Thanks guys
Mending trim tonight. Started with the handbrake cover - as usual the stupid plastic doodad had broken off. This is another fine candidate for some re-engineering when I have more time, but in this case I'm going to repair it with a donor piece.
Drill the heads off the rivets.
Very gently, separate the wood panel (actually wood laminated on to aluminium) from the plastic.
They're held in place by a dab of glue and some double sided tape, then the rivets are staked down.
I took the donor piece off a good walnut trim in the same fashion. I'll use the walnut piece for a re-engineering experiment later. Prepare the good plastic piece with some new tape
Stuck together and clamped in place for the glue to set
Mended
As usual, the mounting tab on the driver's side tunnel trim was broken. However, this being left hand drive I had no frame of reference to locate the tab so this one was slightly more challenging to repair. I had to assemble and disassemble it half a dozen times to get everything right.
Marked the level of the dash trim and the location of the bolt hole on some masking tape
Made a new bracket
Glued in place and clamped while the glue sets
To locate the hole for the bolt I reassembled it all and marked it through the hole in the dash trim
Drilled and snap nut installed
Right hand drive on the left, and left hand drive on the right for comparison
Installed back in the car
Dash back together
