drivers side door handle

irishwolfhound · Post by **irishwolfhound** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 20:40

urgently wanted drivers side door handle

MrCoolA · Post by **MrCoolA** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 21:13

Mike Taylor??

irishwolfhound · Post by **irishwolfhound** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 21:42

talked to mike today at the new brighton rally hes got them but i was hoping i could get one faster as i cant get down to him till friday cant lock the car at mo plus got raf cosford breakfast meet next sun then byms into the body shop on the monday, as fitting new passenger door beams this week

, gave me a fix idea but the brackets gone (door lock shoved into door when unlocking

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alanmoss · Post by **alanmoss** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 23:00

Recently door handles were in stock at Lotus!

irishwolfhound · Post by **irishwolfhound** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 23:19

thanks allan

MrCoolA · Post by **MrCoolA** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 09:10

irishwolfhound wrote:talked to mike today at the new brighton rally hes got them but i was hoping i could get one faster as i cant get down to him till friday cant lock the car at mo plus got raf cosford breakfast meet next sun then byms into the body shop on the monday, as fitting new passenger door beams this week , gave me a fix idea but the brackets gone (door lock shoved into door when unlocking )

Mike normaly ships the same day.....................

I dont know if you have done a door beam beforer,if not make sure u have a mate to help,it is the one job on the Lotus i now farm out.....its a pain in the RS job, just replaced myine last week.................

irishwolfhound · Post by **irishwolfhound** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 17:26

im doing the passenger side doorbeam this week with a hand from my mechanic( lucky he had pc probs last week

) its the drivers side tho lock has pushed through worse comes to the worse ill just take mikes advice and glue the lock back into the handle

need to get it done before bym ges in for the accident repair and paint job

barker_001 · Post by **barker_001** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 15:31

It's worth getting one from Mike - I did. He strengthens the lock mechanism before reselling the handle. Where you have the knurled metal retainer behind the lock which normally sits in the plastic and holds the lock in place, he drills it out and fits a larger retainer. So it's better than new...

irishwolfhound · Post by **irishwolfhound** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 17:54

relooking at it im going to take mikes advice and glue it in will do till after its back from the body shop then ill pick up one from mike next time im down which will be soon to pick up the decals ands odds n sods

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