2009 Pontiac G8 Door Handles

The new handles look great and seem to be of pretty good quality. There are just a few things that I wasn't completely happy with but got over quickly enough. 1st: The handles didn't fit right out of the box. The "tabs" that go into the door were actually too wide and had to be sanded or filed down in order to squeeze through. I used some calipers and measured the originals and sanded these to the same dimensions. 2nd: The small pieces of the handle wiggled slightly on their die-cast mount. I solved this with some JB Weld I had used on a different project. I applied just enough onto the clip mounting surface so that the plastic clip fit securely. 3rd: Somewhere along the way, the front driver's side handle and the front passenger side handle were mismatched. The lock cover (the one with a hole in it) was placed with the passenger side handle. This took me a few minutes to figure out. Otherwise, the installation was straight forward. Don't drop the handle mounting screw in the door! You have to take your door panel off to get it back out. I avoided this by putting some of the tacky gasket maker in the socket while removing it. I also left the plastic wrap on the handles until fully installed to make sure I didn't scratch them.