I GOT THE BEST IDEA.
Someone remove the door handle, test its displacement in water & its weight, and compare the weight per unit volume of the material.
Metal = heavy. No damage to door handle.

 

honestly i cant believe this topic is sooooo long ....

 

I just removed one of my handles and took it to the metal recyclers who gave me 5c for it - so it must be aluminium.

Where can I buy a new one and how much will it cost me?

PS It's the driver side handle

 

Lol... this thread is like cheese or wine. It gets better with age.

 

Please make it go away!!! lol

 

its made of Sugar and spice and everything nice

 

I have been doing a little more research. From what I have found, Nestle' had the contract for the handles for the '03 and early '04 models. They had been suppling milk chocolate for the handles.
Nissan switched to M&M Mars for the late 04s and '05 models. Apparently Mars is supplyng dark chocolate handles ( same chocolate found in the Milky Way Midnight candy bars). This would account for the weight dsicrepancies, i.e dark chocolate being heavier than milk chocolate. Mine were in fact were dark chocolate. My wife and I did get around to eating the passenfer side handle this weekend. It was wonderful with a glass of red wine and dipped in the Nissan transmission fluid, which tastes remarkably like raspberry sauce. Bon Apetit'

P.S. There is a rumor circulating the Nissan may be looking to Godiva as a supplier of handles for the '06 models.

 

Godiva? thats must be for the track models..

 

+1

plastic doesent conduct electricity. and that thing has shocked me a bunch. that solves it right there in my book...

 

It's static electricity...how do you explain touching another person's hand and getting a jolt? Is that person metal? No...

 

too late! harhar

i linked it to nissaninfiniticlub.com!

those guys are hardcore enthusiasts and will be amused..


j/k i didnt really link it.

 

Conductors are made of metal,typicaly silver, copper, or aluminium and will carry current. Plastic is a dielectric (insulator) and will not carry current. A dielectric can break down in the presence of high voltages. Dielectrics, as well as many other non-conductors, can accumulate excess electrons, thereby building an electrical potential or voltage. This is what people refer to as static electricity. When the object with the static charge comes in contact with something at a lower electrical potential (ground being 0 volt potential) the object will discharge (electrons move to a state of equilibrium). This is what happens when you get the shock from touching the door handle.


Now, with respect to the chocolate door handles, I will have to contact the appropriate choclatier to get the dielectric coefficient of the chocolate, then...

 

what do they insulate wires with? PLASTIC or RUBBER! not human flesh which is an excelent conductor of electricity due to the moisture present, that and the fact that your body is made up of mostly water, which as you probably know is highly conducive to electricity. NO!! lol


oh yea and what he said ^

 

Actually, pure water is very poor conductor. It's the impurities and other chemicals in the water that allow it to conduct so well. Recall high school physics class experiments, where you'd use water to conduct electricity for some reason. You couldn't use pure water (such as distilled water) in those experiments. You'd have to add a chemical of some sort to the water (such as salt) so you'd get enough conductivity.
http://scienceathome.cienciaviva.pt/..._agua_eng.html

 

Your answer. The handle part that you grap is aluminum. Passed my test of heat and tarnish. I took a tiny piece off from the inside on the handle. It did not melt on the stove burner. Second test. Rub the piece with metal cleaner, (Never-Dull). The sample turns black. Plastic won't do that, only metal will do that. The part attached to the door however is plastic. There you have it conclusive proof; part metal, part plastic.

 

Excellent! Thank you jomaxum!

 

so the great debate has been solved!!!!

 

But what about the chocolate part...???

 

The book, "Lust Then Love - The story of the new Z". Book was handed out by Nissan or by a dealer to some of the first 2003 owners. Very cool and interesting book.

Page 74

"Sealing rubber was added between the RESIN outside door handles and the door panels."

Page 92

"An aluminum-LOOK door handle greets driver and passenger as they grip it to enter the cockpit."

The book states that the outside door handle is made of resin.

Book also states that: the inside door pulls, steering wheel spokes, gear shift and hand brake are of genuine aluminum.

Take it for what you will.

Plus I must keep this going.

 

It looks ike we might get to the bottom of this..I myself by trade I`am a Eng./Model Maker.. I have made the mockups Control Grips for the Boeing V-22, we used a poly resin combo of 50% aluminum base and 50% poly resins, you can mold this stuff, sand it and polish it and it looks just like aluminum (which is 50% by volume) it`s also conductve, will test possitive on a dielectric test.