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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 04:15:54 pm

Title: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 04:15:54 pm

Anyone had a door grab handle of e/bay the seller is vw-parts-uk
They say they are genuine , just want to check .
Also are they hard to replace or do they just clip out ?

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: RobboGTI on April 12, 2012, 05:03:48 pm

For the interior?? I'd be intrigued how to replace this as mine are so tatty :-(

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 06:39:25 pm

Yes for the interior , mine to I don't think it's hard by the look of it

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: RobboGTI on April 12, 2012, 06:46:22 pm

Ahh bingo! http://www.r32oc.com/interior-exterior/23305-mkv-grab-handles.html

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 06:58:29 pm

Great just need to know if anyone as got a new grab handle off e/bay and if so were they genuine

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: RobboGTI on April 12, 2012, 07:39:42 pm

It does say so in their listing and to be honest I don't think anybody would go to the trouble of making non oem grab handles. Only a bit of plastic, I think I'll bite the bullet and get one!

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 07:43:18 pm

Will do there only £14 after all

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: mb on April 12, 2012, 08:17:31 pm

Quote from: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 04:15:54 pm

Anyone had a door grab handle of e/bay the seller is vw-parts-uk
They say they are genuine , just want to check .
Also are they hard to replace or do they just clip out ?

I've had a driver and passenger side interior handle from them and they are genuine.

The handles are easy to change. The drivers door is easier to do from what I can remember as you need to remove the passenger door card as its screwed in from the back, or was I doing something else?!

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 12, 2012, 08:27:26 pm

Cheers lads it's just the drivers side for me .
Will get on e bay and order one

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: mb on April 12, 2012, 08:30:41 pm

Be careful when prising the old handle out as I pulled too hard and broke the wing mirror switch  :sad1:

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 18, 2012, 05:14:26 pm

Job done and looks good , no marks to look at now .
If anyone else is going to change them I would say get
A trim removal tool then it's a peace of pi#s

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: RobboGTI on April 18, 2012, 06:19:54 pm

Any pictures?! Well done and this is something I need to be doing pretty soon

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: andrewparker on April 18, 2012, 06:26:27 pm

Nicely, this is something I definitely need to do!

Title: Re: Door grab handle
Post by: Fletch..gti on April 18, 2012, 06:40:45 pm

Will get a couple of pics but it's not stopped raining all day . It's easy and if your trim is marked
It really smartens your door panel up again