I havebeen thinking about somehow getting my door handles painted the same color as the car. i really dont have any other crome on there except for the trim around the windows. feedback is a must!

 

i do and it looks great

 

any pix?

 

I will be doing it to mine in the spring when i do some major paint work.

 

i think im going to go ahead and do the same, i cant wait till the spring time! to me the door handles are way too noticable.

 

Major paint work? Are you going to keep it LGM?

 

If you have a color that was offered for the 03 CL/CLS you can just buy the body colored door handles and swap them out.

 

Same color. Hood, bumper, fenders, rear bumper and trunk, engine covers, IM, grill,and a few other plastic pieces all being repainted

 

I'm glad you are keeping it LGM, my old TL was LGM, it's an awesome and rare color! Are you ever going to get the OEM kit?

 

any one of the aspec guys on here from Canada can post pics for you on how body colored door handles will look. Lucky Canadians

 

I have it, thats part of the reason i have to repaint the fenders, to get rid of the cuts in the paint from the mudflaps

 

click my sig. if you want to see them.

 

POS 5 minute edit rule + slow ass server to search and find this pic.
so heres a double post. Have fun loading more posts just to see another pic.

 

that looks perfect! nice and clean

 

i painted the door handles on my old car, from chrome to a really dark gray, almost black. it was on a dark green maxima, tinted tails, custom black headlights, 20% windows.... i miss that car. but i love my new tl
sort of a rant... but my point was that its not too hard to paint them if you got the right paint and equipment

 

Does anybody know if it's possible to get the handles re-done in a black chrome color? I love the way it looks.

 

Are gold-colored handles purchasable anywhere? I'm planning on replacing all of the chrome accessories with golden ones (grill/trim/emblems/etc).

 

I have the same problem from the flaps. Hate it. So I keep my flaps on even though I don't like em. Maybe I should paint them body color after the winter though.

 

i plan on masking everywhere around the handlew this summer, and painting mine abp....

 

fsttyms1, where are you going to get your paint and body work done? I messed up my skirt and a door so far this winter and wanted to get them redone.

 

^He's going to do it himself

 

keep it silver

 

That is by far the ugliest thing one could do to our cars, in my opinion... Let me guess, you car is black?

 

that would look gross. Gold was cool in the 80s.

 

Easy, just spray them with the Nite-Shades or similar stuff they use on tinting tail lights. (or any black kandy coat for that matter)

 

You really should get the handles painted or black chromed since they get a lot of use, any spray will come off over time.

 

Yeah not so much. (clearcoat)

 

how hard is it to remove the door handles to paint or replace them

 

IMO, only on black color cars, matching door handles will look stealth. Other than that, I don't think it would. Maybe, but I will yet to see pictures. Chrome doesn't bother me, at least I know the paint wont chip from all that usage.

 

Good ideal. Its still nice & clean..

 

It comes stock (black front grill + black handles) on the A-SPEC version. Just to clear it up in case people think i did that myself.

 

That front grill looks so nice How is that holding up, paint wise?

 

excellent.
keep in mind i have 46 000kms ~ 28 000 miles