Hey Adam, I blacked out the cheap looking silver pieces in mine and the results were really pleasing. I just sanded it down to key it for painting (like you would with any paint prep job).

The hardest part was splitting the trim, it was a real bitch and required 3 hands.

I've attached shots from the front arm rests, will do rears on a subsequent post

 

And the rear... You can see in one of the pics the sanded vs the non sanded

 

That came out really nice! What grit paper did you use? Like a 800 or something?

 

Can't remember off the top of my head tbh, 600 or 800 maybe 🤔

Edit* just googled it and it seems 400 is a good grit to use fro plastic, and I would have done whatever results Google had yielded

 

Can't remember off the top of my head tbh, 600 or 800 maybe 🤔

Edit* just googled it and it seems 400 is a good grit to use fro plastic, and I would have done whatever results Google had yielded

400 seems way too low of a grit, 800 sounds more like it.

 

I did a plastic rap, just cleaned surfaces, order a rap that was close the the ZHP or carbon fiber look

 

I have the grey leather interior with the grey door cards. I was thinking of keeping the silver but just re doing it in a more modern metalic silver as I think it completes the grey nicely. What's your opinions?
Thanks for the info on the grit of the paper used. I'm always worried when sanding plastics as with incorrect grit it can become quite "feathey" if you know what I mean. Small stuck bunched up strands of plastic.

 

Obviously I am a fan of the paint, but I think to get a better metal effect you'd want to do a wrap... Also quite easy, much easier than paint tbh

I did quite a controversial wrap on my dash plastics, 80s style black woodgrain. It wasn't even proper vinyl wrap and I managed a good job with just a hairdryer and some patience

Bring on the hate, haha