RE: [T3] Door Stuff

["Kooser, Jake" <jacob_kooser@mtnsat.com>]

>>I will probably be hanging on to the window regulators until I figure out
how 
>>I am going to install the power window units.  I might end up using them.

	Due to a semi-expected windfall (thank you, year-end bonus!), I just
ordered ALLLLL the power goodies for my fasty.  I got all the stuff directly
from AutoLoc http://www.autoloc.com - bolt-in power window regulators (they
don't re-use any of the stock components, seemed like a more flexible
option); one-touch down AND up gizmo (like "new" cars do, except in both
directions); power door locks with remote; power trunk latch.  I'll be using
one-piece windows as well, but I didn't care for the way that the one-piece
windows were mounted - the doors were butchered inside the panels to mount
late model b*g regulators.  Besides, I'm lazy and the electricity is already
going to be there, assuming the engine is running.

>>The door handles are up for grabs though.....goignto go electric solenoid
and 
>>maybe some flush mount door handle.  I will keep the latches for now
though.

	I chickened out on the fully shaved handles, too.  I was thinking of
a very thin handle, like the "refrigerator door" handles on the early type
1s.  The twist?  Of course there is, I want to make it from ~3/8 inch
aluminum and have it "snap" in so it is flush when the door is closed, and
have it catch on a cam so that when the door is unlocked, the "blade" of the
handle pops out so you can open the door.  That way, I have the clean look
of the shaved handle without the nail-biting of how to get into the car if
the battery goes dead - I would be able to pop the handle out with a thin
tool, kind of like the hole in the front of your computer's CD drive that
allows you to release the CD if the drive craps out or doesn't have power.

	Bring about a half a kilo buck if you go with the AutoLoc parts.  I
chose the middle-of-the-line stuff for the most part, since I would rather
do my own wiring.  Top of the line stuff (with color-coded wiring, and
16-function remote control) is understandably more expensive....


Jake Kooser
	


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