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Since my car was built in 1992, the interior has aged quite a bit, especially the plastic dash pieces. The driver side door and the center armrest were scratched up and kind of sticky. At first i tried painting the pieces, but i could not get a nice smooth coat, so i gave up on that and decided to purchase 3M DiNoc carbon vinyl wrap instead. I spent a few hours this past weekend applying the wrap and am quite pleased with the results.

This is what the center armrest panel looked like before the wrap:


Here is the vinyl that i cut to size to apply to the piece:


Vinyl applied without any trimming:


Trimmed off all the excess vinyl. All that's left is to cut out the holes:


And this is what the finished product looks like:


Here's the backside of the piece. You can see that everything is trimmed to fit exactly like if i had painted it:


The key to getting the vinyl to wrap around curved areas and edges is to use heat:


Here's what i've done so far. I'm planning to do the center AC panel and also the main meter panel, but since they're not in as bad of a condition, i'm not in a rush.