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Rich T



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The door handle covers look cool by the way,just looked and cheapest i could see were 90 quid!Mind you same place were doing full colour coded mirror caps in santorini for the same money.looks like more of my hard earned is on it`s way out the window Laughing MY2009 2.2 td4 se
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Wash with vinegar when dry use Black shoe polish. All FL2's (3) Gone
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Wash with vinegar when dry use Black shoe polish.

Reminds me of the time during an open house to the public, as a gag, I put shoe polish on the edge of the scope cover of my sniper rifle. I had a civlian friend who was up next on the range. He had his eye too close to the scope, and when the recoil hit, he got a nasty scope kiss with blood and shoe polish around his eye. THis was when we were still using the British Parker Hale M82 (C3A2). We never let him live it down. Armchair Commando

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What you could do is replace the black plastic door handles with colour coded (£60 Duckworths), fitted mine today in 10 minutes (yes 10 minutes) Thumbs Up [quote="mcphersonstrut"]


Excuse the ignorance is that £60.00 each or for all 4 as the skin kits usually retail on ebay for £89.

I've had a look on Duckworths website and can't seem to find them?

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Nick

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mcphersonstrut wrote:
So she washed and waxed it Shocked All hail Mrs R Bow down

What you could do is replace the black plastic door handles with colour coded (£60 Duckworths), fitted mine today in 10 minutes (yes 10 minutes) Thumbs Up


Must admit that the Stornoway door handles do look ok Thumbs Up One thing worries me though concerning my co-driver who has long finger nails and loads of scratchy rings. These mainly female atributes seem to damage other painted and skin covered articles and I was wondering if yours get clawed up at all Embarassed
Door handles I mean of course Whistle 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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thats exactly why i didn't get my door handles done, my wedding ring marked my gear leaver in the last car Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Rich T



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Good point on the scratches,my paint seems sooooooo soft, just lookin at it will scratch it Crying or Very sad So you did a complete handle replacement not just fitted the covers then mc`p?looked in your gallery but could`nt see how you did it tho?what do i look under? MY2009 2.2 td4 se
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RT, it's a pdf cleverly disguised in the title as 'Door handle change' Thumbs Up Think it's about picture 18
The company I got them from (£60 + vat for all 4) are no longer sponsors of this site so I've sent you a PM with the details Thumbs Up

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Rich T



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Thanks mc`p,just read the pdf,seems very straight forward.did`nt grt the pm,nowt in box.mind you,cud be me Laughing can`t see for lookin sometimes.Have you or anyone else gone down the paintshield route tat LR offer?wondering if its worth gettin her detailed,then gettin the paintshield applied to protect the finish?goin to be keepin the freely for a couple of years,so wanna keep the paintwork as good as poss. Thumbs Up MY2009 2.2 td4 se
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AndyC



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mcphersonstrut wrote:
RT, it's a pdf cleverly disguised in the title as 'Door handle change' Thumbs Up Think it's about picture 18
The company I got them from (£60 + vat for all 4) are no longer sponsors of this site so I've sent you a PM with the details Thumbs Up

Hi McP - read up a couple of posts - I sort of asked you a question Confused 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Andy C, sorry had 5 PM's for more info so got that sorted first. Re your question on scratches well it's too early to tell really but they are LR factory handles so will be good quality (Well I hope better than the parking sensors Laughing ) but I've had loads of cars with colour coded handles and the scratching is more on the door body the 'hollowed out' bit from the misses finger nails etc. Rings are generally smooth so I can't see this being an issue. Thumbs Up

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Many thanks McP - If I go down that path, maybe I will make her use rubber gloves every time to be on the safe side Laughing 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Won't need the rubber gloves Andy, I've just looked at the back of the handles and they have a black kind of rubber coating on them. So I'm sure your misses 'ring' won't scratch them (If you pardon the expression) Rolling with laughter , I'll put a picture in my gallery in a minute (Of the handle not your lasses ring) Embarassed

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Grippy rubber coating on the inside of the handle.

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