Shaved Door Handles (Tips and Tricks)

[blkdmnrcing]

hey everyone,

i do believe that this is where this post would go. i think that shaving car door handles is a bit of a security thing so let me ask. does anyone know of any tricks or tips that they can give me for installing an AutoLoc 4 door shaved door handle kit on my Gen 2 camry? im just looking for some helpful information to doing this, as it is my first shaved door handle project. thanks again for taking the time to read this and helping me out.



Joe Portera
Black Demon Racing

[SlowRolla37]

hey man. i have been trying to find some info on this to as i am planning on shaving my 99 corolla sedan

[[SMAN]]

This is a real heft project to go through, unless your just planning on unhooking the latch from the outside handle so that it just opens freely rather than doing all the body work required to shave and fill in the holes. From my experience with my gen 3 camry, getting to the then metal strip that is the door unlock is a pain in the A$$. The easiest way would be to remove the glass, and disasemble the inner subframe from the door, this will give you access to the whole setup so you don't need to have tiny hands and wiggle them around and possibly hurt yourself. I'm not sure how much "force" your factory latch will have. Some of the heavier doors will require a second solinoid to push open the door so it doesn't just relock. Normaly you would be pulling on the door to open it, so you just ahve to see. You mount the lock solinoid in such a way as that it triggers the door lock when it pops. You probably can get away with a lighter poundage one and don't need the heavy duty one. These are usualy custom jobs that require a lot of work and lots of $$$. The kits are cheap because most of the price is in the labor.

[SlowRolla37]

yea. im still pondering the pros and cons. i think it would look real clean. but that money could be put towards other stuff.