I will try to take a better picture with my SLR tonight.
The product is called 3M scotchprint 1080(I also got it from metro restyling) I got 24"x60", the basic 12"x60" is good enought for those two trims. Another popular material from 3M is called Di-Noc mainly for carbon fiber looks which I am not a big fan of fake carbon fiber trims. I called 3M to get a sample set which they will send u a credit card size of sample of all their available colors and materials, the stain white color is very attractive.
I have a lot of question myself to the material such as if they hold up ok during the heat, reversible, color, material etc. I have seen more people using this now because they are a bit thinner than Di-Noc and a bit easier to apply. Also mainly, 1080 can be applied without 3M primer 94 which I feel the primer could mess up another surface permanently. Therefore, I decided to give it a try. The material I used is White Gloss Aluminium. I feel it's more matte and not as shiny glossy like the factory trim, if you put them together, you will notice right the way, kind of a regular silver color on a car paint. But it's the closest I can get.
I just did it 3 days ago, took me about 2 hours carefully removing everything, wrapping, reinstalling, and taking pictures. Didn't get a chance to have it sits under the sun, but i feel it will hold up okay because this particular part is pressed and sealed all the way around, the chance of it will lift is slim. I really like my black piano trim above the climate control, if you want to apply them, I would suggest you to go with brush aluminium because they are very standard on bimmer and benz. Wrap over the trim and extend as much of wrap as possible onto the back to minimize the chance of lifting or failing. Other than that, applying the film is very straight forward, you can also stretch the material a bit to make it fits to the shape of the trim. once eveything settles, apply a little bit of heat from heat gun or hair dryer to make it bonds to the surface a bit more. At the end, if you don't like it, remove it and everything goes back to original. Some recommend primer 94 to add a bit more adhesive power, but I am afriad to use it.
I plan on doing this on the side mirror covers which match the Audi RS lines' standard silver color side mirror on their models. And may be the shift trim plastic too.
Will post more picture after everything is done.
Tips: you must remove the door panel to get to this trim as there are screws on the back. Don't try to remove the window control like the service manual said. Be very accurate and careful when removing the door panel because those cheapy plastic holds the panel on the back, about 7-8 of them, worse case is you can order some spares from dealer like 1 dollar each. I was lucky that nothing broke on mine but I had many years of experience removing interior parts and trims.
Be very patient and don't force yourself if you can't get to. Post a picture and we can help you out.
P.S. didn't check grammar.
