Customer Reviews

SPAL Amenity 40lb Shaved Door Handle Kit with Poppers

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I purchased this kit one year ago. The installation was easy and results looked good.About 4 months ago I noticed that my doors would not open, although I can hear the relays clicking when I pressed the key-less remote(so the system was powered and working).After prying my vent windows open on my 68 Chevy truck and manually pulling the latch cables, the solenoid plungers had completely worked themselves out of the housing. Luckily for me, my interior door panels were not installed yet.

The cheap rubber that supports this style plunger(the moving part of the solenoid that pulls your door latch open) had dry rotted, cracked and broken away which allows the plungers to completely release from the solenoid and your cables just hang inside of the door assembly and not attached to the unit.This will render you unable to enter your vehicle unless you break the glass and then pull your door panels off to repeatedly reinsert the plungers back into the solenoids.

This item is junk...If you just got to have this particular kit, order it piece by piece and please order different solenoids, unless you like breaking into your own vehicle just to get in...How embarrassing? I am now ordering a tougher pair of rubber-less solenoids at an additional $75.00 cost to me.

I wanted to wait a few months befor I reviewed this product and its a good thing I did. It does install easy enough and looks and works great at first. Like the other reviewer posted you can hear it trying to work but the doors wont open. After the doors are opened it works fine, its like there isn't enough power to pop the latch. I leave my back seat down just in case but its a little embarassing climbing into my trunk to get into my car. I would recommend spending the money on a better kit.

i installed this on my mustang it has been almost a year, its still works great i have the solenoid facing up so the piece that pull the latch will never fall out. i recommend this product it very powerful enough to pull the latch no problem what so ever. good product. you just have to make sure it is installed vertically.