My related post in IMHO has now become fact based. We are getting new kitchen appliances in stainless steel and my wife insists that all handles match. Due to space considerations the only French Door refrigerator that will fit is a GE Cafe, everything else will be GE profile. The cafe does have distinctly different handles. I have no idea of the mounting hardware is the same or different between the two lines. Could I order a set of profile handles and just stick them on the cafe?
Do you have the exact model number of the refrigerator? Because you should be able to download the owner’s manual from this site. It may tell you if the handles are replaceable. Or call the GE Answer Center at 800-626-2005.
Another idea. Does the store have both GE Cafe and GE Profile refrigerators on display? If so, it might be simple to tell if the holes line up.
Well perhaps GE can sell you the perfect door handles, perhaps when you order they Cafe GE can put profile handles on… The Cafe door handles can be put into spare parts.
I looked up the parts catalogue.
You can buy replacement handles.
They don’t mention the bolt hole spacing (the distance between the bolt, one at each end… )
Profile door handles are molded as one piece, as they have a varying thickness.
(Cafe is made from extruded bar fitted into end holders… a much cheaper door handle… that could be cut to any length !)
Now if you were to buy a “Profile” handle that was exactly the same spacing, great.
But if it was just slightly smaller or larger in the spacing then you could get a stainless steel workshop to weld on a little stainless steel bracket that would hardly be noticeable., as the new bit would be hidden behind the large door handle part.
Just take the Cafe handles and the Profile handles to a stainless steel fabrication place (some little workshops specialize in such stainless steel work…as will bem ore likely to do little jobs. ) and they adapt the profile handle to be the same fit…
You’d ask GE what door handles you want to order… Or you can tell by the dimensions of the unit what model has the same size door handles.