Panel drivers side under steering wheel

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:29 pm

What colour is it originally?

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:54 pm

Get it very clean first. Low foaming interior shampoo and a fine brush. No point putting restoring gloop over dirt.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:55 pm

iv got a pretty mint one for sale but i cant remember if its grey or black, i can go look.

that back to black trim stuff works wonders

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:05 pm

I swore not to replace mine after it fell down and jammed my foot on the accelerator....

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:14 pm

Are they still available from the dealer and how much does anybody know ?

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:40 pm

Oh right.

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:53 pm

Morat wrote:I swore not to replace mine after it fell down and jammed my foot on the accelerator....

wait til you see the ghetto method im using to hold mine up....

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:21 pm

Morat wrote:I swore not to replace mine after it fell down and jammed my foot on the accelerator....

No officer I wasn't speeding. My foot was jammed

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:14 pm

Morat wrote:I swore not to replace mine after it fell down and jammed my foot on the accelerator....

+1 mine did exactly the same. Very shortly before taking a trip out the drivers side window

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:14 pm

I have one on ebay for sale it's grey and in good condition if anyone needs one

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:29 pm

I simply sprayed painted mine with vinyl spray paint, looks brand new.

Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:45 pm

I would have thought some decent interior trim detailer like Meguires

Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:14 pm

Morat wrote:I swore not to replace mine after it fell down and jammed my foot on the accelerator....

this fella at work,a supposed e30 entheusiast- anyway i had drive of his car, put foot on clutch and the panel caught my foot

... so i said hang about... and the panel was in neither of the fittngs that hold it up, i showed him, and he said i wondered what that that spinny plastic clip on the column was for

Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:16 pm

im pretty sure some of these were grey , some were black, so they shouldnt all be the same ?

Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:18 pm

Gavla wrote:I simply sprayed painted mine with vinyl spray paint, looks brand new.

hows that stuff go on. do yu primer it ? how easily is it scratched/marked or not ? got ny pics of it ? and a link to the paint used ?