Hello there, thanks for having me.
I am a professional vinyl wrapper, and this week I have been working on my first Model S. The customer did not want their door handles removed, which was fine as I am able to wrap over them, trim carefully and tuck the vinyl around the edge no problem.
On my second door, specifically the right rear door, I made a mistake. I had laid the vinyl on the entire door, trimmed the inner edge, and then I needed the door open to trim the outer edge around. Here's where I messed up.. I forgot to trim the door handle part, so when I opened the door from the inside, the door handle extended, pushing against my freshly laid vinyl. It only opened roughly halfway as the vinyl stretched, but still held down. It then retracted, and I went into panic mode to quickly trim the vinyl. On the 3rd time going out and back in, it tore the vinyl, ruining the piece. Now, the door handle seems to be stuck too far extended from the vehicle to open. I've now removed it to investigate. After researching, it seems this has been a common issue, albeit not caused by vinyl basically pressing against the handle as it opens.
Upon inspection, nothing seems physically broken / out of place.
It will still open / retract, motor seems fine.
Any ideas or tips? Is it worth it for me to order the new microswitch? Maybe something is just misaligned?
Basically it will shut like normal, but when it extends, it extends too far to the point it should be if you are grabbing on it to open. It needs to be 1 "click" back so when you grab it you have the quarter inch of movement to trigger opening the door.
Any help would be much appreciated, I attached a photo of the underside of the handle. I can provide more photos tomorrow to supplement.
Cheers,
I am a professional vinyl wrapper, and this week I have been working on my first Model S. The customer did not want their door handles removed, which was fine as I am able to wrap over them, trim carefully and tuck the vinyl around the edge no problem.
On my second door, specifically the right rear door, I made a mistake. I had laid the vinyl on the entire door, trimmed the inner edge, and then I needed the door open to trim the outer edge around. Here's where I messed up.. I forgot to trim the door handle part, so when I opened the door from the inside, the door handle extended, pushing against my freshly laid vinyl. It only opened roughly halfway as the vinyl stretched, but still held down. It then retracted, and I went into panic mode to quickly trim the vinyl. On the 3rd time going out and back in, it tore the vinyl, ruining the piece. Now, the door handle seems to be stuck too far extended from the vehicle to open. I've now removed it to investigate. After researching, it seems this has been a common issue, albeit not caused by vinyl basically pressing against the handle as it opens.
Upon inspection, nothing seems physically broken / out of place.
It will still open / retract, motor seems fine.
Any ideas or tips? Is it worth it for me to order the new microswitch? Maybe something is just misaligned?
Basically it will shut like normal, but when it extends, it extends too far to the point it should be if you are grabbing on it to open. It needs to be 1 "click" back so when you grab it you have the quarter inch of movement to trigger opening the door.
Any help would be much appreciated, I attached a photo of the underside of the handle. I can provide more photos tomorrow to supplement.
Cheers,
