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Looks good, Spartan. I wondered how easy switching out the door handles would be. As stupid as it sounds, it's one of the only things that kept me from getting a base GT. Lol
Looks good, Spartan. I wondered how easy switching out the door handles would be. As stupid as it sounds, it's one of the only things that kept me from getting a base GT. Lol
I'm an idiot, so it took me a little longer than it should. Long story short, I was trying to force the passenger side (RH) handle in upside-down.. *face palm* If I were to do it all over again, I'd probably have it done in 20-30 minutes.
The only thing holding the door trim on is 8x 7mm bolts and 2x torx screws (T-25 bit worked here, but it's probably rated larger). Take needle nose pliers to pinch and slide out the door's cable from the handle, disconnect the electronics from the windows, mirror, and locks, then the door trim can finally be removed. The interior door handle housing is just plastic clips, so muscle it out and pop in the new ones. The new handles didn't include the door lock switches, so you'll have to pop those out of your factory handles and snap them into the new ones. Putting everything back together should be a lot easier than taking it off.
Tightened up my panhard bar, and retorqued the links on my new sway bar. Then I went for a drive and bought some BBQ. Could have been better, but I'm not complaining.