"Shaved" Door handles. What are they?
10-11-2006, 01:06 AM
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"Shaved" Door handles. What are they?
I've been to a lot of car shows and no doubt many of the customs had them, but what are they? Nothing concrete comes to mind, but i see the term bandied about here, so I thought I'd ask. 
I have seen an HHR pic of a car with no door handles that I could see and someone was saying they were shaved. Missing was more like it.
Shaved sound like they would be smaller, more hidden, or something.
Also I have read that the HHR has such thin metal that welding needed for this shaving is difficult. So what is the point besides vanity? What exactly do shaved door handles look like, and what does one gain in the process?
Just thinking out loud here at 2:03 in the morning...............
I have seen an HHR pic of a car with no door handles that I could see and someone was saying they were shaved. Missing was more like it.
Shaved sound like they would be smaller, more hidden, or something.
Also I have read that the HHR has such thin metal that welding needed for this shaving is difficult. So what is the point besides vanity? What exactly do shaved door handles look like, and what does one gain in the process?
Just thinking out loud here at 2:03 in the morning...............
10-11-2006, 01:21 AM
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Ok... when you shave your face you remove the hair to below or just to the surface of the skin. Making a smooth surface. shaving the door handles is just that. Making the surface smooth. Mostly cosmetic but some might argue the VERY MINOR aerodynamic effects of less drags on something as minimal as a door handle. As far as I am concerned it is a cosmetic thing to make the body look smooth. Nothing more.
10-11-2006, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by en0oNmAI
Ok... when you shave your face you remove the hair to below or just to the surface of the skin. Making a smooth surface. shaving the door handles is just that. Making the surface smooth. Mostly cosmetic but some might argue the VERY MINOR aerodynamic effects of less drags on something as minimal as a door handle. As far as I am concerned it is a cosmetic thing to make the body look smooth. Nothing more.
And unless your going to put your ride on the track against Dale or Mario, it's strictly a cosmetic mod.
10-11-2006, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Harpozep
Also I have read that the HHR has such thin metal that welding needed for this shaving is difficult.
Originally Posted by Harpozep
So what is the point besides vanity?
Originally Posted by Harpozep
What exactly do shaved door handles look like, and what does one gain in the process?
You gain coolness and the ability to pop your doors with a key fob.
10-11-2006, 07:04 AM
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Thanks folks! Now I understand. Simply smoothing them out and making them flush with the door.
CH, that picture shows NO door handles
I guess thats a real close shave None hidden there, as you say, it's key fob time
CH, that picture shows NO door handles
I guess thats a real close shave None hidden there, as you say, it's key fob time
10-11-2006, 07:26 AM
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Oh, then flush is not shaved. Missing is shaved? 
Seems like "Shaved" is kinda misleading, as they don't grow back
I can't think of a better word, so shaved it is! Besides, who am I to rethink tradition
I wonder how they opened before remote key fobs? Leave yer window open I guess.
Seems like "Shaved" is kinda misleading, as they don't grow back
I can't think of a better word, so shaved it is! Besides, who am I to rethink tradition
I wonder how they opened before remote key fobs? Leave yer window open I guess.
