I wanted the stock handle but Lotek doesn't provide for it, so I removed it from the stock pillar cover and dremeled holes into the lotek pod where they should go. The handle ends up sitting about 3/4" higher up the pillar than the stock setup. I drilled holes into the A-Pillar through the handle mounting holes and tapped them to fit the stock screw. Once they were mounted up I checked them for strength (They don't move at all)
With the stock cover, there is a recessed area for your hand, and the handle sits on the edges of that. When I put the handle on there were large gaps where the contour of the handle and lotek didn't match up. I needed to fix that.
I put a coat of JB Welk Quickset adhesive on the outside to hole everything in place. I removed the lotek pod and brought it inside where it's warm. I applied another coat of the JB Weld adhesive to the outside and a heavy dose to the inside to hold it all snug. When it was dry and hard 10 minutes later I used JB Weld putty to mold the contours so that it flows smoothly. It's not a masterpeice, but once it's painted, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to tell that it's not supposed to be there.
Anyone know what color spraypaint I'd need?
The JBWeld is weird. I used 2 small tubes of the kneed-together kind. One tube came out almost black (The top molding) and the other tube came out almost white (bottom molding). I needed them for the same amount of time. Both got hard at the same speed and are the same hardness now, but they are 2 completely different colors. I checked the packaging to make sure and they are the exact same part #. weird.
So now I have my gauges AND my handle.