Ray's price went up again on the passenger interior door handle, but I bought it anyway.

I asked for the 93-style but it appears to be different. I think it is a newer revision. The part number is FD01-69-44XE. My 93 parts catalog calls out FD01-69-44XA and XB (depending on vin#). The 95 catalog shows FD15-69-44X.

Anyway, the coating is rubberized on this version instead of the hazy plastic coating. I can't really comment on the door handle reinforcements because I don't know what the previous revs looked like yet. But I took a pic of a bolt that may have been added. Also (not shown) it looked like there was an epoxy filling at the top of the handle. I only had my cell phone camera with me at the time.

It is good that everything is better, but bad that its not quite going to match the rest of my interior.

 

where did you buy it from?
and how much did you pay?

 

Ray Crowe - Malloy Mazda - $311.66

 

quite expensive.
was it hard to install it?
any cheaper products?

 

Iono, from the picture, the quality looks pretty darn good even though the picture is really bad =P

 

I'll try to take better pics next weekend. Where do we get Iono? Is it something that we can figure out how to apply? Someone on the forum had found a rubberized coating to redo his interior plastics - maybe the same stuff. That is the cheaper way of fixing the coating problem. There's a couple of threads on repairing/reinforcing the handle if that is what your problem is. I haven't installed it yet, but it will be pretty easy if I don't break anything while I remove the door panel.

 

you can barrow my camera next week.

 

311???? Wtf,

 

I hope the quality is better than the regular one. I closed my passenger door from the driver's side using that handle and it was not even that hard, and the handle broke from the 5-6 little screws on the other side. I just used a whole bottle of epoxy and its as strong as ever.

Randy

 

what do you mean by whole bottle of epoxy?
some type of glue?

 

some 2 part epoxies will harden to a material stronger than most plastics. probably what he used.

 

yea but i was wondering if there's any way to glue my handle which is broken.

 

I purchased my epoxy kit from napa. It is called Fusor, 100% sandable and paintable. I'll privide pichtures.

 

yes please show me the picture jerome.
how does it work?

 

No experience with 2 part epoxy huh? You can get it anywhere pretty much, probably even some grocery stores. Just comes with two gels in seperate tubes (sometimes they are connected together but still store the gels seperately), but then you just mix equal parts, and stir together. It can bond many things together, plastic being one of them. Like someone said before, a lot of times this glue is stronger than the plastic being applied to.

 

That is certainly correct. Quality 2 Part Epoxies can handle ("claimed") thousands of pounds of pressure/force. Seriously, my passenger door handle was flimsy before, and now it does not even budge. It actually feels like any other car! cheap 93 interior....

Anyways, I glued all 5/6 bolts where it attaches, and where it snapped at the top I used the rest of the bottle. Worked like a charm.

Randy

 

oh i see.
yea but for my fd, the door handle is just ripped apart.
and i used couple other strong glues, and it's just making a mess in the car!.

 

looks good.