door handles

[ontarv]

do the later mk1 one door handles brake as
often as the early ones?

[gotrice]

I think I have some MK3 ones that are great and you can have for the right price. I have them on my car and a second set as spares but they are good and I dont think I will need spares so if you want them for the right price ($60) they are yours.

[Golf Loon]

There are different kinds. What year is your car?
Do Mk3 ones fit? I think they are Chinese ones that look like Mk3, but operate differently.
The original ones are ok, provided people squeeze them, not just swing on them.

[ontarv]

mine is 76 swallow or dove tail
mine brake in the lever
i ask because i have a full set of 77 doors
with handles and the way they work is different
so was wandering if they are stonger

[gtimk5]

The later door handles won't fit. Totally different door locks and mountings for the lock assembly itself. Sorry bout that.

[worm]

I think 76 mdl ones are different to all the rest... When I squeeze the trigger it PUSHES into the mechanism in the door where the later mdl ones push DOWN on the mechanism in the door... the best way I can describe it...... Mine started to stuff up.. I just glued a piece of fuel hose to the metal mechanism in the door so now the trigger pushes in far enough to release the door.... wow.. thats really hard to explain

[Golfwise]

I have plenty to suit just pm me.

[Golf Loon]

If you look at the two types side by side there is a pivot pin. If you drill that out, you can turn one kind into the other.

Time consuming but free!

[ontarv]

i want to set up for repaint so thinking of
using the doors when i do if there handles are stronger

[Golf Loon]

Purists would immediately pick the non authentic door latchers as wrong for that yearmodel.