PatrickGSR94

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Can't believe this, came out of the grocery store yesterday, went to open the door, and the handle just snapped right off in my hand!

Here's the kicker, I JUST threw out a box full of left-side door parts including handle (though it was red) just last weekend, since I had the box for over 10 years and never used any of the parts.

Sucks, 20 year old car problems I guess. I found out that Carland Acura has a left side handle in the BG33P color for only 60 bucks so I may look into getting that, if I can't epoxy this one back in place. Only reason I want to try epoxy is because the whole car was repainted in the original color, but we didn't bother to get an exact match since we were doing the whole car. So a new door handle probably won't be an exact match, either. Plus the paint on the door handle itself is still in really good shape.

hondalike

I've had them break like that on two Civics and an Integra. On the Integra I bought rear four door handles and used the alarm to open the doors. You can't hardly buy them new let alone the same color now as I guess people doing it ran them out of stock.

danteisme

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what kind of epoxy would you use? i feel like it would have to be some pretty serious stuff to not break in that exact spot again, maybe even only after a few uses.

DC4_Dad

I'm terrified of this happening to me this winter. Every time I'm picking someone up in my
Integra I push open the door from the inside for them so they're not yanking on the handle.

donahurj

That sucks, happened to me on a cold morning in my old civic.

blackeg

give your door a little hip check right on the end of it by the B pillar it usually frees it up so you dont have yank the handle.

ive had a few break on me over the years. they werent too hard to replace with a new handle but be careful with the tumbler and the key lock its very easy for the little pins in there to fall all over

IN VTEC

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Like every winter...at least it's mostly race car and native to fair weather.

egsleepercivic

same thing happened on my 95 ls about a year ago same color too

DC2fnatc

I just had this happen to me recently. Its a massive pain in the A$$ to replace that handle. I looked everywhere. if you're up to replace it yourself, heres a helpful link from mac_24_seven.s build thread.

DC2fnatc

The link may help. Haha. NEWBS https://honda-tech.com/acura-integra...902363/page52/

PatrickGSR94

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oh haha I used to follow Mac's thread back in the day, but don't remember seeing him replace the door handle.

I will try the heaviest-duty epoxy I can find, and if that doesn't work I may even try screws and metal brackets behind the door handle. And if THAT doesn't work, then I'll look at getting a replacement handle.

fcm

JB weld, remove handel disassembly, dip both ends of break points into JB weld, place together and hold that way with rubber bands, let cure for 24hr, add more JB weld around breaks, [have to build it up a bit] let cure for another 24hr, you should be good to go, get the correct JB weld.

Did that on a Grand Prix and still good after 3mo. 94

m4xwellmurd3r

My driver side on my 2nd gen is just the nub the handle used to go on. I have to pull it with a finger then pinch it to open it. My passenger busted just like yours last month. Its such a pita to replace that for now im just saying **** it.

k3ntegra

Had an ice storm here last february or march. Thankfully it was the passenger side that broke off. Hopefully it'll deter car jackers. Mechanic said it would cost $100+ in labor. Still open-able though.

lostforawhile

is it just the outer part of the handle thats painted, or the entire thing? if it's just the outside, then get the new one, dismantle it and swap the outer painted part to the new one NV just looked at the picture again, I was thinking the plastic piece was black, be glad it's not ford, the truck drivers door handle is broke, replacement handle was only ten bucks, but the dam thing is riveted on, so it's a pain in the *** to fix

PatrickGSR94

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The part that broke is painted, so I can't just swap it over, unfortunately. Look at the pic I posted, you can see the white break points - long section across the top and 2 small places on the bottom. That was all one piece with the painted exterior handle, before.

lostforawhile

I didnt see the bottom half of the picture until after I posted

dc4teg95

Had this happen to me at the gas station. So I "upgraded" to rear sedan handles as I already had keyless entry installed

PatrickGSR94

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Yeah I could do that, I just don't want to deal with having to get anything painted.

And knowing me as soon as I installed them my keyless entry battery would probably die.