That's a winner. Being that we are mounting the latch 90 degrees from the oem Mercedes location, I don't know if the weight on the latch is really necessary and could be cut off. Maybe someone on here could chime in and correct me on that. Also the amount of pull to unlock the latch leads me to think that as there are 2 springs on that lever, the stiff spring could be removed. (I have done this but as yet I haven't finished my doors) I don't know how this would affect the latching mechanism when closing the door but it would certainly require less pull on the interior release handle. The OEM release lever is make out of plastic and breakage results are common. Some of the guys have made handles made out of aluminum. These are a great advantage.
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