VRS gloss black inserts

[vrs777]

Has anyone changed their silver inserts to gloss black. Or sprayed, wrapped them?. If so have you got any pictures?

[Nick P]

I have them on mine.

[mark_eire]

Looks great Nick, is the mfsw fully functional?

[Nick P]

Yup, works a treat.

[vwdan1986]

if you wrapped them you nan always remove it if you get fed up with it. would be better than spraying. i think

[mark_eire]

I couldn't get bored of that gloss paint, looks so much better than the cheap silver imo

[Nick P]

Actually the only painted part on mine is the mfd surround. The rest are L&K OEM parts. Interestingly the painted mfd surround is slightly better than the L&K bits - it's deeper and glossier - the guy did a brilliant job of it.

[vrs777]

Cheers Nick, it looks great. My only concern was whether it looks right with the light coloured bits on the seats. I know the fake Ali trim in them now looks a bit cheap but it goes well with the seats. I need to spray my drivers door one as it has scratch marks in from previous owner and I'm unsure if I should go silver or do the whole lot in gloss black.

[vrs777]

Nick, you need a fl hazard switch for the dark theme you have going on, a nice finishing touch to a classy cabin.

[countryboy]

Yes, my L&K has those bits in it, piano black is the name for the colour.

Ian

[Nick P]

Nick, you need a fl hazard switch for the dark theme you have going on, a nice finishing touch to a classy cabin.

Great idea! I hadn't thought of that. I'll order one. Ta.

[vrs777]

I was thinking about one too if i went for gloss black, I think I will, i can always spray them silver again if I don't like it. I'll post some pics if I do it on this thread. (off to buy some gloss black.. hehe)

[Nick P]

If I was doing it myself without swapping to L&K parts I'd probably try wrapping. Definitely don't mask off and spray the door ones in situ. It doesn't look good.

[vrs777]

How do the door card ones come off?

[Nick P]

Take the door card off and cut the plastic rivets from the back of the trims with a knife. It's somewhat time consuming to get all four done, but it's the right way to do it. I think someone else on here - Carl possibly? vinyled them in situ and it looked alright. Just don't spray them in situ.

[vrs777]

Oh I may get them vinyl wrapped then probably easier.

[D@z]

I have them on mine.

Looks great Nick, I think the steering wheel badge spoils it though

[blackspaven]

Nick, you need a fl hazard switch for the dark theme you have going on, a nice finishing touch to a classy cabin.

Yeah, never noticed that. Might have to scour the scrap yards now the fl has been out a few years. Cool subtle mod!

[MRFIXIT]

Ironic that is a vw badge surprised you kept it in or do we like winding up vag owners (badge snobbery) loving the inserts I went for the dark wood insert as the silver was likely to scratch and show crappy black plastic after a few months ; )

[Nick P]

Please try and use punctuation.

[lionyo]

I have them on mine.

That steering wheel looks awesome how hard was it to change the steering wheel?

Is it a case of plug and play for the Multi function steering wheel to work? Mine is a non multi function steering wheel and have retrofitted MFD2 sat nav!

Edited 13 May, 2012 by lionyo

[rob_e]

I have them on mine.

Is that a volkswagen?

:p

[Nick P]

That steering wheel looks awesome how hard was it to change the steering wheel?

Is it a case of plug and play for the Multi function steering wheel to work? Mine is a non multi function steering wheel and have retrofitted MFD2 sat nav!

It's pretty easy to fit. You need a 1K0 953 549 CH controller. My car already had a 1K0 959 653 C slip ring and 1K0 953 513 G cruise control stalk

Is that a volkswagen?

No, it's much nicer

[Brimma]

Great look, Nick - I prefer gold for obvious reasons, but piano black is a good second best

The comments about the VW badge on the wheel get so tiresome

[ckracer76]

Nick where did you have your interior parts painted? My local spray shop tried to paint the basic black Columbus radio surround (from a Scout £5.52 from Skoda dealer) for my vRS and made a right mess. They had used automotive car paint and it was so bad they didn't charge me. Yours looks factory.

I have them on mine.