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Silver and deep red.Did you happen to have a flat gray car, and the primered ones just matched?
Curious why any person would even be concerned with the door handles. It seems like such a minor detail. You can get a set of rims for that priceI spoke to a couple shops about painting mirror caps and handles on the BL and hitting a wall. Most reputable guys said it shouldn’t be sanded and painted, or won’t last. It starts it’s life as plastic. Need to order OEM paintable then get it painted.
So I’m looking at Ford parts for other trucks. What I’m seeing is the following:
Front handle primed with passive entry is 120-160 depending on car or if on sale. It goes to 190 with passive entry and passive start (which I don’t think we have). It’s a different assembly and you need to pay to have the button cut out and inner part. Not sure if you could modify a non passive entry handle. You’ll see the front Bronco handles have buttons. Probably the same for tailgate handle.
Rear handle primed is 40-50. Much simpler.
let’s say
140/ea for front
50/ea for rear
140 for tailgate.
That’s 520
plus let’s say 300 to paint. 820
then I assume mirror caps and painting is another 200-300
and honestly, I think you’d have to beg a paint shop to do such a small job for that price since most the costs are going to Ford for the parts, not to the body shop for the labor or sanding/painting plastic handles. I could easily see guys wanting 500 to remove, paint, and install. Especially because it’s a car they’ve never worked on or seen.
so 1000ish on handles plus mirrors
ouch. God damn you antimatter blue
I'm definitely not moving forward with it at that price. Sharing it for other's benefit....and this is on an AMB, so I do care since it clashes, just not 1,000 dollars care.Curious why any person would even be concerned with the door handles. It seems like such a minor detail. You can get a set of rims for that price
I assume that even if you decided to do that, you would also need to factor in the purchase of AMB fenders, correct?Not a bad idea actually, in theory. But don’t want to mess around with the geometry. A sas downgraded to 33s will probably drive worse than it would with 35s since it wasn’t setup that way from the factory.
I'm a WT guy, veering to OBX. For me the black (or unpainted, whatever) handles come down to aesthetics and balance. I've never been a fan of vehicles with too much paint. Ford vehicles and well, trucks in general are guilty of that. The black handles "break up" all that door body paint. Adds character.I have found the black handle argument funny since the beginning when all the trims were finally shown. Could you imagine a King Ranch F-150 with low grade XL black door handles and mirrors, or maybe a Expedition with black door handles? It looks ridiculous and nobody would want it, period. Every high end nice looking rig has chrome or paint matched handles (not 100% but close). All the garbage lower trims from most manufactures come with black plastic door handles and mirrors. Yet when the Bronco comes along a decent amount of people say the black handles are the best looking....hmmmmm. I partly think this is because Badlands people are stuck with them. But that's just me. Do the black handles look bad? Not really, but you sure can't say the painted are a downgrade.
Every high end nice looking rig has chrome or paint matched handles (not 100% but close)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought "passive entry" is the proximity key and pushbutton start (mid package) and "passive start" is remote start (mid with automatic)It goes to 190 with passive entry and passive start (which I don’t think we have).
Close, but has nothing to do with remote start.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought "passive entry" is the proximity key and pushbutton start (mid package) and "passive start" is remote start (mid with automatic)
Whoops, my bad. Wonder why the Expedition screenshots show different "passive entry" handles based on whether or not "passive start" is equipped.Nothing to do with remote start.
" Passive entry passive start (PEPS) is a secure wireless communication system that enables a driver to access their car (unlocking the car and starting the engine) without physically using a key. This system uses RF signals for authenticating the key by sending signals between the car and key. This is the technology that powers smart keys. "
Not sure. I know absolutely nothing about the Explorer, other than that lovely 400HP 3.0.Whoops, my bad. Wonder why the Expedition screenshots show different "passive entry" handles based on whether or not "passive start" is equipped.