Anyone done them on a LS1 any pic's or kits that you can buy?

 

I've got a picture of a black 98+ trans am with shaved handles. I snapped it at a local car show. I might be able to find a link to the car. give me a minute or three.

 

http://www.customshop.org/johngforce.html


heres a pic but not a very good one, ill try to get one of mine that is better and alot closer.

 

 

I swear im done posting in this thread for a little bit, but here is another car with shaved handles, a 01 TA, on ebay, found the link in another thread.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custo...QQcmdZViewItem

 

The doors look sweet on the white T/A. Not worth 30K though.

 

Anyone know of someone that sells a kit for shaved handles?

 

ya that would be a good idea if they just selled the shells for it with the handles shaved...

 

i believe camaro casanovas car has it done, but he said there was many problems with it not keeping its shape an warping, dont hold me to that exact quote but i believe it was him.

 

i remember him saying that too, that they had to keep retrying and it never came out perfect

 

i wanna get the door opening kit from jegs and shave my 96 ws6, are we saying it's a bad idea?

 

It is a bad idea, once and for all, unless you have the power of God to keep it from moving...Mine has been re-done using SMC, fiberglass, all kinds of burying ideas etc...By a paint shop that produces magazine cars..Unless your car is white, which is harder to see, I wouldn't do it. My passenger side is perfect, the driver's side is still slightly noticeable in the right light/heat conditions. The problem is the doors expand and contract at different rates than whatever material you use to shave the doors, so it can show up, plain and simple.

 

plain an simple, someone needs to get the ball rollin from one of the companies that make aftermarket hoods/spoilers for our cars and make a door skin that has no handle pockets as mentioned above. looks good, but it cant be worth the trouble and money to keep fixin them.

 

I beleive someone already does, ill look to see if i can find it.

 

I've redone my sevral times... fiberglass... flexible filler... and lastly.. I used a urethane compound... the urethan held shape the longest... but know it's starting to show... I think this time around I'm going to cut the Handel area out all together, and put a sheet of aluminum behind there... and just fill it in with the urethane compound. BTW shave door handles look great on any car really.