Can you polish the door handles?

Tractionless · 02-11-2022, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

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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Originally Posted by INV_MY_370

They are cast aluminum , I removed mine to hand lay the carbon fiber. And had to disassemble them and notch out few areas to do so. THERE MUST BE 2 TYPES. THEY DO HAVE REPLACEMENT PLASTIC ONES OUT THERE. if u look at how big of a differance in prices are. But I am 100% that mine are cast aluminum. After having to cut into them.

Strange considering I have a scratch on one that won't buff (polish out) and there's been other member who've mentioned the same and posted a matching paint code to fix.

INV_MY_370 · 02-11-2022, 11:25 AM

They are still painted. Just some are made from plastic and others the cast

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SeeThruHead · 02-11-2022, 12:54 PM

Cyber370 · 02-11-2022, 02:10 PM

I just went into my garage to check my handles again. This time I used a multimeter to check whether they are conductive and they definitely are. Plastics are not normally conductive and I doubt Nissan would have gone through the trouble of coating plastic handles with a conductive metallic coating.

So, I can definitely confirm my handles are made of metal, most probably cast aluminum.

Were there different versions of these handles over the years? Maybe depending on the model year and market, some were metal and others were not? Don’t know.

Tractionless · 02-19-2022, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyber370

I just went into my garage to check my handles again. This time I used a multimeter to check whether they are conductive and they definitely are. Plastics are not normally conductive and I doubt Nissan would have gone through the trouble of coating plastic handles with a conductive metallic coating.

So, I can definitely confirm my handles are made of metal, most probably cast aluminum.

Were there different versions of these handles over the years? Maybe depending on the model year and market, some were metal and others were not? Don’t know.

Cool lets find someone to polish conductive units and see what happens!

Falconquey · 02-21-2022, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Tractionless

Cool lets find someone to polish conductive units and see what happens!

Yeah, I want to see what happens. Somebody please try it.

Cyber370 · 02-22-2022, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tractionless

Cool lets find someone to polish conductive units and see what happens!

Ummmm……….that one went over my head. Not sure if it’s a joke.
All metals are electrically conductive. Plastics are not. That’s all I was trying to convey.

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Cyber370 Track Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Montreal, QC Canada Posts: 679 Drives: 2016 370Z Nismo 6MT Rep Power: 19372	I just went into my garage to check my handles again. This time I used a multimeter to check whether they are conductive and they definitely are. Plastics are not normally conductive and I doubt Nissan would have gone through the trouble of coating plastic handles with a conductive metallic coating. So, I can definitely confirm my handles are made of metal, most probably cast aluminum. Were there different versions of these handles over the years? Maybe depending on the model year and market, some were metal and others were not? Don’t know. BettyZ and yotagirl like this. __________________ "That’s when you know you’ve found somebody special. When you can just shut the fck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.”-Mia (Pulp Fiction)* Last edited by Cyber370; 02-11-2022 at 03:40 PM.

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