Quick question

[HardcoreJunglist]

How do you get this switch out?!

Seriously, been at it for 20 minutes! I'm trying to get all the nasty coating off and this switch is holding me up. Looks like there is two bits to squeeze at the sides but they hardly go in at all. Car trim is the work of the devil!

 

[DomP182]

How do you get this switch out?!

Seriously, been at it for 20 minutes! I'm trying to get all the nasty coating off and this switch is holding me up. Looks like there is two bits to squeeze at the sides but they hardly go in at all. Car trim is the work of the devil!

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Just pops out

 

[HardcoreJunglist]

Nevermind, have done it now. Skinned my knuckle but it's off

 

[Bankrupt_drunk]

I remember having a similar fight with mine. When it did eventually pop out I was convinced I must have broken it.

 

[HardcoreJunglist]

It's horrible stuff to try and get off! Like a sprayed on glue / rubber coating. I've soaked in 'elbow grease' and given it a lot of my own elbow grease and a lot of scratching with my thumb nail. Hands are like prunes. Some of it is stubborn AF. Probably should have just bought new. The centre dash will be a nightmare. I might just have all of that flocked. I was looking and found these - https://www.flock-speed.co.uk/
Looks good.

 

[Bankrupt_drunk]

I did the center dash with IPA (not the beer).
It takes some scrubbing, and you need to be careful you dont use anything too abrasive as the blue sparkly paint underneath is not that hard.
Also mask off the rest of the dash as the IPA will take the shine off the plastics.
Very hot water and a degreaser (dishwasher tablet) will also work on the handles
But i found this stuff did the job.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00WLAS9W8/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[rosco454]

Scrape the sticky crap off with an old bank card or similar then take whats left off with elbow grease spray cleaner on a microfibre cloth. Its a bit tedious but much better than soaking in water etc.

 

[Martin_172]

Better just going to the scrappy and getting a pair of non rs door handles, cost you about £3

 

[HardcoreJunglist]

Better just going to the scrappy and getting a pair of non rs door handles, cost you about £3

Looks like the best option for sure. I managed to get most of it off, and I'm going to try and get the rest off with Iso, but even then they will probably need keying, priming and painting. Would rather some hard plastic factory ones, were they all the same in all mk.2's?

 

[Bankrupt_drunk]

Yes they're all the same. If you're going to a breakers you can also get panels from the center console.

 

[Martin_172]

All the same as long as it's a car with electric mirrors with the space for the joystick but that's pretty obvious to spot lol

 

[HardcoreJunglist]

That's the one then. There's a couple local scrappers and a big one in Levenshulme. I'll go and see what I can find tomoz. Hopefully find a decent sub and amp too, bought some new door speakers and a head unit all Pioneer.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Soak the sticky rubber coated interior parts in Dettol overnight and the coating just dissolves.

Interior grab handles/switch surrounds

What are people doing with these to refresh them? Mine are awful, all worn and sticky, really lets the interior down. I imagine it's a common problem? Any pics with refreshed ones would be good, is anyone on the forum fixing these at the moment? Cheers!

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