Door Poppers

I talked to a friend this morning that has gone to autobody school and all that. He shaved his door handles on his car and I said that I was planning on having mine done too when my car went in to get painted. He said with me having power locks and keyless entry I already have an actuator (sp?) and that I don't need to buy actuators. Since I won't need door locks after the handles are shaved to just use the actuators that I already have, turn them to a different angle and that they would serve as actuators to release the hinge for the door or whatever. He said all I need to buy are the springs (door poppers) and the emergency release cable (cause I want one).

Has anybody ever tried this or know if it will work? I don't want to buy the other stuff and this plan not work and then have to order more stuff. Any ideas?