On 02:47 PM 07/22/02 -0400, George Freeman said... >This has been covered before, but living in DC for years taught me just how >vulnerable our vintage Hondas are on their door locks & handles.
Some argue that one of the attributes for a vehicle to gain "vintage" status is to be at least 20 years old. So that would mean that mine is due for a mid-life crisis... :^) >The weak point is where the door handle mounts to the door- all the thief >has to do is jam a screwdriver, slim Jim, etc. in between the rectangular >handle and the door, pop the thing out, and they're in the car in like 25 >seconds. I'm contemplating shaving the handles entirely and going to >power locks someday... I've kept this from happening to me personally, >but if anyone would like to share they're stories, chime in! > > >George >'89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 122k miles >"Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" > (* snip *) I've thought about shaving my door handles. And of course it happened basically a week after I did the paint job back in 2000. That's basically when I should have done it because I also had to do some repairs to the body kit. Although I have to admit that I was going to do it mainly for looks and I guess perhaps for added security. I have shaved door handles and used solenoids to pop the doors on some of my past cars and trucks and it's pretty easy to do. I still may do it but I kinda want to do my rear hatch too as perhaps my front hood too. I did this with a VW I use to own, I used a solenoid to help latch the front hood down (bypassing the stock mechanism). But before I do any of that, I think I will do power windows first (tied into the alarm system, of course). I will probably sculpt a new set of door panels too. So, having said that, I probably won't get around to doing this until sometime next year... :^P Robert K. Kuhn CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) 1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla)
