{"product_id":"mercedes-r129-sl-folding-top-handle-1297780055","title":"Mercedes R129 SL Folding Top Handle 1297780055","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFits without modification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade for the folding soft top on the Mercedes R129 SL, replacing OEM part 129 778 00 55. The handle is reverse-engineered from a measured original, so the grip profile, base and screw positions land exactly where the factory part does. It mounts with the two original screws — undo the old handle, offer up the new one, screw it home. No drilling, no trimming, no packing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLooks right on the car\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished in \u003cstrong\u003eBlack\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the colour running right through the material rather than sitting on the surface. The handle you pull every time the roof goes up or down doesn't wear through to a different shade at the edges. No paint, no lacquer, nothing to peel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBuilt to outlast the original\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original handle lives in direct sun every time the top is down. Over the years the plastic fades to grey, turns brittle, and cracks — usually across the grip or around the screw bosses, where the pull load concentrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handle is made from \u003cstrong\u003eASA\u003c\/strong\u003e, specified for exactly this position: UV-stable so it holds its black in an open-top car, heat resistant so it doesn't soften or distort on a roof frame that bakes, and tough enough to take the pull of the top, day after day, without splitting at the mounts. Because it's colour-through, a scuff is a scuff in black, not a mark in a finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne \u003cstrong\u003efolding top handle\u003c\/strong\u003e in Black, ready to fit using the screws from your existing handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho makes it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRigid Custom Works engineers replacement parts for cars the factory has stopped supporting. Every part starts from a measured original, gets redesigned around the failure point rather than copied with the flaw intact, and is produced in-house in Dubai under our own quality control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rigid Custom Works","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":67671929323556,"sku":"RCW-2644008","price":195.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/4752\/3876\/files\/Mercedes-R129_Folding-Top-Handle_Black.jpg?v=1792013625","url":"https:\/\/rigidcustomworks.com\/products\/mercedes-r129-sl-folding-top-handle-1297780055","provider":"Rigid Custom Works","version":"1.0","type":"link"}