My new door handles from Poland have arrived to replace the old cracked ones. I knocked the seller down from £20 each to £15 The only thing is, can anyone please find me a guide? I did find one before, one these forums I think but for the life of me can't any more. Also, do I just use the old lock and put it in the hole in this handle?

Shaunyac said:

My new door handles from Poland have arrived to replace the old cracked ones. I knocked the seller down from £20 each to £15 The only thing is, can anyone please find me a guide? I did find one before, one these forums I think but for the life of me can't any more. Also, do I just use the old lock and put it in the hole in this handle?

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Yes use your original lock.

Here are the guides....

http://www.fiatboo.co.uk/mod-a-bravo.htm#handle

id paint them up before you put them on

What you mean paint them up?

Also, is there any clear coating like a lacquer that I can cover them with to protect them even further, like clear nail varnish but better :yum:

theyre standard plastic black handles are they not?
get them painted to match ya car

I saw these ones on ebay but I wasn't sure which ones they were, there's a few different models. Are these the rubber ones or the hard plastic ones? You can tell the plastic ones because the shroud over the lock doesn't bend at all, whereas there's about a millimeter of give in the rubber one if you push on it. I was thinking about buying some myself, but I've already got one of the rubber ones and I wanted one to match :-/

They look like rubber ones, i saw them on ebay, i just want fiat 500 ones

They don't feel like plastic, they have a grippy like texture so I'm presumming they are rubber. Also, I don't think I'll need to paint them because my car is black.

I just didn't want the rubbers wearing down so fast like the old ones so I wanted to coat them in something to protect them.

Shaunyac said:

They don't feel like plastic, they have a grippy like texture so I'm presumming they are rubber. Also, I don't think I'll need to paint them because my car is black.

I just didn't want the rubbers wearing down so fast like the old ones so I wanted to coat them in something to protect them.

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They only perish when you use stupid oil based treatments and chemicals on them. Aslong as all that touches the handles is car wash soap, water and rain then they'll last you a good few years.

They are rubber handles. What I find interesting is the lock mechanism it looks like a plated steel rather than the normal very weak cast aluminium.

As far as I knew all Bravo's, Brava's and Marea's used cast aluminium for the lock mechanism.

Just noticed the packaging in the photo and its not a Fiat part it is 3rd party Miraglio www.miraglio.it It probably wont suffer the same perishing problems.

Shaunyac said:

They don't feel like plastic, they have a grippy like texture so I'm presumming they are rubber. Also, I don't think I'll need to paint them because my car is black.

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Adrian Bravo said:

They are rubber handles

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Sorry lads,my bad they look plastic

Shaun ya car might be black but your car is shiny metallic,handles arnt.

if they were mine id get them to match the cars colour..but thats just me lol

Mike