Rear Hatch Handle Extension for the 100 & 80 Series Landcruiser and LX

This design was originally a request from a customer - he had a camera mounted to his license plate frame, and his kids kept destroying the camera looking for the tailgate hatch release. As a father to not-quite-2-year-old, I could only imagine that I would be commiserating with him in the future, hah.

I initially thought this was a pretty niche application, but after testing it through five design iterations, it turns out it's actually quite nice! It definitely lets you open the hatch easier by giving you more leverage both against the latch release, and the hatch struts. Same with closing it - the extra leverage makes a surprising difference.

It's designed in such a way that when you're opening it transfers the load into the frame of the hatch. Same with when you close it - the wedge shape on the backside means you're not putting weird torque into the handle, rather most of the force is transferred into the frame of the hatch.

This attaches to the factory rear hatch handle on both the 100 series and 80 series Landcruisers & LXs. Easily installs with no permanent modifications to the factory handle! 
Printed in a glass-fiber reinforced ASA material, this extended handle is meant to last as long as the rest of your vehicle!