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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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Default Shaved Door Handles: Yay or Nay. Lets see some pics.

I am considering shaving off my door handles but i have never seen 93+ fbodys with this modification.

Shaving the door handles would make a fbody look very sleek and clean IMO.

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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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I did it to my bagged Tacoma and it was sick. I liked to pop the door open for chicks... lol Do it, and you post pics.
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I think most tracks have a rule that they won't let you touch the track unless you have handles, so if you've got dreams of time slips, I wouldn't do it, but if your ride will never see a closed curcuit, go for it! I want to see how it looks! I want to shave my fuel door and antenna. I already shaved the front license plate cover! I like my cars like I like my women...SHAVED!!!


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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Swiat34
I think most tracks have a rule that they won't let you touch the track unless you have handles, so if you've got dreams of time slips, I wouldn't do it, but if your ride will never see a closed curcuit, go for it! I want to see how it looks! I want to shave my fuel door and antenna. I already shaved the front license plate cover! I like my cars like I like my women...SHAVED!!!


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Haha, Yeah most tracks don't let you run without handles god forbid something happens and you're stuck inside.

I'm not sure how it would look.
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by firefighter813x
I did it to my bagged Tacoma and it was sick. I liked to pop the door open for chicks... lol Do it, and you post pics.
I am doing tons of body work to my camaro right now. I already shaved my antenna and smoothed out the quarter panels. Now its time to work on the doors.

How hard was to shave the door handles?
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Swiat34
I think most tracks have a rule that they won't let you touch the track unless you have handles, so if you've got dreams of time slips, I wouldn't do it, but if your ride will never see a closed curcuit, go for it! I want to see how it looks! I want to shave my fuel door and antenna. I already shaved the front license plate cover! I like my cars like I like my women...SHAVED!!!


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Damn! I go the track often.

But i am getting tired of e/ts and the track car image. So, the 94z will be the clean street car and my lsx car will be track car.
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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NAY!!! then you can't race at the track!!
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Ill buy another set of doors .
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Originally Posted by Swiat34
I want to shave my fuel door and antenna.


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How you going to put gas in? I guess you could fill it up before you shave the filler door!
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1nova71
How you going to put gas in? I guess you could fill it up before you shave the filler door!
I was just looking at my car and thought of that. How in the hell could you fill up if you did that modification???
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Originally Posted by ls1nova71
how you going to put gas in? I guess you could fill it up before you shave the filler door! :d
lmao!
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by texas94z
Post up pics!!!


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i shaved my key holes on both sides cause someone fucked up my car with a screw driver while i was at work. and i also didnt want to pay big bucks for new doors or to get the hole fixed.

still primered in these pics.

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^ That looks pretty cool.
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by italicizedsponge
i shaved my key holes on both sides cause someone fucked up my car with a screw driver while i was at work. and i also didnt want to pay big bucks for new doors or to get the hole fixed.

how did you do that?
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well the key holes were already punched out, so i put a piece of tape inside the door panel on the backside of the hole and used bondo to fill it in, sand it down until it was flat. then i would relay bondo down to fix imperfections and sand again. i did this process 4-5 times until it was good enough for my liking.
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Originally Posted by italicizedsponge
i shaved my key holes on both sides cause someone fucked up my car with a screw driver while i was at work. and i also didnt want to pay big bucks for new doors or to get the hole fixed.

still primered in these pics.

Damn that look's clean bro
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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That little of a thing really makes that big of a difference. Well, it is white also.
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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Shaved door handles and gas door could look insanely clean... Or really out of place, lol.

I think that shaved key hole though. Subtle, but not, lol.
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