That was my next option, already got the paint laying around. Are they a pain to remove? And did you sand them down first?
Dead easy to do this. I've had them on and off a bunch of times now. Once you've released that latch (pull it towards you, you can do it with a screwdriver or just bend a metal coat hanger into a small L), just prise off the barrel covers, then yank the handle backwards into the gap then rotate the handle outwards to remove. You then see small screw on the handle back, remove that and the cover comes off.
I've has a look because I'm planning on doing this tomorrow but I can't see that hole, are the 250's the same as the Scenic?
Open the door and on the back of the door between the door lock and outer door skin is a rubber weather strip held on with press studs. It runs round the back side of the door and under the length of the door. Look behind that strip in line with the outer handle...easy!
Blindo over here! Thanks, I'll give it a go tomorrow. Can I drive it without handles on lol while I wait for them to dry?
Just had a go but can't for the life of my get it off. There's a lot going on through that little hole so I'm not even sure if I'm pulling on the right part.
So you have at least found the hole? If you shine a light into the hole, you can see a gold/copper coloured square catch in the black plastic surround. Get a metal coat hanger, bend the end straight and make a small 90 deg bend at the tip, around 5mm long. Feed that through the hole with the bend/hook facing down to the floor and put it so it 'catches' on the copper/gold catch when you try to pull it back out. Now gently keep doing that, hooking, pulling...it will release/come loose towards you. It won't come off and you can't break it. You'll know when it's loose/released and you can wiggle the barrel from the outside and remove it.
Don't have any metal coat hangers lol! I couldn't see any copper/gold catch only something silver so I aimed for that with my screwdriver but I could not make it budge.
Aye, might be silver but it's the only thing in there that is. It's like a letter U, so you need to put something in to the edge closest to you from the top down to give some leverage to pull it towards you. I can do it with a screwdriver now!
You don't though...I did it easily with a coat hanger and now can 100% do it with a small but long flat head. Charlie if you fancy a drive to Surrey, I'll do it for you, piece of piss.
I bought me some second hand handles to paint off ebay, one came with the the inside bit, so i could physically see the mechanism, it is fiddly.
I've got the tools and I've tried pulling on the bit but it just slips out, I'm not sure I'm doing it right though. The hook is faced upward is this right?
Yeh upward, it is abit of a ballache, especially if they havent been moved in awhile, with the hook facing up, angle the tool upwards rather than horizontal.
Finally got it! I was doing it wrong, first, you need to angle whatever you're using as a hook down, not up! I found it worked best if I first push the black plastic in front of the metal downwards too. Then hook the metal with the hook facing down and pull. It came out very easily!
Mine has keyless entry so it has a cable attaching the handle to the door, there's a screw on the back of the handle which I assume you can disconnect the cable if you take it apart.
Yeh, take screw out, and the handle should Unclip with a lil help, and the sensor will be on the end of the cable.
Got them painted and back on! https://i.imgur.com/fPBCbvf.jpg Decided to debadge the Megane and paint the RS black too! https://i.imgur.com/hJ4zVyq.jpg
