Recent content by beconway4

Damn, this is what I was afraid of... not the easy answer (or the way Toyota should have designed the piece to be removed given such crappy paint)... but excellent information as always harper7. That's a sick vehicle you've built for yourself. If you ever want to share pics of what you did to...

Hydro-dip is a solid option for sure, but wouldn't have the carbon texture (i.e. real effect) that you would get with the wrap. At the Di-Noc price point, I would just re-wrap it if it ever started looking like crap again. My trouble right now isn't whether to hydro-dip or wrap... it's how to...

I don't have a pic of my own door pull, but found one from someone else's thread. This is the part I'm trying to remove without breaking so I can wrap it. It really would look so much better with silver or graphite carbon fiber on it, and protected too.

That 3M DI-NOC looks really good. Cheap too. Think I'm going to do it. Anyone have advice on how to remove the silver door pulls, console, steering wheel parts? Are they easy to pop off without breaking (that would suck)? Any releases to look for? Thanks in advance, helpful stuff guys.

Hydro-dipping seems like the right answer. To hell if I'm paying $2700 for replacements that will only scratch over again. Anyone know the best way to remove the trim pieces without breaking clips/fasteners? I'm mostly interested in doing the door handles, but would consider color matching the...

RickC5 - i looked into some of the after-market trim kits. Even the biggest kits cover every bit of plastic EXCEPT the problematic door handle.

Drives me nuts too. For the life of me, I can't understand why Toyota persists to use this crappy material for 5 years running. I just bought a lightly used 2011 Limited after test driving 5 before it ranging from 2010-2013. Every single vehicle I looked at showed visible scratches on at least...