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2003 Matrix XR - Suggestions for Interior Touchups?


Regina Harris

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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.

 

 

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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

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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.

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