Painting drivers switch pack trim

[Mikey-S]

I've attached a couple of photos of my trim, although they aren't very good and I'm away at the mo so I can't get any better photos. I've also attached a photo of a set of trims advertised here and on SRS. RustyDan still has these for sale, just wondered whether they would match??

[Adrian E]

Those ones are birds eye maple/platinum IIRC as was looking at buying them, so it depends what trim code your car carries as to whether they will suit. I have a feeling they were too light for mine and from memory they're from a pre-facelift, but I can't stress enough that whatever the interior trim code says for your car in the service book you will find a mix of grey plastic colours! The key is that they're all listed under the 2 letter trim code as going together, even if the colours don't match.....

Copied from somewhere else I posted this:

PR code - name of wood finish - name of door switch surround wood finish - lower trim colour options

5MG - burr walnut - nut brown switch trims with either soul/blues/swing/jazz/platinum/aqua/tango/twist

5ME - Vavona amber high gloss - Bernstein with blues/jazz/aqua/tango/twist OR amber wood with platinum

5MW - Dark Myrtle - myrtle with soul/swing/jazz/tango

5MX - light birds eye maple - birds eye maple with platinum/soul/blues/swing/aqua/twist

There's some better pics of those trims in this thread too:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5807&page=5

[Adrian E]

Oh yeah and I should also add it's not uncommon for the wrong PR code to be listed on Final Editions! Mine 'should' have Vavona from memory, but it never was.....

Yours looks like Myrtle for sure, but the lower trim colour I'm not so sure about so the 2 letter code (W-something) will tell us that

[Mikey-S]

Mine is 5ME as per the attached VIN sticker, but it's definitely not Amber. Looks like Dark Myrtle to me but I could be wrong!

[Adrian E]

WF = platinum, so that should be the shade of the lower trims at least!

Myrtle and platinum combo was never offered, so you either need to go for a contrasting door handle shell (noting the lack of availability for 'swing' which matches the door trim top colour!) or a different wood trim to match the lower handle shells you have.

Those 4 pdfs attached to one of my posts in the attached threads will give you the available options.

We could really do with some wood trim colour charts with examples lol

[Mikey-S]

Thanks for your help Adrian, much appreciated. I'll have a think about the best way to sort this.

[HPsauce]

That looks like the same combo I had on my PF (thread linked to earlier) but photos can be SO misleading. And you have lots of plastic, not leather (& alcantara).
If so, those panels (been around for AGES) would be fine.
Why not try a "sale or return" offer (pay the postage whatever) to see if the plastics match?

[Mikey-S]

For 50 quid it's worth the gamble. They can only be an improvement to what's on there now, and I was thinking if they were too lightly coloured I could possibly go over them with a 2k tinted lacquer.

[HPsauce]

Even if the plastics aren't a 100% match it won't matter. You have the lower shells anyway, which are the most visible bit. The sections attached to the panels are rarely seen, and are only against the "wood".
It will look so much better with "wood" around the switches.

[Mikey-S]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

Even if the plastics aren't a 100% match it won't matter. You have the lower shells anyway, which are the most visible bit. The sections attached to the panels are rarely seen, and are only against the "wood".
It will look so much better with "wood" around the switches.

Certainly can't look any worse!!