polished out hand brake

[HondaBoy]

i cleaned and polished out the bare hand brake. came out looking pretty good.

[MECM]

May I ask Why?

[MessyHonda]

the spring cans still get your finger....i remember when i took the boot thing off to paint it...and the lil spring pinched me...fucking hurt...lol it would look better if it was thicker

[Civic Accord Honda]

May I ask Why?

im with stupid ^^^

[jschatte]

personally, i like i better with the plasic part on. But, its not to say it isn't a nice polishing job

[guaynabo89]

be careful


youll get hurt with it like that especially in n accident

[RamThis]

be careful
youll get hurt with it like that especially in n accident

Number one, if it hurts you in an accident, the accident must have happened when you were parked and had the E-brake handle pulled up or you wrecked while yanking the handle to slide..


And number two, if you get hit hard enough that you end up having the E-brake handle get you, I think you'll have other more serious injuries to worry about lol.

But, really, looks like crap IMHO. But to each their own......

[mastaofdisasta]

can someone explain the science on how an e-brake handle can injure you in an accident, that blew my mind tryin to figure it out

[ghettogeddy]

i like it i like it but then again i love polished metal shiny stuff like that specialy if its a stock component, what did u use and how long

[A18A]

May I ask Why?

x2


you should have cleaned ur center console and seats before taking the pics, looks like a messyhonda

[2ndGenGuy]

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you should have cleaned ur center console and seats before taking the pics, looks like a messyhonda

I don't know how many times I've taken pics and my stuff always turns out looking dirty and gross. Especially on close ups of stuff in the center console. The car probably is clean or was cleaned, the flash just causes wierd stuff to reflect that you wouldn't normally see. I keep my interior pretty damn clean too.

[MessyHonda]

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you should have cleaned ur center console and seats before taking the pics, looks like a messyhonda

lol everytime i take pics my interior is clean..lol

[MECM]

I don't think I will ever get my answer..lol....CAH you smart ass.

[speedpenguin]

You need to strip down the rest of your interior to match now!

[Sporno]

nice.. polishing its what ya do when u dont have the cash for a new part... looks good and its not like its gonna add any weight

[guaynabo89]

Number one, if it hurts you in an accident, the accident must have happened when you were parked and had the E-brake handle pulled up or you wrecked while yanking the handle to slide..
And number two, if you get hit hard enough that you end up having the E-brake handle get you, I think you'll have other more serious injuries to worry about lol.
But, really, looks like crap IMHO. But to each their own......

number one like someone else said you will probably pinch your fingers on it when pressing the button.

number 2 there is a reason interiors are not made of all metal like car from 50's and so forth. In case of an accident your body moves in all types of directions and something as simple as boucing a hand of a plastic is now a gash on your hand from a bare metal rod with picnch points and sharp edges. Not to mention there are some people who like to rest their arms on the ebbrake handle an centr console and a quick jerk around it will probably cut you.

bottom line its not the safest idea and that is why I said what I said homey!

[MessyHonda]

number one like someone else said you will probably pinch your fingers on it when pressing the button.
number 2 there is a reason interiors are not made of all metal like car from 50's and so forth. In case of an accident your body moves in all types of directions and something as simple as boucing a hand of a plastic is now a gash on your hand from a bare metal rod with picnch points and sharp edges. Not to mention there are some people who like to rest their arms on the ebbrake handle an centr console and a quick jerk around it will probably cut you.
bottom line its not the safest idea and that is why I said what I said homey!

lol mr NHTSA...


sounds like my physics class....the longer your extend the time of impact the less chance of geting hurt.....kinda like a baseball...when you catch it you try to catch it rolling with the movement so your hand does not hurt....this is a universal law...the more pading the interior or the car has the less you will get hurt.

[HondaBoy]

never had a problem with it pinching me. hmm. the spring on mine isnt exposed, not that i can see. i decided to polish it out because i thought it'd look nice. i have the boot for it, dunno why i took it off but i just never put it back and liked how the handle looked bare. it was kind rustyish looking so thats the main reason i polished it. i used a dremel type tool. first using a stainless steel brush to get the surface clean and somewhat polish it. then i used a felt polishing wheel with some polishing compound. finished it off with some mothers billet polish to keep it from oxidizing and it looks clean. oh, and it took me like 10 minutes. that was polishing and cleaning up.

[TypeG]

it's gonna rust back up again, being mild steel.

billet polish is to fine to use. it's more of a finshing polish not really for defect removal and clean up. you should have used the mag and aluminum polish. i like it otherwise. later.

[smufguy]

I see you can polish a rod pretty well. You seem to work wonders with your hand

PS: put the plastic back on, it looks like a naked chuwaka (that damn taco bell dog)

[speedpenguin]

I think you meant Chihuahua. And that is the best analogy I've heard in a while, thank you for that.

[smufguy]

offtopic: thanks for correcting me penguin, i hate that damn dog

[MessyHonda]

PS: put the plastic back on, it looks like a naked chuwaka (that damn taco bell dog)

you made my morning dude...

[speedpenguin]

What you should have said:

put the plastic back on, it looks like a naked chewbacca

[Cheeseburger]

cool, lets see how it looks with the boot on it