Flakey Interior Handles

chrischap2003 · Post by **chrischap2003** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:35 pm

Ok, whos got sick of them? haha Anyone decided to anything other than replacing them every 6 month? such as painting them or vinyal them?

I am thinking about gloss black to suit the clock shrowd... opinions/pics?

kaz · Post by **kaz** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:33 pm

detatch the handles and completely pull off all the outer coating, i.e. the layer thats flaking off, then u got urself a nice shiney handle that cant possibly flake again

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:58 pm

I've never had a problem with mine? I replaced them shortly after purchasing the car and they've remained perfect ever since.

although my girlfriend has somehow managed to start peeling the passenger side

kaz · Post by **kaz** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:48 pm

ah Tim rookie mistake.. u obviously spend too much time with ur eyes on the road rather than making sure ur passengers are behaving in the car lol!!

chrischap2003 · Post by **chrischap2003** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:21 am

Ah ive regularly got passengers that can cause them to flake... am afraid either a vinyl wrap or gloss black spray is in order... i cant see them looking any good just tking the soft feel layer off

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:16 am

I reckon taking the top layer off would look better than spraying them.

Try it and see though, as you've gotta strip it to spray it any how

chrischap2003 · Post by **chrischap2003** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:46 pm

Idea of painting came from a dude with an awesome mk5 golf, that also have same flaking problem

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:10 am

I've painted mine and they came out quite good, although some bits have started peeling.

nigelelliott394 · Post by **nigelelliott394** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:29 pm

h4r1s wrote:I've painted mine and they came out quite good, although some bits have started peeling.

got any pics? I'm considering doing this myself soon

nazzurro19 · Post by **nazzurro19** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:43 am

yeah my handles do that and everybody who gets in the car always points it out ! and then gives it a little help and pick it some more lol ! im going to vinyl wrap mine ill get pics up when sorted

nigelelliott394 · Post by **nigelelliott394** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:06 pm

I'm thinking about possibly sanding them back to a matte finish......... or would that not work as well as i'd think?

loudervision · Post by **loudervision** » Thu May 27, 2010 8:47 pm

Hey, resurrecting an old topic and all

does any one who has sprayed the handles have any photos? I'm seriously considering doing mine just wondered how far to extent of spraying went etc.. just the inner handle bit, the outside bit and how if both did you get around the issue of the mirror switch, don't really want to paint over where the light shines through

Cheers!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:49 pm

I just bought replacements from VW, they seem to be a different material. Not expensive at all for the complete set.

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:02 pm

i have an idea im gonna try, iam gonna buy a new set and lacquer them and see what the outcome is!

red6n2 · Post by **red6n2** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:54 pm

pvr wrote:I just bought replacements from VW, they seem to be a different material. Not expensive at all for the complete set.

how much ?

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