snapped door handel!!!!

[PaRaDoX]

hey, anyone else had this happen to them?? went to get in my car after putting petrol in, went to open the door and the handel snapped clean off.. i was left standing there thinking hrmm ok WTF!

trip to the wreckers on the weekend should fix it

[killarava2day]

What a pain eh?

[1vngal]

Ohhh dear. I'm starting to think your jinxed. Either that or your car is

A trip to the wreckers should solve your problem just fine.

[hakhawk]

yep, but get a vr handle, im pretty sure them ones are cast, not plastic junk

[sircruisealotVS]

lol, hasnt happened to me personally, but i know a friend whose vn had a broken handle like that...so its not unheard of.

[FadeToBlack]

Haha, sorry it's just a funny thing to picture. Spewin huh.

[hakhawk]

just be glad it aint a ford, we have all 4 door handles in multiples on the shelf for xd-xf i think it is. theyre shocking for breaking

[1vngal]

Nearly every XD-XF I have even been near has had at least one handle snapped on it.

[padrickz88]

dw man, happened to me to, EVEN WORSE! before i go my car on the road and was moving it around in the backyard/front yard what ever, both right hand side handles broke so only way i could move the car was open the passenger side, jump over OR unlock with inside handle and go around and get it... pissed me off so bad so i went to the wreckers, changed them over, PERFECT!

[AirStrike]

Don't worry happened to me in the Calais while it was pissing rain. Thats why im going to replace the ones on the SS with VR ones.
AirStrike

[Hillerus]

What sort of a price for VR ones (a full set, new)? Any mods needed? Spose that means you need two keys also?

[flyen]

remeber vr/s ones only have the lock on the drivers side, so theres none on the passenger.

i wish i have central locking even more sine changing my handles

[Hillerus]

**** the passenger. Any ideas on price?

[hakhawk]

the handle itself doesnt have the lock, only the surround, so the lock would stay there.

[goose2]

the diff on vr/vs ones is theyr alloy cast and have shiny surface best to change all 4 the handles are seperate to the lock housing so interchange is no problem for lhs, we sell the handle for $11 and we do heaps of them

[Hillerus]

the diff on vr/vs ones is theyr alloy cast and have shiny surface best to change all 4 the handles are seperate to the lock housing so interchange is no problem for lhs, we sell the handle for $11 and we do heaps of them

Where do you work? Do you have an online shop or anything like that?

[88GreenVN]

Nearly every XD-XF I have even been near has had at least one handle snapped on it.

I was fixing the father inlaws XD door handles with washers n pk's when the car was only 4 years old. Had to do all 4 while he owned it.

The holden door handles dont bust all that often. But I guess anything can go bully up on a car.

[KingDiamond]

remeber vr/s ones only have the lock on the drivers side, so theres none on the passenger.

i wish i have central locking even more sine changing my handles

My VR has the lock on both sides...

I was fixing the father inlaws XD door handles with washers n pk's when the car was only 4 years old. Had to do all 4 while he owned it.

The holden door handles dont bust all that often. But I guess anything can go bully up on a car.

Yeah I remember my dad used to replace them on his Fairmont about every 3-6 months lol.

[goose2]

central motor wreckers ballarat web central@giant.net.au mark it attn Roland i'll see what i can do

[goose2]

i was talking to a ford aust tech who was at the plant at the time of xd-xf and he said it was a design property to have the handles fail to keep spare parts [ at dealership level] going typical ford crap

[Hillerus]

Ok thanks. Are they a simple swap over or are any mods needed?

[goose2]

nah, star screwdriver[for trim] pionty plires[for rod clips ] ten mill for handle nuts. once out pull pin change over handle put back in in reverse order 20min for beginners . oh make sure window is up be for taking trim off and to remove clip on winder[if you have armstrong type glass]use a rag and slide around handle and fkn watch where the thing goes .have tendency to end up in neighbours yard