep, no if you could powder coat the door handles black to match the wheels, that might look good too

can't powdercoat them, but they can be painted!
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6717/tails2.jpg

Can you take a pic from further back so we can see the overall effect? From the pic it loks like a nice paint job...what paint did you use, did you prime first etc etc :tiphat:

what would be awesome is painted handles and a jdm left door handle............keyhole delete

body shop painted them for me, so its top notch paint, but I can't remember what brand they use.
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1918/tails3.jpg

Door handles and tail lights cost me about 350, including removal and reinstallation, but I get a lot of stuff done at this shop, and refer everyone I can to them.

^ Is that you standing next to you, or someone wearing like you standing next to you :rofl2:

Nice paint job :tup:

I was thinking of getting Bronze wheels. but the white car, silver door handles, and Bronze wont look nice.

slick or painted door handle will be nice.

It is the scariest Z I've ever seen. That's a compliment, btw. :tiphat:

Looks great, but I think I like the shaved look better, now that I can see both.

Has anyone painted the handles of a PW yet? I might work on a PS chop in a bit.

kind of crappy, but here's a quick chop.

http://www.the370z.com/members/vipor...or-handles.jpg

Not quite sure how I feel about color-matched handles, but many times when black or non-body-colored trim is painted body-color on various cars...it cheapens the look overall. For example, side-moulding on E36 M3s, the lower trim on GTRs, front-lip on Supras/RX-7s, etc. It makes the car look as if it just rolled out of Maaco.

Perhaps on black Zs painted door-handles look ok, but I'll wait to see more colors for final judgement.

another one

http://www.the370z.com/members/vipor...d-handle-s.jpg

Shaved this time, not painted.

Beautiful...

Now, how can we open the door? If we can stick a button (like the hatch) somewhere ... hmm

Maybe under the side mirror ?

:icon18: right on

It's been done for many decades using an aftermarket alarm and trunk release actuators. I'm sure there's a cleaner way to do it now-a-days.

Use the keyfob to roll down the window and open it from the inside?

^ :rofl2: we're nissan owners, not TVR!

you will set off the alarm...

you hit the unlock button anyways so it shouldnt go off

if there were some clever way of actually opening the door reliably with shaved handles i would love to do it to mine.. i hate the mirrors and the handles on the z

well ive known of door poppers..

that kinda pop the door out and then u just open it..

yes they sell shaved door handle kit that has a popping mechanism with a certain amount of force.. usually i think 40lb force is a good enough pressure.

yeah make the unlock button pop the door open an inch so you just grab the door edge. that or make a door handle out of the rear quarter glass like my mazda rx7 has its handle not on the door but in the black plastic upper area, stock.

Shaved door kits will pop the door open up to 1 in. Who would be interested in seeing how much it would cost to do a GTR retro fit? I can ask artcraft to give me a quote if there is enough interest. If the price is right I will do it :D

exactly what do you mean by a gtr retro fit lol

The GT-R door handles are flush with the car, they handle pops out slightly to open it.

^^^ Exactly mine would be color matched PW :D so for all intents and purposes it would looked shaved. but you retain the push button and handle that we have on our cars but completely flush with the car.

I would need to see a solid photo of how this will look, I am really looking into doing paint match my current handles (graphite).

that would take some interesting body work.

come on - some one do a photoshop so we can guesstimate what it would look like :)

ohhh fine I will do one lol


Ur pulling my freaking hair here guys LOL