I found I guy that will powder coat every last piece of chrome on the car (save the trim stip around the passenger cabin) for a pretty reasonable price. What worries me is getting the door handles off . The interior panel clearly needs to come off - tuff job? Anybody ever done this?

Joey

 

hey Joe

take the screws off on the panel and use a little screw driver or soemthing flat to start under the speaker area.
the panel is clip on the door with bounch of clipes and they come right off.
good luck

 

just in case you do not know,the door handles are plastic.
no powder-coating.
doug

 

Hey Joey, if you have an '05, here's a good tutorial for removing the door panels: http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...+panel+removal

Good luck!