 Hand Brake, How do you remove it? |
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 Apr 16, 2003 - 2:46 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jan 13, '03 From Toronto, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
How can you remove the hand brake cover and replace it with an after market hand brake cover. There's nothing to twist off. Do I have to rip it out? Anyone changed there hand brake appearance? If so how did you do it and please show some pics.
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Apr 16, 2003 - 2:59 PM
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 Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
There is no hand brake cover on the sixth gens. It's just one solid piece of rubberized plastic. I think that afternarket covers go over the existing cover, but I'm not sure on that.
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Apr 16, 2003 - 3:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 13, '03 From Toronto, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Coomer I've seen other people online not on your site with different covers on and it looks very clean. If you look at your car the next time you drive you will notice that the hand brake gets wider the lower it gets. SO you can't just pop it over. I have one that fits other cars but there's no way I can fit it into my car.
Strange hand brake dam it. |
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Apr 16, 2003 - 8:19 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Well, maybe they cut away the plastic stuff, but that's the only way I could think of getting a cover on there. Do you have any pics of those covers? -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Apr 16, 2003 - 11:37 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From NYC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yup, there will be two things that you need in order to make it work. a carpanter blade and a vice grip wrench. clamp the wrench right below the e brake botton and use the blade to upward (from the base and up towards the wrench). you can normally cut any way you want but the base the the brake has thinner rubber which makesthe start of it easier. cut up half way and twist the vice grip and much as possible, this will losen the rubber (years of grabbing the brake will make it harder to remove). after that the whole thing should slide right off. |
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Apr 17, 2003 - 7:27 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 13, '03 From Toronto, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
SilverCell94,
Did you change the hand brake cover for your car? That seems like the only way by cutting it. |
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Apr 17, 2003 - 7:34 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 13, '03 From Toronto, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hey guys one of our members named Doggy has it done. Look at his picture.
http://www.surutis.lt/1/pro5.jpg |
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Apr 17, 2003 - 11:06 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From North Bethesda, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
if i did it, i'd put a boot on the thing too. that way it won't look weird. -------------------- 1994 Lexus ES300
1989 Supra Turbo 1990 RHD ST185RC - JDM Spec |
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