Aftermarket Door Handles - Any Good?

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Originally Posted by sanford66

More info on this ^ please. I'm going to say that the original handles sucked from day one at the factory. They were poorly designed with pot-metal tabs holding the button/spring plate in place and prone to breaking. I know because i've had two other trucks that the handles broke on me. I'm crossing my fingers that they don't break on the truck i have now. I would like to see a pic of the rivited plate handles, seems like they would be an improvement over the stock handles. Joseph

Yeah,OEM was junk from the get go. It only lasted over 30 years then a small portion have failed. They really should last forever.
Sorry,just had to comment ere. I see people call OEM stuff poor quality as if they forgot how long it lasted. Figure most people never even lubed these "moving" parts when they get used more times than the truck was ever run. It'll take a few decades before we know if any repros are an improvement over OEM. The only failure I've ever seen is a broken spring on a couple trucks,which is metal fatigue.