MSA or NOS Door Handles

[KAL7467]

Can someone vouch for the quality,fit between the MSA,Black Dragon door Handles and a set of NOS ones for twice the price? If the non-NOS ones are going to clunk not fit well and chip easily then the extra cash sounds like a great idea but if they are basically similar I will go with the knockoffs. I am buying a NOS side mirror so I am not opposed to dropping the cash on quality but do not want to throw the cash away on a name...guess whats an extra $50n when you are this deep in already on a full restomod that started with just changing the quarter window seals...but that is a whole other story

[clayton 260z]

I just put a MSA handle on my passenger side and had to file one of the square openings out a little to get it to go in, the pins that hold the parts to the handle were a little longer than the nos driver side that I have. The quality of the MSA part is nice, I just had to make a little adjustment to get it in the door...

Mike

[tlorber]

To echo Clayton's comment, I had bought door handles from Black Dragon (probably the same supplier as MSA's) and had the same fitment issue. Rather than filing the doors, I pounded the rivets on the door handle a bit flatter, since they were the hang up point. I just put that into the "some assembly required" category. Other than that they seem like a nice product.

[KAL7467]

well bit the bullet and got both NOS mirror and door handles from Courtesy Nissan for $185 shipped but I guess it will be worth it in the long run

[KAL7467]

got my parts from nissan yesterday and all I can say is WOW they look perfect, glad I spent the extra cash since the door handles have rubber parts that I never knew existed. cant wait to put these and the mirror on after paint.