Interior trim mismatch - is this normal?

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Originally Posted by Adrian E

I saw a post on Pistonheads yesterday of someone using a mini machine polisher in a drill with some car polish/cutting compound to remove the minor imperfections on some interior wood trim, which might work on mine.

Remember this is not wood, that could be disastrous!
IIRC when I fitted my Vavona door switch panels they looked like a painted thin metal sheet folded over the plastic moulding.

I just touched up scratches with lacquer and re-painted the dark door switch holes with matt black paint (not very well ).

Another minor point to note is to be careful of the lugs when removing the lower sections, which you do first. This is to avoid cracks or breaks.
IIRC the rear door has 2 main lugs that catch on the door panel, on the front and rear "upright" edges (plus lugs that intersect with the upper section near the screw fixings). And there's a set of smaller lugs on the top edge that pop open easily.
So to remove those you prise out gently along the bottom and up the sides until it release those 3 sides, then pop out the top lugs and wiggle it out horizontally to disconnect from the upper section.
Note that the bottom edge has no lugs at all, it's just an easy place to get a tool in and work it round to the lugs on the sides.

The front lower sections are similar but a bit trickier. One of the "upright" lugs is larger than the other, so the smaller one needs popping out first. If you buy new ones you'll hopefully see which way round it is first.

Once the lower sections are out and the 2 screws then exposed are removed the upper sections wiggle out fairly easily.
They are retained with big lugs on the cabin side and smaller metal clips on the outer edge. The easiest way to get them out is to lift and release the outer edge first, just by pushing up from below using the handgrip. Once tilted inwards they pretty much lift straight out.