Shaved handle question?

i did that on my ranger years ago. i was kind of worried at first about the key breaking but never had any problems. i just bend the latch rod down to the door lock cylinder.

Hey man can you shoot me a pic of how you did the rod. I'm fixin to get started on this I think.....

Something else you might look at - without the exterior door handle to "return" when the door is opened, you will probably be able to remove one of the assit springs that are a part of the door latch mechanism. I had to do this when i did the old fashioned solenoids for my doors. Pull the latch out and look for the small spring along the one edge. Removing the spring will help the keylock idea work a little easier.

Thanks man. I'm gonna have to keep that in mind. I think I'm gonna go ahead and pull everything out and set it up before I shave the door and make sure it's gonna work before I start weldin and doin bodywork.

used a hood release cable and a coat hanger .....take the inner handle rod off cut a coat hanger to about 8 or 19 inches and make a hook to fit the door latch hole and clip and a loop on one end cut hood release to fit from mounting local (i used antenna mounting hole there is one on both sides of the truck) and atach it together run cable thru door vents in the front of door i think a hood cable s the best cause it has a tee handle and it is super flexible but thats my .002

that sounds like a sweet idea to toy with. i like shaved doors but drive my truck so much im worried about not bein able to get my door open sometime.





-justin

can someone PLEASE!!!!! who has done this before post pics or do a drawing in ms paint to give me a mental picture or real. that way i know what im getting my self into.


i was lost when i tryed to picture the hood cable coat hanger idea posted earlier.

uhh imma get u some pics ive used it on 3 trucks and it works great just dont show everyone (so people dont steal your shit) ill het a few in a little while

ok here goes


the latch with hanger attached



the hanger meets hood cable



how i connected it loop in hanger with zip tie holding them together



clip from inner door handle rod



mounting hole for clip



view from inside mounting location



run inside door and stay out of way of the window track



out the vent hole



and mount in antenna hole i cut my t handle off cause it broke but it works great

hey buddy do you understand that its the best i can do on an explanation