I'm thinking of doing this to my rex, but I'm not that good with wiring and am kind of intimidated by thw wiring for the remote. For peeps who have done this. How difficult is it? Any pointers?

 

its not that difficult...my 89 crx has shaved door handles....i hate it, i didnt do the shaving or the door poppers but i did help my friend hook his up on his 84 silverado.
shaved door handles is a frekkin nightmare, no matter what brand u use, it always ****s up. then ur stuck outside your car wishing u would have installed an emergency cable to get ur door open.

 

lol ya my 2nd DA had them on it and they were so crappy i stood outside my car for a good 10 minutes one day clicking the button i just started leaving my sunroof open just enough that my skinny *** could fit through it and dukes of hazzard my *** in and out. and also i dont know about where your at but here woodburn dragstrip wont allow you to run with them just a thought also.

 

Does it really suck that badly. I never really heard about them malfunctioning that much.

 

I have the hardware for shaved door handles, will be getting them done soon. But i'm going to be hooking it up to the Matrix alarm that I have, so I don't expect any complications. Also, what solenoids are you guys using? You need to get a strong, reliable one like Autoloc. Well, I don't have any personal experience with them, but they've been around for a while, and I read good stuff about them,

 

all i know was that they were on the car when i bought it i never really looked into what brand or anything they were but i had them looked at and the guy told me that i was just running to small gauge of wire so that may have been the problem. but to me personally a clicker that makes your doors open for you which takes the same amount of energy to pop the handle isnt worth it to me if i cant run my car at the track.

 

there a piece of cake. Buy autoloc

 

my bro-in-law has the autolocs on his hatch and it works great. he also has it hooked up to his compustar alarm and he likes it. he also has a hidden emergency cable incase you leace the key and stuff in the car.

 

right before paint

By eg6, shot with iPhone
and i must admit the door handles grew on me.

By eg6, shot with Canon EOS 40D at 2009-04-09

By eg6, shot with Canon EOS 40D at 2009-04-09

By eg6, shot with VLUU L100, M100 / Samsung L100, M100 at 2009-03-19

 

shaved door handles are not that hard to install, but if not installed properly they can be a nightmare. I always suggest adding an emergency hidden hardwired button just incase your remote dies out. But like I said in a previous post make sure to use autoloc or something of quality with a high pull rating.

 

I know installing the hardware is easy, but what about the wiring?

 

easy as hell bro, just follow the diagram. But then again Im a Commercial electrician so that type of thing is cake for me

 

^You're funny, of course it's easy for you! Ha ha, just kiddin dude.

I don't think the wiring is that hard. The only recommendation that I would give you is to make sure that you run the ground all the way back to the battery. Autoloc keeps pushing this as a serious issue, so, I'm going to do that. I had another guy tell me that it wouldn't be necessary, but I would rather go the extra amount and not run into any problems then otherwise.

 

Def a good idea If these dont have a good ground they will not work. They draw quite a bit of power when they intitially pull in. Ive never metered it though. Your ground is just as important as the +12v make sure to remember that. I always see ppls installs and they have the ground ghetto rigged with a huge +12v power wire. Makes me laugh.

 

I'm going to bump this back up again,

how much does it cost to get shaved doors done?

 

I'm bumping again because i know that there are people on here with shaved doors, how much does something like this cost?

 

prices vary. I would look for a price on an autoloc setup so you have that Price$$$ then look for a body shop with experience doing it. Or do it yourself. But have access to a mig welder.

 

I have shaved handles and I hate them! Does anyone know how I can re-install the door handles on my civic si 2000?

 

get new doors...

 

shave ur facial hair, not ur damn handles and mouldings...

 

shaved door handles remind me of a person that doesnt have arms... dont ask me why lol... to each his own... the red eg up there^ looks nice tho

 

I didn't know this was a minitruck forum.

 

BTW I was kidding before you guys bite my head off. Ha-ha.

 

or wait for them to grow back

 

WAT TYPE OF COLOR IS THAT HATCH! IS IT MILANO RED?