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Old 04-12-2018, 02:38 PM
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2007 Acura TL Type-S door handle removal
My paint and body guy is doing a re-spray on my car and he’s having a hard time getting the doorhandles removed. Can anyone point me to a reference document or video that shows how this is done? He said he’s a researched it and nothing seems to match up to work so far.
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time for a new body and paint guy!!!
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time for a new body and paint guy!!!
i suppose that might be true if I rated his work on the ability to get a door handle removed. Fortunately I don’t value door handle removal above prep and finish quality of work. But thank you for your useless reply.
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I agree with crabby. When I was painting cars, I would never have told the customer I didn't know how to take the door handle off.
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but part of prep work is properly removing things that need to be removed to do his job properly



I believe he has to remove the entire door panel to get to the exterior door handle .
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I found this:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-p...w-pics-764241/
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so what may happen like my Geico body shop did was is shimmy it back on and after a couple days of me using it....you guessed it! It fell off.
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but part of prep work is properly removing things that need to be removed to do his job properly



I believe he has to remove the entire door panel to get to the exterior door handle .
folliwing up, he had the door panel off, along with the 10mm bolts out. He is telling me it’s still not coming off. All I can think is it might be a really sticky gasket on a black car with 10 years of sun, unless there is something else holding it in place. He was Being cautious so as to not break something.
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Do you have a Haynes manual you could bring him so that he can take it off?
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Haynes manual.. is this a 91 civic? Perhaps an 87 Mustang? Probably the same manual for both.

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Originally Posted by socalsteve


folliwing up, he had the door panel off, along with the 10mm bolts out. He is telling me it’s still not coming off. All I can think is it might be a really sticky gasket on a black car with 10 years of sun, unless there is something else holding it in place. He was Being cautious so as to not break something.
He's being a nancyboiiii
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Haynes manual.. is this a 91 civic? Perhaps an 87 Mustang? Probably the same manual for both.

I bought a Haynes manual when I bought my car in December.........
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Do you have a Haynes manual you could bring him so that he can take it off?
there are those who know their shit and those (trolls) who can only talk shit.
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there are those who know their shit and those (trolls) who can only talk shit.
Did the other 3 handles come off, or is this the first one?
A heat gun might soften the gasket where it could be pried off--but be careful not to scratch the paint.
Oh, wait...

See, I can do both.
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Originally Posted by socalsteve
there are those who know their shit and those (trolls) who can only talk shit.
Gatr isn't trolling you lol
I suggest dialing it back
btw your paint and body guy isn't one of those guys who knows his shit
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Show us your door handles!
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