Crap! broke the drivers side handle on my FD as I'm sure many of you have. Seems as the best solution is to go with the aluminum replacements. Looks to be 3 brands out there...
1)JKL engineering (most $$$) 2) Rotary 13B1 3) Napol engineering.
Has anyone got any opinions on any of these? Just want them to look/fit as close as possible and be of good quality.

 

I have the JKL ones and they're pretty much perfect. Unnoticeable for about a year and a half now. When I installed, I also regreased all the linkage behind the door panel.

EDIT: Time flies when you're having fun. It's been more like 5 years. lol

 

RE-Amemiya Black Carbon Look Door Handles FD3S - RHDJapan

i just got the blue ones, they look even better than the picture shows, although i probably should have gotten the black ones but meh same dif, also RHD japan has OEM ones too if thats what you are into, these ones are just OEM ones painted "carbon fibre" with the RE logo on it, but i think they look sweet jsut the same



also there is a mod you can do to them to keep them from getting stuck like they do if you drill a hole in the short metal piece where it sits and put a screw in it to act as a stop to keep the mechanism from overcentering, cant remember if it was a post on here or what, just take a look for it

EDIT: also a note these are infact the entire mechanism minus the lock, which you take out of you're old one (easily done, just one clip holding it in place that can be taken off with a small flat blade) and they fit perfectly (at least on mine)

EDIT 2: just note it took a little less than 2 months to get them cause i believe they are made to order

 

Are they tinted with CF looks?

 

pretty sure they are just painted blue and then they give it the "carbon fiber" weave with black paint lol

I just finished installing them today i can upload some pics installed for fit if it would help, but like i said above pretty sure they are just painted stock handles

 

Just installed the Napel ones I bought on ebay for $100. Fits perfectly and haven't had any issue so far.

 

Thanks. Wouldn't mind to see how they look installed

 

the flash makes them really shiny for sure, but in normal lighting they seem almost identical to my cars paint and look amazing, but the black ones would probably go with any other color perfectly

 

Cool, thanks. Goes fine with the car's blue color. Thinking might get the black one for my FD.