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Sorry to say nex, but you are wrong on all accounts with your last post. Firstly, poppers (atleast in my area - Winnipeg, Canada) are NOT illegal, and I would imagine that many other places follow the same view. Basically in my area, it doesnt matter whether you have door handles on the outside or not, as long as you have a mechanical method of opening the door from the inside on each door, you can pretty much do whatever the heck you want with the exterior handles. Nex does bring up a good point about accidents, however what most people seem to forget is that when you engage the car, or most cars, the doors will lock automatically, and it aint gonna matter how hard the emergency crews work if you get into an accident - cuz if your doors are locked or shaved - they WILL break the glass. Secondly, I live in an area that with the windchill this winter (which I went with poppers the whole time on my DAILY DRIVER) I had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. I believe that the reason that I was able to avoid such problems was because I did a LOT of research, and shopped around for a LONG time before I had the whole procedure done. I am willing to venture that I spent the good part of a whole year researching it, finding out others opinions, and coming up with the most fool proof backup system for our vehicles. I have yet to have on incident, whether it be a dead battery, or a key locked in the car, that my backup plan didnt get me out of so far. Make sure you are not looking to get the cheapest service done to have the poppers/solenoids installed, and make sure who ever does it has experience, and you feel confident with their service. YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Also, it is a very good idea to have the poppers/solenoids installed before you shave your handles so that if you find that you dont like the way poppers work on your car, or you find you have some troubles with how they work, you can always just forget about shaving, and cut your losses on just buying/installing the mechanical part of the whole deal. Once you shave the door handles, I doubt you will find anyone who will be able to reverse the process later on and re-install door handles. You WILL have to buy new doors to put on, if you want handles back on the car, or if they are required to pass a safety inspection in your area. I hope I have given you a pretty good insight into what to consider and look into when thinkin about shaving your handles/installing poppers but feel free to hit me up if you or anyone else have any questions about the whole ordeal. The last thing I will tell you is that in order for you to have a foolproof backup plan, DO NOT SHAVE YOUR TRUNK KEYHOLE. This will be a vital part of the backup plan, and if infact you do decide to go ahead with this, I will dig up the couple of pages that I wrote up for the install shop that explained how I wanted my backup plan setup. Again, feel free to contact me or, pm me, and I will be glad to help anyone out with any of their problems.
Landon
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