Bed liner on door handles...
 

I did a search.... couldn't find exactly what i was looking for. has anyone Line-X'ed (or dupli-color bed lined) their door handles/mirrors? i came across a couple posts where the grill was sprayed with liner (and looks awesome, and likely soon to happen on my H3). my door handles and mirrors are already black, but over the years, they have faded tremendously and could use a face lift.

Has anyone done this? pics?

and a quick follow up question... for those of you who have sprayed their grills with the dupli-color bed liner.... when you hit the chrome with sand paper, how much are you trying to grind off? and does it come off easily?

I know some have gone the route of line-xing the mirrors but never the door handles... It would be a major PIA to get them perfect so that they didnt bind up when opening the doors, 5X and I think most go another route...

Brainstorming on alternatives for the door handles.... i think it would be a lot easier (rather than removing the door handles) to purchase the chrome door handle covers, sand off the chrome, and spray on the liner... thoughts?

i just started thinking of doing this earlier today, so please, if you see a "snag" in this plan, please let me know.

thanks!

I would go with billet handles, though costly a much more stout alternative, add the bedliner to those puppies and your looking at something almost indestructible...

Just looked on ebay at billett handles for about $200 for the set... each handle is about 1.5 lbs.

that's what im talkin about!

line-ex
 

I just line-exed my door handles and mirrors! so far they look great. i will post oics as soon as i complete everything. no problems with the clearance of them working.

Did anyone finish this project to where they could post pics? I am interested in this as I can't seem to find replacement handles to swap for my chrome ones.

I'd love to see some pics of this..

i rhino lined my mirrors, and bought the black handles from a GM dealership (grandpa works there so i was able to get 30% discount on all my stuff!)

I dupli lined the grille and wheels and it's held up great. Your not really trying to sand off the chrome your just roughing it up good to give the primer something to bite onto.

My mirrors have taken a beating and are a little faded so I will probably do it here in the future along with the upper rails, But I have to take the gobi off for that and that's waiting until a twice yearly pull for waxing under it. If you were going to line the handles you would probably want to start with black ones and then use several coats.

I just finished installing powder coated billet handles on my 2010 Alpha. They are awesome, everytime I grab the handle to open the door I smile :) A real sob to install, you have to remove the glass from the door and all the interior door panels. I started with the rear door (easiest) and finished with the front doors. My last door was 40min start to finish but the whole project was about 5 hours.

That looks great! Well done!

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I had all my door handles and mirrors, as well as the front grill dun. I am definitley happy with the way they turned out. It has a porous finish but it gives it a rugged look. I would suggest to get the teflon clear coating if they offer it. The guy who owned the store showed me a bedliner with and without it. The one with it pretty much looked brand new, being 6 yrs old. Def worth it!

I just sprayed my Defenderworx locking chrome gas cover with the Duplicolor bed liner.

I sanded it first with 220 wet/dry sandpaper (don't sand the chrome off, just scuff it enough to where you can see light scratches on the chrome surface), then I applied 2 coats of Rustoleum self-etching primer.

I then sprayed on 3 coats of the Duplicolor bed liner & then applied Duplicolor clear coat (3 coats) over it. I have to say, the bed liner spray looks pretty good and sticks to the chrome really well. I'll post some pics after its all dry.

Did this with my handles. Take your time and it turns out good.