Removing door handles

[unique_ET_N12]

How do I get all the door handles damn out????
Been trying for ages haha!! about to respray my car..

On the rears, theres a metal rod connected too the door handle which I can't seem too get out so I can't get the handles off without breaking anything..

Please please help!!
Thanks

[pulsar 888]

hey buddy , you need to undo the three phillips head screws that hold the door lock/catch mechanism and then allow it to fall down inside the door low enough for the rod to disengage from the lock/catch mechanism.undo the two 10 mm nuts securing the outer handle, Once you have done this, you can then gently manipulate the outer door handle with rod attached out through the hole (adjusting the angle of the outer handle and rod while you are drawing it out.

good luck, just be patient and remember, if you force it, well you know.. f@#k

[unique_ET_N12]

Thanks Buddy!!!!! awesome help..

[Kimmo]

I don't pull em out with the rods attached; I just undo the little clips holding them into the handles.

I don't have large hands, but it's still a bitch of a job...

[unique_ET_N12]

theirs no clips, just a little part that breaks pretty easy! I broke two so gotta get two handles again FUCK haha ohhhh I love it

[Kimmo]

Wait, what?

Pretty sure where the rods end there are plastic bushes that clip onto the rods, just like on my doors, and every other door I've ever worked on.

[tassuperkart]

Baaahahahaha Uniquen12, those little bushes ARE also clips and you have to release them BEFORE you pull the rods out of the bushes!!!!
L8r
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[pulsar 888]

no clips on n12 handles , rod fits in hole and is held in position by two "fingers" which are part of the casting of the exterior handle.

[Kimmo]

It was like three weeks ago I unclipped one of these plastic clips.

On my N12.