Stronger Exterior Door Handle

[rcrawley]

I am about to replace my third door handle. We live in the country and the mechanism becomes stiff due to dust very quickly. I have searched for a METAL replacement handle with on luck. Anyone know of a source?

 

[rcrawley]

Guess no one has came across metal handles.

Different qoestion: On ebay I can get door handles from 1/2 to 1/3 the cost that I would pay from an online parts site. Am I getting what I pay for or finding a bargin?

 

[pickupman6]

To be honest, idk. I bought one for the passengers door on ebay 3 years ago. They are still working fine. I bought the drivers side from rock auto and it broke after about a year and a half. So I bought one from a local auto parts store. It lasted about a year, just broke a couple of weeks ago, then the next day the interior handle broke. Whoopie now I can't open the door. To get to the point my ebay one has lasted the longest out of any of them BUT its on the passengers door and not used as much. I think I'm just going to get some door poppers and shave the handles and locks.