Is it possible to take the handle out of a door quater glass? Mine are pitted and would like to rechromed them if I could.

Yes there's a small pin holding it in place, you'll need to knock it out with a pin punch. I began to remove one but ended up buying a new quarter window as it was just too stubborn and flogged out to remove, I could have drilled it out but was easier to buy another.


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Jenk.

I have two brand new handles to fit to my quarter windows, but the old one's roll pins stubbornly refuse to budge. I've pretty much given up on this because I don't want to wreck the windows!
Any clues? The roll pins are so tiny that a suitable punch just bends...

Where did you buy the new windows from Jenk?

Sorry they were't new as such...second hand just in better condition than the ones I had, but mini kingdom has NOS here http://minikingdomonline.com.au/product ... -mini-lhs/

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Jenk.

I have considered doing this too.
Nobody I have found can tell me how to remove the old pin without damage to everything else because the pin is in a blind hole and not push-through.
I seem to remember that one of the girls on here has tried this and vaguely thought she had some success...

There are a few NOS left side windows around, but I haven't seen a right side one for years, ( & that's the one that I want!).

Yeah, LHS ones seem a dime a dozen. Maybe car thieves target the driver's door vent.

As for pin removal, drilling is probably the only option, as Jenk said. I recall trying that, and using a soft iron nail trimmed to length as a replacement. Hardly ideal but maybe worth a shot.

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A thread resurrection, but as per the original post, is there a method to remove the handle or is it still as above (i.e. replace the whole window)?