my cars off to the panel shop next month and as per the rest of my build, its gotten a bit out of hand. so thoughts of shaved handles have come to mind.
whats everyones thoughts on them!?
im a little undecided as chrome handles do look nice, but so do shaved handles lol.
i had thought of the full shaved door (the middle mould bit) but that look isnt what im after.
will also be shaving aerial and fuel flap.
got any pics of shaved handles, or any other items on VB-VL, please post them up
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Honestly I dont think shaved door handles suit the shape, remember that yellow VL that was "fully shaved" did you like that ? ...I didn't.
Shave the rest though (aerial, locks, flap).
Have you considered installing flusher sitting handles ? just a thought.
it is on a VH SLE, not a VL, but still same kinda shape i guess
but nah, didnt think about dif door handles, might be a bit of a hassle though
shaved handles is a piece of piss lol
anyone got some pics of some nice door handles?
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i did aerial and locks on mine, would have done fuel cap but just didnt even think of it...
^^^ that car is awesome but it does look like something is missing...
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shaving handles is ilegal and u wont get ur car registered, u can shave rears tho, fronts must be there incase of an emergncy and the brigade has to get u out
front and back are illegal. What happens if there is people in the back?
Also looks hell tuff, Makes the car look hell clean and straight.
That RIPSV8 is nice.. would look better candy apple :P
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i did aerial and locks on mine, would have done fuel cap but just didnt even think of it...
^^^ that car is awesome but it does look like something is missing...
I agree it looks mint, except for that missing bit you were talking about ...... HALF THE FRONT BUMPER!!!!
I'm 99% sure that's the same car that's in the current Street Machine Commodores (on sale now at your nearest newsagency now ), just with different plates and wheels. If so it's an absolute beauty and I'm even prepared to forgive the "damaged" front bumper.
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shaving handles is ilegal, u can shave rears tho, fronts must be there incase of an emergncy and the brigade has to get u out
Hypothetically GRK-WPN, When you have a minor accident and your car folds in half (because you have dry-Fisted your chassis with subwoofer holes...)
how do you suppose the fire brigade get your rear passengers out...
with the door handle perhaps?
think b4 you type man...
in the new SC there is a completely shaved green vk. imo shave everything apart from handles. as people have said it looks bland and boring with out them
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think b4 you type man...
thats just harsh man, its like telling a cripple to run
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shaving handles is ilegal and u wont get ur car registered, u can shave rears tho, fronts must be there incase of an emergncy and the brigade has to get u out
Actually No, You dont have to have the factory handles as such, only a way to manually open the doors, ie some sort of popper, so you can shave the handles.
This is my mates VN, Legally modded handles. Has been checked with VicRoads.
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im still divided lol
no idea
cheers for the comments though!
still got a month to decide
i just think it'll suit the theme/look of the car, the bay is having some serious work done
but dunnooo
more pics will help
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in nsw in the engineers books u need a mechanical way of opening your doors
my panel beater told me u need 2 mechanical door releases on all doors for example if u shave your door handles u need 2 make up for what u got rid of obviously, my panel beater recently done a lancer 2 door and just used 2 bonnet releses off mirages or some small car and located them under the front gaurds,his engineer said if it is under the guard there must be a sticker saying door pointing towards it to make it legal
