Thinking about shaving the door handles on my coupe and installing door poppers.
Has anyone here done this?

 

YES, i did mine 26yrs ago, also curved the bottom of door jams and doors!

NO handles and smooth bottom edge doors, with sill to match!

 

I realize it was quite a while ago but do you remember any details? Tips? etc.......

 

the door poppers are from Summit racing, operated by a key fob,or just reach inside and open doors.

the holes left after factory handles , are a plate welded behind door metal, then hammered flat and touch up with filler!

bottom round was nessasary because of rust there, so decided to custom to a curve, along with the sill!
ron

 

Ron your car just keeps on giving, never noticed that before. Its the lityle details that make cars like that special. I hope you decided not to sell it after all.

 

thanks guys , my car has so many little mods i forget a lot,untill i have to rethink, and i sometimes amaze myself!

when i'm half asleep i can think of what has been done to the inside of the engine, and so far NOBODY else comes close,(very small but significant mods)!
ron

 

I do know there is no other Jag in the world ,like it!

stripped on rotessorie

what was left of the Aston Martin logo, holes for leaper(gone now)

YES deffinatly NOT original, but sure gets a lot of respect from people.

 

Anyone know if this has been done to a X100 XRK?

 

So how do you get away with no wipers? Local cops don't care or you don't drive in the rain or your state(s) don't require them???

I'd love to ditch mine. Rain X works well enough for me.

Thanks,

John
1987 XJ-S V12

 

That's my car. The shaving was done in photoshop.
A local restoration shop quoted $1500 to do the work so I'm still procrastinating.