Sean

Well, after much gnashing of teeth, the 968 handles are installed. It's amazing what a difference they make in updating the exterior of the car.

There were a few bumps along the way, include several episodes of "deep sea fishing" with a coathanger (digging out a little white plastic piece that repeatedly popped off and fell into the deep dark recesses inside the door).

Not the easiest install in the world, but the results are worth it. And hey, I can now even open the driver's side door! It's kind of weird to enter the car from the appropriate side for a change...

Friendan

Damn that's nice...where did you pick them up?
(BTW Cup 1's rule!)

Bones944

looks good, mine are somewhere on a UPS truck as we speak

MichelleJD

Been there, done that, but it's certainly worth it. Congrats and enjoy'em!

joseywhales

Now that's one big handle!! I like it, do they make them smaller? Scott.

Sean

Here's a small one for ya.



And a medium one.



Friendan, I got them through Sunset and the Rennlist group buy organized by NZ951. Highly recommended!

NZ951

Glad they worked out! Cant wait to get mine isnstalled! My car is the same colour, they look very very good.

RobbyK

Looks Great, I think the less black on Beige/gold cars the better.

Phooz Busta

You have a clean car, great work.

NZ951

Sean, big ups, but you need a turbo front end!

cruise98

Sean:

They look great! I agree that the lighter colors look better with less black. Maybe navy blue would look better with less black too! Hmmm, you have started something in town.

Who painted them for you?

Sean

Keith, they were painted by Brad Chancey (Kristy's cousin) and he did a great job. Perfect match.

I agree with the comments about black handles & the lighter paint colors. That must be why the difference is so dramatic. It's something that's hard to capture in photos, but when you see it, you know!

I also now understand the comments about how this project can take 5 hours the first time, and 15 minutes the second. Keith Foster's instructions are excellent, yet some of this stuff just takes hands on experience to figure out.

There are a couple of weak points IMHO in the 944/968 interior door mechanism....plastic pieces that do not age well. The Sunset kit replaces the infamous actuator arm that is so failure prone with a new one (very nice).

I also intend to order a new white plastic arm that handles the power door locks (the reason my locks have been failing is that this arm has been coming loose). The only part number stamped on it is 506A...I will need to track down this part to get the power locks working again. Should be a five minute procedure.

Anyway, I highly recommend this upgrade. Thanks to NZ951 for putting together the group buy.

icat

Nice job! Glad the write up was of help. I didn’t see your question on the other post until I saw you had the handles installed – been busy getting our house ready to sell and I haven’t been able to get on line much.

15 minutes to do side two? Come on man, tell me that included clean up!

Sean

Keith, without your instruction guide I would probably still be out there in the garage, perhaps with my arm stuck inside the door.

The one thing I might add is that, for whatever reason, on the driver's side we did not have to take apart the lock assembly to remove it from the old 944 handle. After separating the handle from the door, the assembly just came right out. This saved the step of taking apart & reassembling the lock assembly - plus it kept that little spring from jumping off into the wilderness. I don't know if this was unique to my car or what...but things go even faster if you can just swap the lock assembly in a clean fashion.

BTW, that was a great tip about using a flathead screwdriver to pry the actuator arm off the connecting ball. I remember working on that for a loooong time last year, not realizing that a screwdriver was the way to go. (Duh!) We applied the screwdriver right through the door handle opening itself and not through the ventilation opening.

MichelleJD

Ditto. Thanx again Keith!