Door poppers for shaved handles

JYOUNYA1 · Post by **JYOUNYA1** » January 30th, 2006, 3:33 pm

Does anyone know how many pounds our mx-3's would need on a shaved door handle popper solenoid thingy?

93_4Banger · Post by **93_4Banger** » January 30th, 2006, 4:01 pm

i have 50 lb of just pull with stock poppers and it worked.

rsroadkilla · Post by **rsroadkilla** » January 30th, 2006, 6:33 pm

20lb would do it, but after a year or so you would need to replace them!

Im using a 40lb kit, and this is plenty enough for our doors!

Hope this helps!

LooseChangeRacing · January 30th, 2006, 10:07 pm

best reccomendation after doing this nice little upgrade to quite a few cars...do not get less then 35lb's and try to get a more name brand, yes you will pay more, but i've had some bad experiences with friends getting the ebay ones and going out within a few months...personally i like leaving the existing door handle, so that if for some reason they go out you can still open the door....

JYOUNYA1 · Post by **JYOUNYA1** » February 1st, 2006, 10:57 am

Can't you like installl like a saftey door unlock mechanism? I have heard of something like a door release pull switch or button?

rsroadkilla · Post by **rsroadkilla** » February 1st, 2006, 1:28 pm

if your removing the handles, your be removing the locks aswell, so you will need remote central locking!

All you have to do for a piece of mind is wire the boot to the key fob, so you have remote boot pop too. Like most jap cars the mx3 already has the device, so you should be abke to do it for about £40!!!

patdesign · Post by **patdesign** » February 1st, 2006, 4:10 pm

What is a door popper?

rsroadkilla · Post by **rsroadkilla** » February 2nd, 2006, 11:59 am

when you have your door handles skimmed, you need something to pop the door open so you can get in. usually its a button underneath the side mirror. When you press it the door pops open about 2'' so you can get your fingers behind the door and pull it open!

JYOUNYA1 · Post by **JYOUNYA1** » February 3rd, 2006, 1:27 pm

Cool, i am looking into doing this within the next 2 months...so you say once the handles are taken off the locks come with it...does this make the door easy to pry open, if someone wanted to break in? And where exactly would the popper go. This actually would be a good FAQ/DYI...if someone has done this and can explain the process to us all this could help a person out alot.

ooELMOoo · Post by **ooELMOoo** » February 3rd, 2006, 6:55 pm

IF your doors dont pop:P...they inventeted a trunk for more than one reason

Shades · Post by **Shades** » February 3rd, 2006, 11:51 pm

... and if one door opens, you always have the other side! LoL

I don't see the safety button as a good thing... just call it easy access for a car thief.

But when I do my body, I wanna shave 'em... looks so much better.

J0HN_R1 · Post by **J0HN_R1** » February 3rd, 2006, 11:56 pm

"SHAVING DOORHANDLES" is a process that involves removing the entire factory (plastic) doorhandles from the door and covering the hole by welding in a paice of sheetmetal that was cut to the same size as the hole left by the handle. This then requires an electronic device called a SOLENOID (a little box/tube with an electric current between 2 magnets to force them apart quickly and with great force, depending on rating) to release the latch that would normally open the door when you pull up on the factory handle. It latches again when you close the door, like normal...

*it's kinda cool, but I dont think I'd ever do it for the simple fact of Murphys' Law...When I really needed them to work they wouldnt... And for some reason my key doesnt work the trunk lock... Doh...!

rsroadkilla · Post by **rsroadkilla** » February 5th, 2006, 6:29 am

I've just had mine done. Next time im at the bodyshop i'l take some pics!

As for safety, some thievin scum tried to break into my mates 220 coupe., He has no handles, and they couldnt get in!

I'd say here in thr uk, 8/10 scummy thieves put a screw driver in the lock and go in that way. Its just a big theft detterent, and to be honest most eople will never notice the popper under the mirror anyways! They sit flush with the bottom!
Also handy if you have a problme with car jackers! Confuses em! lol

The only thing were finding difficult is where to mount the popper, as there isnt much room in the stock mirrors. Thinking im going to have to get some aftermarket mirrors and modify some base plates!

I'l post some pics up within the next week!

LooseChangeRacing · February 5th, 2006, 12:54 pm

i hope your going remote and just making a backup popper, becuase if your making a back-up popper, do somewhere alot more hidden then under the mirror...heck inside the front bumper or something, thats why you have remote's...lol....back-ups should hopefully never have to be used....

rsroadkilla · Post by **rsroadkilla** » February 8th, 2006, 12:42 pm

even if thieves were to pull the entry button out, its not a case of touching two wires together and your in.....

At the end of the day, the car will still be locked. So it will be like tryin to open your handle when the car is still locked. The handle moves but you cant get in.....

With the poppers, there is no way they can get in. As long as you have locked the car that is!!!