Tailgate grab handles

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I wish my Qashqai had the tailgate closure grab handles on both sides. Just having one on the drivers side seems it's always on the wrong side for me. My old Ford cmax has them on both sides. Looking at a diagram of the Qashqai seems to show no cut out in place to fit an additional handle, would this seem a fair assumption ?
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mrugby, is this what you are referring to ?. If yes you could instal a separate handle / strap or try purchasing the “Handle Insert” from a Scrap Dealer and do a bit of DIY work by cutting a LH Pocket to accept the Insert - just a suggestion Dave 😋

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http://www.adaptacar.uk/product/details.php?prod_ref=3

Boot Closing Strap
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The Adaptacar closing strap is useful for those unable to reach the boot or tailgate once opened. The webbing strap length can be made to the specific user. It can be positioned in different places defined by the vehicle and the user.
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Looks like you couldn't easily retrofit a recessed one on the other side since it would involve cutting the metalwork

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mrugby, as I suggested “you could instal a separate handle / strap or try purchasing the “Handle Insert” from a Scrap Dealer and do a bit of DIY work by cutting a LH Pocket to accept the Insert - just a suggestion.”
I think that looking at the shape there is No LH Part, just my opinion !

To Insert a New Handle it is obvious that a certain amount of DIY work is required ie. metal or plastic removal. Take a look @ the pics, this could be done but Access and the Sheet Metal looks just too flimsy to me to cut in position in the QQ without a lot of distortion to get a good result but the decision is yours ! - I hope this helps you decide Dave 😉🙏

Screwed in position :

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Plastic Grip (shown reversed) :

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Hatch Metal / Plastic Panel Area showing in Red what needs cutting 🥴

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Thanks guys,
The pictures confirm no recess that would have made this an easier job. The strap is an option. I just had a thought of my neighbors watching me hack sawing and drilling a brand new car out in the street. I wonder why they didn't think of fitting a left and right hand recess, it looks like theirs room for one, all it would have taken was an extra stamp press during manufacture. I watched it being done on those you tube videos showing the Qashqai being built. Bang bang press press all done !!!!!!
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mrugby, there would be no need for another press or operation to form the shape for the other Handle. It is just a matter of designing in a 2nd Set of Inserts on the other side of the Die / Press which enables then that the Hatch part is manufactured in one Press / Stamping Operation - Dave 😉

A stamping die is a special, one-of-a-kind precision tool that cuts and forms sheet metal into a desired shape or profile. The die's cutting and forming sections typically are made from special types of hardenable steel called tool steel.
Press / Stamping is the forming technology where a pressing force is applied to a material to deform it (by bending, stretching, etc.) to match the size and shape of the die, and the material then maintains that shape forever.
It basically involves placing flat sheet metal, in either coil or blank form, into a stamping press. In the press, a tool and die surface form the metal into the desired shape. Punching, blanking, bending, coining, embossing, and flanging are all stamping techniques used to shape the metal. These Presses can be very Big like the Nissan one which weighs 2000 tons.

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Top man you are Dave.
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I agree with this and thought of it a few times, I'm right handed so it's fine, but for the 10% who are left handed, it will be a pain!
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I'm left handed - didn't find it a problem. Just move laterally if necessary.
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