replacement door handles don't come painted?
10/31/06, 12:59 PM
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replacement door handles don't come painted?
Both of my outside door handles get stuck when you pull them to open the doors. The dealer is going to order new ones, but said they do not come painted and they will have to get them painted. Is this correct??
10/31/06, 03:53 PM
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ya guess they only have them unpainted now? he said that he had done this on a car previously, and they had come painted. does anyone know for sure? i would much rather have them come painted from ford.
10/31/06, 04:59 PM
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Most Ford dealers don't realize they come painted. It's a Mazda part and they do things differently. Either that or the dealer just wants to charge for doing work they didn't really do.
If you check out all the threads on the door handle sticking, you'll see every handle came painted. I think I saw where one guy said the dealer told him it came in unpainted, but he never actually saw it before they installed it so he just had to take the dealer's word for it. Take that for what it's worth.
If you check out all the threads on the door handle sticking, you'll see every handle came painted. I think I saw where one guy said the dealer told him it came in unpainted, but he never actually saw it before they installed it so he just had to take the dealer's word for it. Take that for what it's worth.
10/31/06, 05:01 PM
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i actually emailed clevparts, and he said they used to come painted, and they have changed the part number, and now they do not come painted. the dealer is going to have them painted for me, and i am not paying for anything since its warranty.
10/31/06, 07:57 PM
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I just had mine installed on Fri,oct 20th. It came painted..so they have just changed it since then?? I got real lucky then
Lets hope the driver side doesn't do it or there's gonna be trouble!!
Lets hope the driver side doesn't do it or there's gonna be trouble!!
10/31/06, 09:15 PM
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no they do NOT come painted. check the part numbers. They used to come painted but ford stopped this. It is cheaper to stock unpainted ones and have the dealer send it out to get painted then to stock all different colors pre painted. Your dealer sent it out to get painted for you, as will any other dealer.
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Depends on the Color! Some are Still available in Color and Some are Not. Black has Gone to Paint to match. That is the ones I checked. I think I may ck and See if redfire is available and have some Spares Handy for My GT/CS. I would rather Have Factory painted. They are Cheap enough BTW.
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11/1/06, 09:51 AM
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Depends on the Color! Some are Still available in Color and Some are Not. Black has Gone to Paint to match. That is the ones I checked. I think I may ck and See if redfire is available and have some Spares Handy for My GT/CS. I would rather Have Factory painted. They are Cheap enough BTW.
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