Painting the LB hatch handle....

[jdubau55]

Has anyone done this? My LB is white and the dag on hatch popper\handle sticks out like a sore thumb. I was wondering if anyone has color matched the black plastic to their exterior color. I think it would really clean the rear up.

[uncleyaris]

that's character man. feel free to explore and post. MAybe change my/ others mind
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[St_G]

Mine DOES match...

[d2dailly]

i saw one online somewhere... painted to what ever your car color was. it was a japanese online store maybe even ebay... was only like 25 or 30 bucks

[eTiMaGo]

Matching color would look a bit gaudy in my opinion...

I'd much rather see that handle shaved and having some kind of electronic release instead. That would be ultra-sexy

[DorytheYaris]

Matching color would look a bit gaudy in my opinion...


I agree.. just one of those things you just gotta deal with. Unless there were a carbon fiber handle, now that would be nice. :thumbsup:

[Nutzoids]

I'd much rather see that handle shaved and having some kind of electronic release instead. That would be ultra-sexy

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HOT SHIT!

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[eTiMaGo]

You serious? It would be one hell of a project, but the result would be amazing. I've been thinking a bit about it, you could mount a stealth button behind the toyota badge, so you press in the lower "hole" of the logo to open the hatch :biggrin:

Problem is, without that part, there isn't really a place you can get a grip to lift the hatch... motorize it?

[Nutzoids]

Hell Yeah I'm serious... I want to have a Star Wars Maural air brushed on the Back part... and that Dumb ass thing is in the way... If I do a "Shaven" door handle, then I can have the whole area to paint!


Too cool!

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[jdubau55]

I would def love to shave it. I mean who doesnt like it shaved :) but like you said that is a pretty big undertaking. Seems to me it could be easily done as one shaves the front door handles. Place a solenoid on the hatch lock mechanism to pop the latch then use a door popper to pop it out just a tad. Enough to get your fingers underneath the hatch. OR.......you could always replace the liftgate hydraulic swingarm with a linear actuator......then it would look very Stars Wars when opened. Only thing left to do would be to wire it all into the trunk pop auxilary port on a car alarm.

Everything you need here... (http://www.haneline.com/el-lifelocks.html) Bear Claw latch kit and a door popper. Bear claw latch will replace the factory latch and the door popper will allow you enough room to get ur fingers under the trunk lid.

[jdubau55]

Mine DOES match...

Lets not make this a white\black thing :bellyroll:

[ROCKLANDTOYOTA]

just get your self a power door lock popper and wire it up to work with your car remote.....

[jdubau55]

just get your self a power door lock popper and wire it up to work with your car remote.....

That will unlock the trunk, yes, but that will not release the latch. You'll need both a power lock actuator and a solenoid to hit the latch.

[Nutzoids]

I do not have power door locks or power windows...and I don't want them!

You know that pop thing we have for our gas tanks... I want one of them for my hatch too!

That's it! Nothing fancy... I would have baught a Lexus for all that fancy crap!

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