Regina Harris Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hello: My son recently purchased a 2003 Toyota Matrix as his first car. Overall, the car was not in bad shape. There are a couple of items that need attention, but I feel he chose well. This may seem odd, but one thing I'd like to do for him is to find a way to touch-up his interior trim. If you look at the attached pictures, you can see that some of the silver trim in his car has become worn to where the black underneath now shows. Here's the question: is there a way to touch up these worn spots as opposed to replacing the entire blooming trim pieces? I'm wondering about something you can brush on, like plastikote? Yup, call me a crazy mom. TIA for any suggestions or thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyota Owners Club Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hi Regina...welcome to the Forum I would be tempted to either buy some used parts in better condition or as you say, respray them with plasticote, but not sure you will get an exact colour match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdy Dreimanis Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Vinyl wrap. See Youtube for ideas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyota Owners Club Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 6:56 AM, Valdy Dreimanis said: Vinyl wrap. See Youtube for ideas. Good idea Valdy Dreimanis....hadn't thought of that one, plenty of different finishes as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regina Harris Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Thank you so much for the response. It does look pretty easy, so long as we can get the trim pieces off. For anyone in the future who is wondering about this, here are a couple of links to YouTube to give you an idea. https://youtu.be/eVNpVQ1wBvY https://youtu.be/u3TYSzDsZZA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyota Owners Club Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thanks for the YouTube links Regina...very useful as I am also thinking of wrapping some interior trim panels and wouldn't have known how to go about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regina Harris Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Not a problem. A little more video watching has shown me that you can still cover those pieces that you can't get off. I will supply an example link: https://youtu.be/J4Py4i7TBAk While I don't think I would ever actually drag my tool across in order to push the edges in, I think this could work for a couple of spots I have in mind. Good luck in your project. If I get mine done... it'll nave to wait until summer for me...I'll try to post some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N O X O R Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I've done something with spray paint that looked clean enough for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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