With the inside of my Fabia looking rather dark I thought it'd be an idea to freshen it up by removing the headlining and replacing it with the standard (on other models) white trim.

This would of course require the pillar trim, grab handles, light console and seat belt trim. I imagine it would also cost a fair bit but think the trade-off would give me a more airy car (if that's the word)

Would I need to remove sections of the dash to get to the A pillar trim?

The other question of course is would anyone with white trim (classic/elegance) like to do a swap with my VR/s black headlining trim? this would save some dosh and also give someone else a change. BTW you'd need to be a non-smoker

Cheers

Des

I'd appreciate any thoughts.

my main concern would be re-sale value... but most peeps arent bothered by that sort of thing...

personally i wouldnt but its a personal thing.

If anybody even noticed at resale?

I know I would not...then again I miss a lot of things.

I prefer the black, then again had the white before, I would trade white carpet for black tomorrow, the headlining I prefer as black, but thats me...this is you...this might sound really silly....but get some paper and loosly gaffa it to the area above your head side etc...see how it feels.

IIRC Huck got his carpet repalced for 200 inc labour so it's not going to be that much anyway....tis my plan save trying to keep white white...bring on the mud :S

Stay with the black, less cleaning to do

I'd be inclined to stay with the black - but in my case it would be for night driving. I've always found it best to have as dark an interior as possible at night to avoid unwanted reflections etc., but maybe that's just me (he says with his light beige headlining and beige seats )

Stay with the black, less cleaning to do

I've always had white headlining and never had to clean it, it just never gets dirty, it's not as if you sit on it or get a muddy foot print on it - unless you get up to naughties in the backseat

I'm going to see exactly what's involved and get some pricing, I also noticed the tweeter grilles for the front doors will also need changing, so there's a fair amount of components to swap over.

I agree with colin - change the carpets but prefer the black headlining

or get a sunroof fitted ?