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#774218 08/23/2011 1:20 PM
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So I have this power door kit that I've been saving to use on something, and since I just wired up my truck, I figured why not? I wasn't planning on shaving the door handles when it comes time for paint, but I have the kit so I feel like I should use it.

Anyway, where is a good spot to mount the outside button? Any ideas?


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I've seen the pushbuttons mounted inside a fender opening on show vehicles, but a street machine gets covered in road dirt there. How about behind a grill bar?
Jerry


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When I bought my truck it had shaved door handles. I put the external handles back on the truck. There were no push buttons to open the doors. I just like the original look of the handles. No more reaching in through the window to get in the truck.

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A high school friend drove a 54 210. He shaved the door handles off and put his solenoid inside the door up close to where the door handle had been where he could just push on the door sheet metal and activate the solenoid.


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