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Hi guys,

I was wondering if 323 doorhandles would be thesame as a mx3 ?
I know we can use them from a certain type of Mx5. But I came across some handles in a 323 with the chromed finish so that might be interesting.

Thanks

Don't know about 323, but the 98-05 MX5/Miata ones are the same, as are the '98-'02 626 ones.
From memory, my old 323 Astina Hardtop had handles roughly the same, so I would think so. If the handles are interchangeable with the mx-5 I mentioned above, then yeah, they'd work.
I put some 626 chromed handles in mine, easiest mod I've done haha...

If they look the same, they are probably the same...

the 323F is the same so I would expect others to be as well

If memory serves, the 323 handles are a direct swap, whereas Miatas are very close with light modification... Haven't attempted either myself, but that's been the consensus I've seen on here.

This is the car


and a crappy picture of the handle

Oeps... the rear off course doesn't fit.
Damn, now I have to go back and check out the fronts

Haha no, they won't work.
My ones are rears from an '00-'02-ish 626, so it's not the front/rear-ness of them, but whether they're the right shape.
Because that model of 323 has the lock up the top on the sill, and not integrated into the door handle, it won't work...

I just picked up two sets from a 626, in a JY in SC (went down to finish our move to PA). I saw them sitting there and tore out both sets, right now I have the rears installed in the 3. The fronts are just sitting a plie of spare parts. If you want let me know.