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    Interior trim

    My dash and door trims have faded very badly any recommendations to have them redone I’m not a fan of wrapping would rather have them professionally painted,
    All advice appreciated.

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    I had the same issue with mine. What colour are your trims? You have a couple of options, buy a good second hand set, get them aqua dipped or there's also a guy on M3 cutters called lovatt who sprays them, he's supposed to be very good. But it might be costly with the added vat due to brexit.

    I originally changed mine for a second hand set, but they didn't match my smg and steering wheel surround and my ocd got the better of me. I came across another forum where someone used 3M wrap that matched titan shadow, so I said I'd check for myself and I was very happy with the results.

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    Thanks Alan It’s wood finish ,wouldn’t never think it could go so bad and it spoils the interior, I have a photo but I’m having a problem posting it.

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    I had a problem with the plastic trims on my Boxster, which have a sort of rubberised finish. Parts of it were wearing away.

    As Alan mentioned, I contacted Lovatt on m3cutters. The quality of the work was supposed to be really good. Unfortunately he was busy and we could not sort out a date / time.

    At one stage I was contemplating Aqua printing but there were widely varied opinions on the quality. I also tried carbon wrap.

    Through the contact with John in aquaprint.ie , we decided to go with a gloss black painted finish, almost like piano black. That was 2.5 years ago and must say I’ve been very happy with them !!




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    That looks really good not sure black would suit my kiwi interior but I think painted is the way to go , I’ll probably go for a dark grey .

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    Quote Originally Posted by mayo rs View Post
    It’s wood finish
    Are they real wood or just veneer do you know ? Most good wood furniture restorers should be able to sand them down and relaquer, no ?
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    Laminate over aluminium we have them rubbed up with a scotch pad in prep for primer and the fading is deep ,

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    There is a guy in finglas called dip worxs who does all this. I got my mk5 golf done last month. He can do most finishes including wood effect to a super high standard 20210526_154944.jpg

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    Thanks I’ll check them out 👍
    Last edited by mayo rs; 08-07-21 at 08:29.

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