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E36 General discussion and technical help for (E36) 1992-1999 3 series cars. 318, 323, 325, 328.

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Old 07-28-2005, 12:59 PM   #1
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I'm planning on painting my door handles. Has anyone ever done this? The thing I'm worried about is the rubber gasket that goes around the door handle.
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Old 07-28-2005, 05:50 PM   #2
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I can't say I've ever done this or seen it done. I do plan on doing it though when my car goes in for paint next month though...
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Old 07-28-2005, 07:00 PM   #3
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would look cool dude. What might look cool would be shaved door handles. Sometimes it doesn't look right on all cars though.
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Old 07-28-2005, 09:57 PM   #4
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I know it looks awesome. I just don't know about the black gasket that goes around it...
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Old 07-29-2005, 02:42 AM   #5
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I just saw a thread in BF.com about this and most people said that you should'nt paint your door handles. They will look like shit in no time they said.
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Old 07-29-2005, 08:52 AM   #6
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Yah, but one guy had his painted for over a year and it hadn't cracked. He was the only one that had had it painted. All the others were guessing.

I'll probaly go ahead and leave the gasket black. I can always have it painted it if I want.
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Old 07-29-2005, 09:20 AM   #7
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I have seen it done...
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Old 07-29-2005, 11:15 AM   #8
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Looks good on that car. What color is your car?
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Is that one's car?
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my car is silver. I want to finish some exterior mods before I post a pic, cause the car is kinda pulled apart at the moment.
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Old 07-29-2005, 01:20 PM   #11
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Boston green. I think it will look good.
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Go for it I can't wait to see some pics
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I dunno, I think Deloriant has painted door handles too...
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Old 07-30-2005, 12:19 PM   #14
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No, he doesn't. I think it would look good on his too.
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I'm usually not a big fan of painted door handles. Depends how they look. There's a local M here that's Alpine White with the handle part of the black door handles painted white, and the upside down U in black of the door handle looks pretty dumb.... if you guys can understand what I'm talking about.
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