2005 Camry Door handle Question - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

xpeed · 01-04-2005, 07:42 PM

I was wondering.....I've noticed that the door handles on the 2003-2005 camrys are flimsy. It feels like it's gonna break with enough lbs of force when opening the door. I've noticed that my mom's Infiniti FX35 door handles are made out of aluminum, it's fairly thick and chromed to the max and it's freaking sturdy, but then, her car is a whole new class than mine.

I wonder if there's anyway to customize a chrome door handle that'll fit on my camry? Because, I have a friend that break's camry door handles by accident. He recently broke my friend's Gen 3 camry door handle from the inside, so we have to be his servant and open the door from the outside for him. Any suggestions? I'm thinking more of the new Windom/ES330 door handles. That might fit, but then, I need to do more research!

04sev6camry · 01-04-2005, 08:06 PM

i think the es330 parts would fit. i think the only difference is being chromed, but im not sure about it being sturdier.

xpeed · 01-04-2005, 08:08 PM

Well, I examined the door handle while opening it, the part where the handle is connected to the door doesn't look that sturdy, and feels like it's going to snap anytime soon. I don't open the door with full force, but I do fear other people that doesn't know their strength and break it in front of me, and I don't want drive around with a car with no handles, looking like some stupid ricer trying to shave off his handles at home.

04sev6camry · 01-04-2005, 08:31 PM

ive looked at it a little bit but i dont think theres a big problem with them breaking. they wouldnt have designed them to be cheap, esp being the door handle, thats something u need to have to get into the car. im 6'4 and 210lbs and im not really worried about pullin it off. id say that if u put the es330 handle on all your gonna get from it is chrome, i dont see them designing that a lot different than the camrys.
with the infiniti, i bet if u check the maxima, it will probably be the same thing as the FX35

xpeed · 01-04-2005, 08:38 PM

Not really.....the FX35 is a bit bigger and longer. It's a similar with the Murano, but yeah. Those are really nice handles. Oh wells, I won't replace them until my friend ends up breaking one of them off.

I can't get mad at him, he's just unique like that. THe type that never lets you down when you want to have a laugh. Thnx for the conversation. You talked me out of wasting pointless amount of money on a stupid thing.