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Crimson6.2L Enthusiast

Crimson6.2L

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I found a ptm tailgate handle (23128692 PTM) and I was wondering if it will fit a '17. I've only seen them say they go from 14-15. And my tailgate locks with my remote, would that work with it if this handle does fit?

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I found a ptm tailgate handle (23128692 PTM) and I was wondering if it will fit a '17. I've only seen them say they go from 14-15. And my tailgate locks with my remote, would that work with it if this handle does fit?

Where did you find this at? Is it from GM?

 

 

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It's not a GM part. It's made in Taiwan. I bought a PTM handle from Amazon. It fit fine but the handle isn't as solid feeling as the factory part. I had to swap part of the linkage and a spring over from the factory handle to get the power lock to work.

 

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I vote for just having the oem handle smoothed and painted. If I had to do mine again, I would separate the handle from the bezel to make it easier to paint.

cbrsilv15 Senior Enthusiast

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I painted it myself. Start with 180 to knock it down quick. Finish off with 400. I didn't want mine like glass so I just used adhesion promoter/paint/clear. You can use adhesion promoter and then a sandable primer. Wet sand that with 800 or so and then paint/clear. Follow up with a good wetsand and buff and be careful around the edges because you can burn through.

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Crimson6.2L

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So how many coats of each should I use and do you recommend any brands of adhesion promoter primer and clear or are they all about the same?

cbrsilv15 Senior Enthusiast

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I got mine from summit racing. I did 3 light coats of black and 3-4 coats of clear so I could wetsand and buff. Just make sure you use a 2k clear. Spraymax in a rattle can is what I used for my headlight trim since it was small. You can find it on amazon. I went to my local paint shop and bought a pint of black and clear to spray my grille and tailgate handle with my hvlp gun.

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phabejhmoob Enthusiast

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I got mine from summit racing. I did 3 light coats of black and 3-4 coats of clear so I could wetsand and buff. Just make sure you use a 2k clear. Spraymax in a rattle can is what I used for my headlight trim since it was small. You can find it on amazon. I went to my local paint shop and bought a pint of black and clear to spray my grille and tailgate handle with my hvlp gun.

 

I agree with the 2k clear. You can get them on Amazon or ebay etc.. they're expansive but well worth it. Puts a real hard coat like factory.

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On 3/20/2017 at 8:02 AM, cbrsilv15 said:

I got mine from summit racing. I did 3 light coats of black and 3-4 coats of clear so I could wetsand and buff. Just make sure you use a 2k clear. Spraymax in a rattle can is what I used for my headlight trim since it was small. You can find it on amazon. I went to my local paint shop and bought a pint of black and clear to spray my grille and tailgate handle with my hvlp gun.

Got a part number?

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