removing door handles

mob · Oct 15, 2007

hey guys when i searched all i got was to drill out the rivets. How do you drill out the rivets for the door handles? do you do it from the inside or outside, and how exactly do you drill them out?

stykthyn · Oct 15, 2007

do it from the outside until the heads fall off. to make my life easier the next go around I used bolts with a nut and lockwasher on the back side to hold the new handles in.

bloopbloob · Oct 15, 2007

i just had a friend hold the handle up and drilled from the outside. make sure to use good metal handles and not the plastic crappy ones. i'm on my 3rd set of handles now.

mob · Oct 15, 2007

drill with what drill bit....?

Roland69 · Oct 15, 2007

one bigger than the center of the rivet...maby a 3/8 or even a little smaller

mob · Oct 16, 2007

so i just drill a hole through it and itll pop out?

bloopbloob · Oct 16, 2007

basically. you just have to seperate the rivet head from the rest of the rivet and then punch it through.

bullitstang1313 · Oct 17, 2007

Yeah, all you have to do is start drilling it until the head starts to fall apart from the rest of the rivet. Make sure that you get a metal door handle like mentioned above. A lot of the new ones come with bolts instead of rivets which make them easy to install.

Georgie · Oct 17, 2007

umm i think rivets are a better fastner for door handles when it comes to security (car theft).

MahFiVeOh · Oct 17, 2007

I used carriage bolts and those nylon "lock nuts" when i replaced mine.

vristang · Oct 17, 2007

Another Carriage bolt user here...

Paint the heads black to match the handle, and it actually looks cleaner than stock rivets. If you look under the door handle that is...

jason

SuperStang83 · Oct 17, 2007

Go with the metal ones, they will hold up much better than the stockers.

mob · Oct 17, 2007

thanks guys, thats all i needed to know.

90blacknight · Oct 17, 2007

If you go with new rivets, be careful! That rivet gun can kick like a mule and scratch and/or dent your door. You'll definitely need someone to hold the handle straight while you operate the gun, otherwise it'll be tough for it to come out perfect. Protect the surrounding aread when installing the new rivets.

Georgie · Oct 17, 2007

ive got an pneumatic rivet gun
so no bouncing hear..ohh and use the stainless rivets, but make sure you get the right body length..if you get a too long one it wont be as tight as the right sized one

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