I recently purchased some carbon fiber door handle covers from eBay for my A90 Supra. A few different sellers have these on eBay and I can almost assure that they’re all from the same manufacturer so if you’re interested in this, just pick up the cheapest set that you can find.

Buying eBay parts is always a bit worrisome but these covers don’t look too bad. There are some minor scratches that don’t show up on camera but I really expect this from any aftermarket carbon product so no big deal. We’ll address this problem in a bit.

As far as installation, these covers are intended to be held in place by double-sided tape but I want to note that the covers did not come with any. You will need to provide your own.

Before I install these covers, I’m actually going to prep the surface and ceramic coat it. One complaint that people often make with gloss coated aftermarket carbon is that it yellows. A low-quality clear coat is usually the reason for this. Of course, I have no idea how these covers were made so all I can do is protect them to the best of my ability via a coating, in hopes of minimizing UV damage and any yellowing.

To start, I’m going to decontaminate the surface and for this, I’m using Meguiar’s Mild Professional Detailing Clay with Last Touch Spray Detailer as a lube. Although this is a new part, I would still recommend claying the surface because you just never know what the parts have gone through prior to delivery. For sure, there was something on my covers so claying is a no brainer.

Now that the covers are contaminant-free, I’m going to address the minor scratches mentioned earlier by hand polishing. I’m going to start with Griot’s Correcting Cream and a 3” orange pad. This step eliminates most of the deeper scratches, leaving the surface smoother, clearer, and glossier.

I could’ve stopped right here but I’m actually going to refine the finish with Griot’s Perfecting Cream and a 3” yellow pad. This step further refines and minimizes the scratches, leaving the finish almost flawless. In my opinion, the few minutes spent polishing was completely worth it.

Next, I’m going to hit the surface with Adam’s Surface Prep. This is an isopropyl alcohol solution and is used to strip the surface of any remaining oils and residues.

At this point, the surface is ready for coating. I’m going to be using Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating. This coating is pretty easy to apply. Just put a few drops on to an applicator and wipe it on the surface. Once the coating hits the surface, it’ll start to rainbow. Once the rainbow disappears, wipe the coating off and that’s it. Adam’s recommends that the coating not get wet for 24 hours so I’m going to keep the covers inside and install the following day.

Again, these particular covers didn’t come with double-sided tape preinstalled so I went ahead and applied some of my own 3M VHB double-sided tape.

As a last measure before actually installing, I’m going to go ahead and thoroughly clean the door handle’s surface. This involves claying the surface to pick up any contaminants then using the IPA solution to get rid of any remaining oils and residues.

When it comes to actually installing, all we have to do is remove the adhesive backing and throw the covers over the stock door handles. The covers snap into place and there’s only one way to install them so there is really no messing up. Once you get the covers on, apply pressure to the taped sections and we’re done.

I have to say, the covers look really good and pop out on my Absolute Zero Supra. For the price I can’t really complain.

At this point, I should mention that these are actually my second set of eBay carbon fiber door handle covers. The first set arrived damaged and had to be returned but I wanted to mention them because if we take a look at the driver’s side cover, we’ll see that there is a small cutout. This is to accommodate the cover on the driver’s door handle. If you’re unaware, this cover hides the physical keyhole that’s meant to be used if the keyfob were to die and you get locked out of the car. I really like this feature and it was the reason why I bought these covers in the first place. Unfortunately, by the time I got the second set of covers, the version with the cutout stopped being made because it costs more and was more time consuming to manufacture. So, this means that if you were to buy one of these door handle covers that don’t have the cutout, be aware that there’s a chance that you’ll be locked out of the car if the key fob were to die and you don’t have service to unlock the car via the Supra Connect app. Then again you can try to remove the covers in that situation but it’s not going to an easy task.

All in all, I think this is a worth wild mod for the price. At under $100 from eBay, I’d do it again. At $150, $200 or more that some of these other aftermarket manufacturers are trying to charge, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. But do whatever works for you.

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