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Question about removing/replacing exterior door handles

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Before I get killed here I did search first.
Anyone know how hard the handles may be to remove/replace?
Do they have any electronics running through them that may cause problems with removing/replacing?

The reason I ask is I like body colored door handles better, but I'm getting badlands vs black diamond with mid package. (They come with black handles)
I thought I would just buy some body painted ones from Ford after purchase, or have the ones they come with painted.
I would think that wouldn't be too terrible to do, but I could be wrong.

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In my experience, door handles come in primer and not body color painted. But to replace the handles wouldn't be that big a challenge. only electronics would be if you had the proximity sensor built into the handle.
 

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If they are like my Focus ST they will be very easy. I removed my handles to wrap the doors and all you do is pop off a cover in door jamb and loosen a torx bolt that acts as a set screw and then the handle just pulls out. It also has the touch lock/unlock and it's just one wire harness clip to undo.
 
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Can’t speak for Ford, but I’ve worked GM parts for years: usually, the body color handles do come primer, but sometimes are available pre-painted as an accessory (could be part of the 200+ coming). That said, with the different packages, few handles are just “handles” anymore and could be powered so you’ll need to make sure that the primered/accessory handle has the same options as the existing handles so that it plugs in and functions properly.
 

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Like the F150's the parts come as RTP (ready to paint). I like the look of color matched handles however since the doors are removable I will be going with the plain black. One less thing to get scratched/chipped.
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