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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Agreeable Slick on 11 May 2005, 18:59
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right bought some chinese spec handles for the old tank, but when i went to try and fit them, they will not mount properly, and its a right pain in the arse to do it.
I can get it all set up and in the right position and everything works, until i screw the bolt in that is in the inside of the door by the locking mech.
ARGHH it's driving me insane.
Can anyone help. :angry: :angry: :angry:
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Dean (jinx-d) has these on his mk2 i think.....he might be able to help :smiley:
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This could be a good excuse to dehandle cour doors......
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nah, other than handles, wheels, exhaust and ride height cosmetically it is staying standard.
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right bought some chinese spec handles for the old tank, but when i went to try and fit them, they will not mount properly, and its a right pain in the arse to do it.
I can get it all set up and in the right position and everything works, until i screw the bolt in that is in the inside of the door by the locking mech.
ARGHH it's driving me insane.
Can anyone help. :angry: :angry: :angry:
Check how tight you have the bolts. If over tightened the handles will not function, and if too loose the obvious happens..... They are not a great design from this point of view- took mine off after a couple of months as they were getting too rattly, but this may depend on which batch you have.
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mine fit right in with no hassle at all did take me a while to figure out how the small screw on the handle went but even with the screw on the side of the door tightened the fit perfect. just make sure you got the small screw part setup correct if its a metal clip one i dont have a clue sorry :S
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chuck em in the bin they are guff in my opinion!
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mine cover door damage there wider than the originals some fool broke into the car when i first got it, they didnt take nothing or do nothing as it was stripped of seats and carpets.
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must have been a blind criminal then.........
hate crims.....
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This could be a good excuse to dehandle cour doors......
DONT DE-HANDLE YOUR DOORS!!!
Nearly failed my MOT yesterday as my chrome ones only open with a key that I only have. You twist the key and the door opens instead of pressing to release. So imagine the trouble youll get into if they were de-handled!
Not too keen on the uprated spec handles though. Think original ones with chrome inserts look cool :wink:
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must have been a blind criminal then.........
hate crims.....
was under a car port and at night you cant see ya hand infront of ya face just love to have seen there faces when they tried to get in the drivers seat :D
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This could be a good excuse to dehandle cour doors......
DONT DE-HANDLE YOUR DOORS!!!
Nearly failed my MOT yesterday as my chrome ones only open with a key that I only have. You twist the key and the door opens instead of pressing to release. So imagine the trouble youll get into if they were de-handled!
Not too keen on the uprated spec handles though. Think original ones with chrome inserts look cool :wink:
Chrome.......mmmm...... :cool:
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i am with blue! just get some rear golf handles and swap the insides of your old ones to the rear one and there you go! delocked and a little smoother looking! :smiley:
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:wink: yeah i had some of these on a Mk 1 when i got it and i thought they were poo!!
Get some nice chrome inserts and get the handles chromed mmmm nice !! :tongue:
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i've got the mk3 style of these 'chinese spec' handles on mine. they fit and work quite well but needed quite a few washers fitting to the screw that goes inside the door.
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i've got the mk3 style of these 'chinese spec' handles on mine. they fit and work quite well but needed quite a few washers fitting to the screw that goes inside the door.
*Sheps clears his throat loudly*
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ha, I was waiting for that.
What I meant to say was, I had a bit of screwdriver rage when the fookin handles wouldn't fit and then sheps bodged fixed them using some washers to push the handles further towards the inside edge of the door so that they open correctly.
:)
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Hey, the use of washers is a genuine fix (it even says so in the destructions) it was just my use of electrical ring connectors with the ends chopped off as washers (on the basis I had no washers that fitted) that was a slight
bodge sorry, deviation from correct install.
It worked didn't it? :wink:
Now thatmy garage is tidy and organised, it means that:
a) I can now find proper washers.
b) I have space to store the Rallye interior
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I've just bought these and the rear one as a test fitted and worked fine but the rubber grommets aren't tight to the door so water can get in behind them. I'm going to order some rubber sheets and cut out my own I think to seal the gaps up properly.
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you guys do know that putting (nonVW) chinese components on your car will ensure you go to Hell don't you?
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you guys do know that putting (nonVW) chinese components on your car will ensure you go to Hell don't you?
yes, beacause it is an evil sin :huh:
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nah, other than handles, wheels, exhaust and ride height cosmetically it is staying standard.
lol i said that once, now look what happend to it :D
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OK, i'll post this here and in your other thread in cosmetics :)
I managed to get it to sit tight and work buy putting the two thicker washers on the inside - used some tacky glue and stuck it to the thread hole on the handle!
here are the ones i got and how i fixed the lever!
(http://www.realitydesigns.co.uk/golf/handle1.JPG)
And the crude fix :grin:
(http://www.realitydesigns.co.uk/golf/handle2.JPG)
Should i have had an adaptor to screw into the plastic tipped screw?