Civic EG

im trying to put on some ebrake handle on my dx but the outer housing is hard plastic-ish and made it hard to cut off with even a razor blade....any ideas on how to remove/cut this part out?....

something with a serrated blade or edge... an actual razor blade wont cut through....

what i did was i took a flathead screwdriver and a propain toruch and heated the screwdriver up and melted the plastic then took the screw driver and used it as a chissel and hit it with a hammer and worked it off.... kind of a caveman way of doing it but it worked

less of a mess? EPIC... i like that idea haha

o yea you get one ir two pieces

Use a juniour hacksaw? ..... angle grinder... j/k

thanks guys for the awesome advice and replies....i ennded up using a cutsaw and jus "cut" thru the front housing and when its down to the metal part i jus "cut" a lil bit more then i use a screwdriver and wiggle it around ....not done yet but ill keep at it tomorrow...word of advice: pull handle up, i was sucha dumba55 and did it when it was down (disengaged ebrake)...

:hint: Do I smell a DIY in the making? :hint:

when i did mine i called my friend over and told him id give him 5 bucks. he had it off in like 30 seconds. takes a lil man streangth. i didnt give him 5 bucks tho.lol

could you guys post a couple of pics of the ebrake?


I dunno if I want to do it yet. Please?

look at that ugly seat



hope this helps ya, i think this is a ractive ebrake, but it does say anything on it, nice n clean. automatic shifter was in when i bought it but i have more to worry about.