Rear door handle

[Riff Raff]

Errrr........No; I can sympathize with your delima, but that T-Handle method would look like total crap on the back door and take away from the beautiful clean lines of the VX. I'd just live with it and open the rear door slightly ajar with the factory key. Then grab the outside right edge of the door sill with my finger tips to open the rear door the rest of the way without putting continued stress on the door key.

If not, then I'd figure out some way to mount a lateral skinny grab handle using only the top factory license plate bolt holes, so the lateral grab handle would be centered directly above the rear license plate. Perhaps some type of skinney chrome bathroom cabinet handle from a hardware store could be retrofited to bolt-up using the top license plate bolt holes as mounting points. This method would look a lot more clean and centered on the VX and not look shoddy like the lame T-Handle idea.

Just my 2-cents.

[braaus]

Errrr........No; I can sympathize with your delima, but that T-Handle method would look like total crap on the back door and take away from the beautiful clean lines of the VX. I'd just live with it and open the rear door slightly ajar with the factory key. Then grab the outside right edge of the door sill with my finger tips to open the rear door the rest of the way without putting continued stress on the door key.

If not, then I'd figure out some way to mount a lateral skinny grab handle using only the top factory license plate bolt holes, so the lateral grab handle would be centered directly above the rear license plate. Perhaps some type of skinney chrome bathroom cabinet handle from a hardware store could be retrofited to bolt-up using the top license plate bolt holes as mounting points. This method would look a lot more clean and centered on the VX and not look shoddy like the lame T-Handle idea.

Just my 2-cents.

That's what i'm talking about! opinions are welcome, i still think it's handy because i could open and close the door without having to lock/unlock all the time, but yes, it would interfere on the clean lines of the VX. Let's see what other members have to say. Thank you Riff Raff!

[tom4bren]

Install a receiver hitch - buy a SuperBumper - make a bracket to attach the license plate to the SuperBumper - mount full size spare to rear door to hide the OEM license plate recess (spare gives you sump'n to grab when opening/closing the door).

EEEEEEZZZYY!!!

[braaus]

Install a receiver hitch - buy a SuperBumper - make a bracket to attach the license plate to the SuperBumper - mount full size spare to rear door to hide the OEM license plate recess (spare gives you sump'n to grab when opening/closing the door).

EEEEEEZZZYY!!!

Looks awesome, i would do it if i lived in USA, impossible to get these parts around here, or someone that would help me to adapt, everything here is "illegal" a no one likes to get involved.

[tom4bren]

Is it illegal to have a copy of your license plate made to fit the OEM recess (pretty sure that's kinda what they do in England - but may be a different case since the plates stay with the vehicle forever)?

[Mile High VX]

I would suggest installing a door popper and an electric release. Lots of good information on that here. Even if you don't do the electric release the door popper will push the door open when you turn the key...