Plasti Dip Chrome Handles

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Today I spent some time plasti-dipping my chrome door handles. I plan to do the mirrors next and then possibly the grill. IMO i think that it turned out pretty well for a $10 mod:wink:

Before:

After:

During the process of putting the coats on:

The back:

I hope this spray holds up to pinstriping, and stuff of that nature.

We will see:cheers:

 

[ReconH3]

Great Job!!!


"Ex Umbris Venimus"

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[cgalpha08]

Lookin good!

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[deserth3]

Lookin good. :thumbs: I'll be interested to see how it holds up too.

 

[benlaud87]

FYI the handles literally are held on by 1 bolt, it would have saved time to just take them off and spray them. looks good though

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

FYI the handles literally are held on by 1 bolt, it would have saved time to just take them off and spray them. looks good though

How do I get to the bolt?

 

[Ron46]

Looks really good! I was thinking about plasti dipping my grille

 

[08SolarFlareH3]

How do I get to the bolt?

1	Bolt Access Plug Tip Use a plastic flat-bladed tool to remove.
2	Front Side Door Outside Handle Bolt Tighten 9 N·m (80 lb in)
3	Front Door Outside Handle Cap
4	Front Door Outside Handle Cap Gasket
5	Front Door Outside Handle Tip With small flat-blade screwdrivers, pry the walls out from the buttons on the handle. Pull handle rearward to disengage.

 

[benlaud87]

The "flat bladed tool" can also be a finger nail. Take that cap off then remove the bolt.

 

[Hans3T]

Interesting look. I have not seen plati-dip before. Be sure to let us know how it holds up.

 

[DJinCO]

Funny, I Plasti-Coated the inside of a small section of my gutter today. It had a couple of pin holes and was leaking.

Great spray - very similar to the plastic spray that the info-mercial sells after coating a screen door on a row boat. Hmmm, would that work on a submarine? That would be a new twist to that old joke.:giggle:

 

[M22KLARS]

Man I love Plasti-Dip. Nice work!

 

[Trekker]

I used the same stuff on the H2 hood handles, latches, and the chrome trim piece on the spare tire. So far so good.

 

[Nacho]

The Plastidip looks great, look forward to seeing how well it holds up.

 

[Griff22usmc]

Hey guys, I was ona roll today doing maintenance on the 3. So I decided to "pop off" the rear passenger and driver side door handles. Well did on and went to the other and pulled back real hard and it pop out. Well the loud snap was me breaking plastic, didn't realize till the second door.

So what part do I actually need. Is it item 1 or 2 on the breakdown digram at gmpartswharehouse.com or the part # if you know it.



What I broke:



I was planning on painting them black, might as well order them now. Thanks for the help.

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[benlaud87]

that is the actual handle by the looks of it which is number 1 in that diagram. have you taken the handles off before?

 

[Griff22usmc]

Nope sure haven't. Trial and error. I just pulled the handle back and away. I hope I don't have to take off the door inner panel to fix this.

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[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

No, havent takin the handles off before. With me selling my H1, I thought I would start working on the 3 while I have time.

 

[benlaud87]

you have to take the palm of your hand and kind of smack the handles towards the rear of the vehicle if i remember correctly. you cant just pull them out. theyre kind of locked in there.

 

[Griff22usmc]

Thanks ben for the help, im gonna order 2 new ones and try to extract the broken parts out.

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[benlaud87]

if you can get the broken piece you might be able to just epoxy or super glue it back together. im sure epoxy and super glue are stronger than that plastic is.

 

[Griff22usmc]

Ill give it a try, 3 dollar fix over a 40 dollar is ok with me. Ill let you all know if it works. For future reference if needed

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[08H3]

I know this sounds stupid at first, but a great aid in removing that bolt is a pice of chewing gum. Seriously. When I replaced mine, I took a piece of chewed (yeah, I know...gross!) gum and put in the end of the socket so the bolt didn't drop down in the door. If you wheel at all, I'm sure you'll replace at least one of these some day because trees tend to grab them.

 

[benlaud87]

ive used a little ball of tape but gum works too. some of the ones I have now are magnetic so that helps. I have lost one of the screws down the side of the door before though. Im sure its still in there.

 

[Griff22usmc]

I got some epoxy this morning... Has a breaking point of 3400 PSI. Well after 9 hours of drying in a climate controlled house, I took the handles out ot the truck for install. The frist one snapped off when I went to install, the other snapped when I test opened the door... So epoxy is a no go for this situation, time to order some handles.