First up was a new gear knob. For A$4.61 you get a plastic knob, rather than a leather one, but it is easy to install and looks like the original one. You can see in my photo that I also need to install new silver wrap on some of my interior parts.
Next up was the A$4.92 roof trim wrap. I followed instructions online to carefully remove the trim pieces using a plastic trim removal tool and prying the trims upwards from the inside of the roof. There was plenty of mess underneath them.
I used a plastic razor blade to scrape off the black coating , which comes off fairly easily from the top, but some stayed on the edges and the rear. I then sanded the sides to feather them and sanded the bare metal to make it smoother.
I then applied the wrap, stretching it to match the curves. The wrap was 5 cm wide which was perfect and didn't require any trimming except at the ends. I bought 5 metres and that was more than enough.
The final result looks good but it does not appear to be stuck down too well. I did read that wrap is meant to be applied over paint, not bare metal though. I also don't think the wrap at this price point is very good quality and I expect that, for these reasons, this is going to last about a week before it starts to peel off.
I will update this post with how well it lasts, but if they don't last long then my next plan will be to paint them.
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