I have done this on my 74 Beetle.  You must remove the guts, for the
powdercoating process will melt some of that samll stuff, and get inot the
locks and make them inoperable.  Sandblast them, wipe them with a oil
remover, and take them to your powder coat shop.  It should be cheap,
wspecially if you work with them on a black that they run for production all
the time.

Adam Puzerewski
81 Westy
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith & Lynn C. <clayard1@NETCOM.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 12:09 AM
Subject: [VANAGON] Details, details

>Paint is peeling and badly chipped on most of my door handles, 81 Westy.
>Anyone ever had any success removing the door handles etc and having
>them either powdercoated, or black anodized? For the powder coat did u
>have to remove the lock guts??
>Cheers from the Westy coast,
>Keith