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Can you polish the door handles?

Originally Posted by Tractionless They're painted plastic. Sounds like another car meet fairy tail. What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now

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Old 01-23-2022, 07:14 AM   #1 (permalink)
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They're painted plastic. Sounds like another car meet fairy tail.
What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now I’m intrigued.
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What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now I’m intrigued.
Do you own a magnet? If not go ahead and start the process of polishing them like metal and you'll find out real quick.
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Do you own a magnet? If not go ahead and start the process of polishing them like metal and you'll find out real quick.
But what if they're not ferrous? Pretty sure mine are made out of aluminumized tungsten oxide. Or was it tungstenised aluminium?
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What? Door handles are plastic? I just checked mine and they definitely feel like metal. Now I’m intrigued.
They're plastic. I have an extra set laying around and I just checked them
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They're plastic. I have an extra set laying around and I just checked them
Thanks for the info. I learnt something new.
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