~*ABRA CADABRA, door handles, BE GONE!*~
 

and moar low

inch lower on the rear and 1/2 inch lower in front

thank you ryan (memorylast) for coming over last night to help out and thank you charles from powertrix.com for dealing with me on the phone haha. any questions, let me know

video then pix



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looks pretty smooth.

what type of paint and prep procedure did you use to black out the nissan badges? also... any closeups of your headlights? (sorry, i also have a black 370z and am contemplating the blacked out headlights and badges)

did you add a remote battery post so you can hookup jumper cables/charger if your battery dies?

that look awesome! how do you open the door?

:tup:

you don't, you roll down the windows, and jump in dukes of hazzard style

if you go into my build thread, there are a lot of pix of everything. link is in my sig. to paint the emblems i just cleaned them with rubbing alcahol and us black engine paint laying around. i did like 4 thin coats. it actually looks really good and only took a few minutes and the paint isnt chipping at all, its been like that for months

if you watch the video yu can see i have an alarm key and when you push one button it will pop the door open and if you hit the other button the other dorr pops open.

i was going to have it dukes of hazard style but the wife didnt approve

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Looks great!

Looks cool, congrats dude!!

oh and if the battery does happen to die, there is a hidden cable and if pulled, the door pop open. its hard to get to though

start to finish how much did the shave cost you? also, I see you flattened the metal out on the inside of the door seam :tup: thats the way to do it right there looks OEM. Props Bro PROPS!

Prop brother looks amazing.

Epic Photo...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/IMG_1775.jpg

Crop...
And a mild attempt to bring some of the details of the back end out...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2992813/IMG_1775_002.jpg

thanks guys!!!


everything out the door cost me $530. my fiance's cousin hooked it up and did a great job imo. there is a little gap between the door and the rear panel, but its close, and couldnt get it close. regardless it looks good and im happy with it

haha i love that pic too ryan

my 2 babies

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I gotta tell you those are some nice pictures. I love the shaved handle, but I dont think I could live without door handles lol. I would love to do the GTR handles on the z, but going down sort of like the b pillars do. I think that would look clean, and have functionality.

Well done, and whoever did the work well done to them also.

Nice. :) It looks slippery without handles.

ha thats what she said.

Looks sick man!

That looks absolutely gorgeous; the car definately looks better without them however I don't know if I could be 100% living without door handles! Really though, that is one sleek black beauty.

So looks good. But i like keeping my keys in my pocket.

Wait, you have a fiance AND a wife?! How do you find time to drive your Z?! :icon17:

thats not a bad price for some fine work to be honest...$265 a side and that had to have taken at least 5-10 hrs her side to do.

Damn that's so hot !!!!

nice!!

Can you take some pics of where the door handles use to be....up close...so we can see the detail work...inside and outside of the door handle area.

Looks good.

thanks everyone!!!


i will take some close up shots inside and out tomorrow

Looks awesome dude - I am sure thats going to be a safety concern for track days but wow it looks amazing. Debated what this would look like on a black Z w/ gold rims and BOOM iLive2Win to the rescue.

i asked the scca autocrossing here about the doors and i have to tell them where the cable is to pop the doors open. so i can still auto x but not sure about real track days. i dont think the real track will allow my doors

nice!! Welcome to the shaved door handle club!! Looks great on your black z! I was meaning to post pics months ago but the mrgt fenders took over our lives lol.. ill post some of mine when I get home!

i know we would all like to see your doors as well, and thanks!!!!

hurry up home and post some pix!!!!

we should make a thread for only us shaved door guys haha :roflpuke2:

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damn son, thats looking really nice :tup:

:tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup: Dope!!!!

Did the body work personnel end up painting the entire door or did they just fade the new paint with the old in the door handle area?

gangsta man!!! good job!!! :tup:

looks great!

man i HATE our silver handles. they collect water spots like a beeeech too!

sooooo tempting.

thanks everyone again haha !!!!

he painted the entire door. he didnt want to fade it in. you can see some of the progress photos in my build thread listed in my sig

I can only give you one rep point for this, but you deserve two:

1) First out of the hopper to shave. :tup:
2) Pics and post.

All others who have not added your rep point for this...hop to it!