View Poll Results: Door Handles Opinion

Leave Black

29.36%

Painted Body Color

63.30%

Carbon Fiber/HydroCarbon

7.34%

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Door Handles

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Mar 16, 2012 | 09:48 AM

#21

j_digi454

Safety Car

Joined: Sep 2006

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From: Wilmington NC

Quote:

Originally Posted by **** Jockey

Changing the black plastic door handles and rear spoiler to body color versions were the first mods I did.

IMHO the black ones looked kinda cheap.

I actually had the dealer (MacMulkin Chevrolet) install both the door handles and the rear spoiler to the body color before I picked up my new Vette.

Mar 16, 2012 | 11:42 AM

#22

maxp

Safety Car

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 4,732

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From: Monument CO

what is the best site to get body color handles?

Mar 16, 2012 | 12:06 PM

#23

ricknyc23

Melting Slicks

Joined: Sep 2007

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From: Long Island, Nassau County New York

i vote for body color

Mar 16, 2012 | 12:12 PM

#24

JoesC5

Team Owner

Joined: Sep 1999

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From: Springfield MO

Even though the black door handles and black spoiler don't jump out at you on my Cyber Gray Z06, I painted them(and the rear license plate frame) Cyber Gray and it does help the looks(at least to me, it does).

Mar 16, 2012 | 12:17 PM

#25

DonOH

Melting Slicks

Joined: Nov 2011

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From: Cleveland (Ohio City) OH

I have CF on a CG body so it blends in.

On other colors I think body color is better. It smooths out the look with less distraction to the lines.

Mar 16, 2012 | 04:40 PM

#26

Gerdia

Pro

Joined: Apr 2011

Posts: 528

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From: Perkasie Pa

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxp

what is the best site to get body color handles?

They are all over, just about all forum vendors have them. TKO, Ecklers, rpi. I got my set from Zip corvette, handles and third brake light.

http://www.zip-corvette.com

Mar 16, 2012 | 07:05 PM

#27

2toys

Burning Brakes

Joined: Dec 2004

Posts: 802

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From: North Royalton Ohio

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Originally Posted by JohnAE455

Buy a black vette. Problem solved. Seriously, they should be body color. My C5's were so why did they go back to black?

Cheap, cheap, cheap. General Motors is cheap, they treat the Corvette no better than the Cavalier. For the '07 model they eliminated the console lock and underhood lamp replacing the hoodliner with a flat panel so even if you wanted a light you had to also replace the liner, which I did along with the spoiler.

Keep nickle and dime-ing the Vette, keep pissing us off and someday we will wise up. I'm still stuck in the buy American mode, that can change.

Mar 16, 2012 | 07:07 PM

#28

jackhall99

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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17

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Originally Posted by rcallen484

My car is Torch Red. I like the contrast between that and the black bits and pieces. To me those colors make each other "pop".

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Mar 16, 2012 | 07:11 PM

#29

jackhall99

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Originally Posted by 2toys

Cheap, cheap, cheap. ....
Keep nickle and dime-ing the Vette, keep pissing us off and someday we will wise up. I'm still stuck in the buy American mode, that can change.

If you believe the black part over the colored part costs anything of concern, think again. And it doesn't **** 99.9% of Corvette buyer's off.

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