"Carbon fiber" replacement door pulls

langsbr

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After replacing one door pull already and having it, as well as the other 2 begin to turn to sticky goo, I decided to give some carbon fiber style door pulls a try. These are straight from China, no branding, but they fit fine and even if they don't look like real carbon fiber up close, they are good enough, and they aren't sticky so that's a plus!

Install was cake - drill out the OEM ones, install these with the provided screws and reassemble. It is both sides of the pull as well which is nice.

For under $80, this was a good mod. I probably spent close to that for one OEM replacement pull before.

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derekgates

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Looks good!

I admire the 4 door versions of these cars. I deal with the monstrous 2 doors and can't fathom people sitting in the rear of my car. I get surprised seeing a usable rear seat! :D
 

derekgates

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Freaking funny. :D

In all seriousness...

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fmorelli

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Well you sure as hell know more about turbos than cameras! :tearsofjoy: :tearsofjoy: :tearsofjoy:

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KClemente

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Does that door pull clip on like oem? My inners are still good thankfully but the outers have that annoying "lemme dig my fingernails into it" look