jim010

The grommets i used were from a 09 Taurus. Cost me $5 for both. I then had them chromed for $60. To get them to fit, the existing hole for the door lock pin had to be widened - no big deal.

I like the end result.

Cheers

DarkFireGT

Looks pretty good (and I always applaud DIY projects), but that's a lot of money for what it is. SHR doorlock pins are like $16.00.

jim010

Are you meaning the pins, or the entire grommet piece that surrounds the pin?

If you mean the one that surrounds the pin, I didn't like the look of that much chrome. This was the best way to get some chrome accenting without it being too much.

Also, I liked that this finishes up the hole that's there.

DarkFireGT

I gotcha. Like I said, looks good, just pricey.

I meant the pins themselves. They add a chrome accent also.

jim010

Hmm ... the pins in addition to this might look good, too. I may have to consider that.

Cheers

DarkFireGT

I'm sure it would look great.

Tungsten Bullitt

I like the look, Do you get a rattle from them while driving? I hate rattling noises while driving.

DarkFireGT

Not that I notice. As you can see, they fit pretty tight. Not too tight, of course, but just tight enough to keep from rattling.

SilverHorse-----Racing

I almost hate to chime in, because I don't want anyone to be uspet, but 60.00 seems like an awful lot of money to have them plated, even if (and that's a big if) they were charging an "aggravation" fee for doing a one-off job like that. I know we get "production" rates for our products, but something like that to be fair is 3.00 ea max. I have paid for custom work to be done before on my 73 Mach 1, and yes, I paid way more than I should have as well, so it's not like I'm not guilty of the exact same thing (700.00 for hood hinges and some other misc. underhood stuff) but I wouldn't do it twice, that's for sure.

For anyone else contemplating this until we release our tru-billet replacement pockets, I would suggest looking at the bezels from say a 71-73 Mustang, available thru vendors like NPD, which would be able to be adapted to do the same thing, and for maybe 10.00 or so total cost. Just a thought.

BTW - the end result does look nice

05GT-O.C.D.

Looks great!

And I think the price is great (for your money, just too much for mine )

jim010

I know, I know - lots of cash for such a little piece.

I was OK with this, though, in order to get the look I wanted. There wasn't anything out there that looked right for me. I wasn't aware of the grommets from a 73, though.

Cheers

jim010

I suppose you wouldn't have to do anything to the grommets, though. Just leave them black, and that would still finish the hole very nicely - just not with the contrast.

Cheers

SilverHorse-----Racing

Jim,

The thing with the 71-73 grommets was that they were already finished... let me go look...

http://npd.dirxion.com/WebProject.as...Code=mtg09flx#

Look at page 26, they are listed for 2.75 ea.

Again, it's a nice mod, and I've done the same thing with other pieces before so I know where you were at and all, so it's not meant as anything negative. On the contrary, I think it is tastefully executed, just trying to help anyone else who wnats to do it be able to duplicate the effort for a lot less cash outlay.

Once I did some of my underhood pieces, alternatives besides me just machining them from scratch came onto the market, and of course, I was left holding the bill for stuff that no longer had the value I had invested in them. Oh well, sometimes that's how this goes

Shotokan1509

The Taurus part, is it the whole bucket or just the ring you had chromed? My drivers door bucket the retaining clip broke and it won't stay in.

jim010

It is just a ring, and they aer just a couple bucks. They come in textured black.

BlueSkyVert

They look good, but wowzers...I'd probably pay $25.

jim010

I know it was more than most are willing to pay, but as I said before, I was OK with it, since it gave me the look i wanted.

Besides, I saved some money on my replacement dash, so I had to spend the money SOMEWHERE .

Cheers

BlueSkyVert

Nice find! I may give these a try.

05GT-O.C.D.

I can't even begin to count the amount of times I've started a project and then found out later I could've paid less by having someone else do it. Happens to me all the time, but I still get the satisfaction of knowing mine is custom.