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irishkael
08-26-2012, 07:38 PM
just curious to see if anyone knows if a tailgate handle relocator kit is made for our trucks. id like to move mine and im having a hard time finding one. any help is appreciated

DroppedMitsu
08-26-2012, 09:50 PM
Nope, none are made I've looked. Going to have to get one for a toyota,nissan or mazda and adapt it to work, that's what i plan on doing.

irishkael
08-28-2012, 05:15 PM
what about using a different tailgate? if it matches up?

pennyman1
08-28-2012, 07:03 PM
Geronimo's was made using an inside door handle and adapted it to pull the rods to open the latches. Then cut the outer handle out and made a piece from an old door and welded it in. The handle is from a 1st gen door.

irishkael
08-31-2012, 10:59 AM
arent the 1st gen tail gates different from the 2nd?

DroppedMitsu
08-31-2012, 04:13 PM
Yes they are.

irishkael
08-31-2012, 08:52 PM
i thought so. i didnt think that the 1st gen had the big access panel that the 2nd gens do

pennyman1
09-01-2012, 12:15 PM
It does have an access panel - its about 6-8" tall and the width of the tailgate, and right behind the outside handle. 2nd gen should be able to be done the same way.

irishkael
09-01-2012, 03:16 PM
is there any way that i could get a picture of yours? id like to see how you did it.

pennyman1
09-01-2012, 06:04 PM
I will try and get those pics for you - I will post them for all to see.

irishkael
09-01-2012, 07:43 PM
thank you sir. im curious to see how you did it.

l.k.
09-04-2012, 09:50 PM
im gonna do that myself and use one old tail gate to cut out the piece needed for a filler, i did one on my old mazda. Used a 85 toyota inside door handle and modified the bars a little and that was it

irishkael
09-05-2012, 03:34 PM
pennyman any luck with those pics?

pennyman1
09-05-2012, 06:36 PM
Will try to get them friday when I am off.

Sergio T
11-25-2012, 09:48 AM
Pics or it's not true!

pennyman1
11-25-2012, 04:01 PM
Sorry for the delay - the pics are coming, in the middle of reorganizing the garage right now.

irishkael
11-26-2012, 06:50 AM
i completely forgot about asking about the handle.

irishkael
12-05-2012, 07:42 AM
any chance of pics yet?

pennyman1
12-07-2012, 08:38 PM
like Christmas, they're coming

Sergio T
12-07-2012, 08:58 PM
Boooooooooo!

pennyman1
12-12-2012, 07:51 PM
Look for trkdesigner's post on the tailgate handle flip - he is my painter extrordinaire and the one who came up with the mod; he is taking pics of the mod on his 81 arrow truck that I posted on here previously.

Sergio T
05-11-2014, 10:07 PM
Thinking of taking this on again. I will post pics once I get started.

94mitz
05-12-2014, 09:17 AM
I ran a cable from the piece that the handle attaches to down to the bottom of the tailgate through the hole and put a T handle on it. YOu cant see it but you can reach up under the "lip" of the tailgate at the bottom and it will pop open.

noahwins
05-12-2014, 09:34 AM
I sketched out an idea for a hands free tailgate using a door popper and two leftover gas shocks for my old BMW's hood but nothing ever came of it.

Grant sells a skin for both generations of our trucks:

http://grantkustoms.com/catalog/dodgemitsubishi-c-9_58.html