Automatic Door opener, Shaving door handles? Options

[94silverst]

I am going to do this mod that when you push a button, your door "pops" open. Seperate buttons for seperate doors, but on the same control unit. The unit will be about the size of a alarm key chain thing. But my main question is: Does anyone know about shaving our door handles?? I need to do this for it to complete the look I'm going for! Thanks!

[DmVinny]

I did this in my mustang, here are few problems you might want to consider before shaving your handles...

1. Battery dies.

2. Remote battery dies.

3. Alarm system (im assuming your going to use extra channels on it to run this) might mess up.

This isnt a problem tho if you leave your trunk keyhole accessible.

[94silverst]

I was planing on just keeping a spare unit in the trunk some where, like velcroed in the small compartment in the back

[forkee]

isnt it expensive? like 900 bucks?? they take your handles off, weld metal to cover the hole, grind it smooth, then paint over it. then you get door poppers installed and your all set.

[neoklis]

if the battery dies, then you will be getting in from the hatch. Personally i find it completely unnecessary. There are plenty of other things to do if you want to spent your money.

[Akimbo]

The Cadillac XLR has a feature like this, except it's proximity activitated.

[celicarocker]

i think shaved handles look nice... the everybody is like "Wtf how do you get in your car?"

[KnightRider]

many of the kits that you can get come with a button that you mount usually in the fender well that incase your battery dies you can press that. it is a mechanical button. also, dont get cheap poppers. no fun if you have to push the button and pull on your door everytime you get in.

[Supersprynt]

My g/f had this with her 99' Accord. It looked good but she kept locking herself out. So eventually she had a safety button hidden on the body. Her door popped open about 8 inches, it was pretty cool...totally unpractical tho.

[Hanyo]

i find this a neccerssy thing to do when u have an attracitive car.

My friend use to owns a 91 CRX with full body kit ECt... (bla bla bla)

and people keep screw driving his door handle. you know that plastic peice that the door handle is made of. well they stick a screw driver under that and pry it out. So then they can unlock the door and open it... it was getting very annoying. so eventually he got them shave. and problem solved..

[madmods]

I have done this mod many times. I like them. The way we get around a dead battery, is we run a set of hidden wires out to the exterior. These wires are spliced in to the power wire of the brain. If your battery dies, you then use an external battery and touch the hidden wires to it. Sneaky but effective. Back of the license plate is a good place for it. If you need any help holler. im going to do it also before i paint. Shave everything(antennea,door handles, keyhole,trunk hole), looks cleaner.

[playr158]

where can i get a shvaed door handle kit:?(cheap)

[Supersprynt]

theres no "kit." And even if there was, I wouldnt recommend buying it. What you need to do is cut a piece of metal to fit in the door handle perfectly, and then using bondo making it look like its smooth.

[Mousetrashdiver]

[sphinx]

all i can say is get in contact with ToYCeLi8 and ask him what his experience is with them. He has his handles shaved.

This post has been edited by sphinx: Mar 22, 2004 - 1:07 PM

[creis]

They sell the door pop kits on ebay for cheep, don’t know if you want trust them or not but there an option. It is best to fill the hole with a peace of metal, but you can glue a peace of wire mesh on the back, and fill the hole with fiberglass, much easier to do then weld, plus you don’t need a welder for it. I plan on doing the same thing to my Celica, I want make it show worthy, but I also want to make it harder to steal.

[madmods]

Best kit on the market are the auto-loc kits. They include everything. It works like this. You bolt on the actuator into the door. Theres a wire that pulls on the handle mechanism, just like your pulling on the handle. A power wire is leading to he brain of this unit. The brain can be brought with various functions. I have one in the shop now that is 16 function. By remote you can use it to open your doors, roll each window up or down, open/close your top, pop your trunk,etc. You then add door poppers to your doors. What these do, is push your door out witha a spring and rubber stop. You hit your remote, your door unlatches, door popper pushes out on the door and presto your in. The ouside door handle is removed and a piece of plate it welded in its place. Use a wet rag to prevent warping. You grind down the welds and use filler to cover up inperfections. Hope this helps!

[celimanST]

Madmods

It sounds like you have been around and thanx for the info you have provided.

I have one question could go into more detail about preventing a dead battery???


William

[madmods]

The solenoid has a wire running to it for power going to the brain. You splice another wire into this wire. This wire you run hidden to the outside of your car. Alot of people hide it behind their license plate. If your battery dies, you can get some jumper cables and touch the body(ground) to the negative terminal of the battery and the hidden wire running out to positive
terminal of the battery for a second. This will pop your door open. I have even seen it done with a marquita drill battery. You might be able to do it with a large flashlight. This is an old trick people dont post to often so it dont fall into the wrong hands, if you know what I mean! Hope this helps