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Offline CM690

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Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« on: 15 May 2011, 18:16 »
I like the colour coded door mirrors and door handles on the GTI's and was wondering if there was a way of colour coding mine on my CL.

Did any model of mk3 have non-electric colour coded door mirrors or was it just the automatic ones on GTI's? :(

Is it an easy job to change the door handles on a golf to colour coded ones or would you just leave those? Cheers :) 

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #1 on: 15 May 2011, 19:46 »
The mirror covers pop off, remove the mirror glass and push the prongs in pop the cover off. Door handles though, my 16v door handles arent colour coded and I havnt noticed any 3's with colour coded ones as standard, that said colour concept ones may have  :undecided: I don't think it's that hard to get the handles off if you wanted to colour code yours

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #2 on: 15 May 2011, 19:54 »
No mk3 had colour coded door handles.

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #3 on: 15 May 2011, 23:34 »
The mirror covers pop off, remove the mirror glass and push the prongs in pop the cover off. Door handles though, my 16v door handles arent colour coded and I havnt noticed any 3's with colour coded ones as standard, that said colour concept ones may have  :undecided: I don't think it's that hard to get the handles off if you wanted to colour code yours

Awesome thanks, I'll pick up a set of electric mirrors and just replace the covers on my mirrors once I've painted them.

No mk3 had colour coded door handles.

Didn't know this :p As for this I'll just leave mine plastic black.

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #4 on: 16 May 2011, 08:03 »
look hard at my sig and the vr6 on the right has audi a4 handles. thats a option for you

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #5 on: 16 May 2011, 08:47 »
look hard at my sig and the vr6 on the right has audi a4 handles. thats a option for you

Why don't you post a bigger picture?  :grin:

I find colour coded door handles only work on a certain colour of MK3, brighter colours like red, blue and white need a good contrast so black trim helps break it up.

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #6 on: 16 May 2011, 11:17 »
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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #7 on: 16 May 2011, 11:19 »
Those are the types of handles that would confuse me. I'm used to pulling the handle on a MK3, if I were to go to open a door like yours on a MK3 I'd look like a silly billy.  :grin:

Look good though. Was it and easy mod?

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #8 on: 16 May 2011, 11:23 »
Those are the types of handles that would confuse me. I'm used to pulling the handle on a MK3, if I were to go to open a door like yours on a MK3 I'd look like a silly billy.  :grin:

Look good though. Was it and easy mod?


I know it's weird swapping from the two. you find you pull a normal mk3 handle from underneath lol.

I bought the car as it is in the pictures. Looking at the work the hardest part would be the metal fabrication

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Re: Colour coded door mirrors and handles
« Reply #9 on: 16 May 2011, 13:37 »
Those are the types of handles that would confuse me. I'm used to pulling the handle on a MK3, if I were to go to open a door like yours on a MK3 I'd look like a silly billy.  :grin:

Look good though. Was it and easy mod?


I know it's weird swapping from the two. you find you pull a normal mk3 handle from underneath lol.

I bought the car as it is in the pictures. Looking at the work the hardest part would be the metal fabrication

They look much cleaner / smoother than standard mk3 handles. :smiley: