AH OK make sense now why I couldn't find anywhere selling the handle as a part. damn, thanks for the info.
Yep, I'm doing a thread dig.
I just replaced my inside chrome door handle on the front passenger side. The "chrome" had formed sharp edges. Not an enjoyable job and I see why the whole door card would be replaced at a dealer, given the amount of frigging around. No help from the workshop manual.
The handle surround part is plastic welded - the 4 "securing tubes" projecting through the door trim appear to have been pressed down neatly with a hot mould (almost like a branding iron).
I mixed parts of the old and new handle since the courtesy light wasn't installed on the new part.
The handle pivot pin at first sight looked like it could be pressed out if I cut away some of the unseen trim, but it was too long. Thus, I broke away the securing tubes rounded edges enough to pull it away and used hot melt glue to build up the plastic again and fill any gaps.
Wish I'd taken photos, but I was running out of daytime to put everything back together.
The attached photos of what I bought off ebay should give some clues of what I'm describing.