Alternative Refurb for Steering Wheel Trim

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Having ordered a new wheel from Jack at Royal, thoughts turned to the rather tired looking chrome trims on the steering wheel itself and what could be done to either replace or refurbish them,

srhutch posted a rather excellent thread about plastidipping the black trim here: http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37962
However, I've never been a huge fan of plastidip itself and personally prefer the silver trim over black anyway so after a bit of searching found that 3M produce a wrap with a brushed aluminium effect and with a bit of trial and error found one that is a very close match to the aluminium trim on the Z4's dash/centre console. The part number/details of which can be seen here:
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_EU/3MGraphics/GraphicSolutions/Products/Catalogue/~/3M-Wrap-Film-1080-BR230-Brushed-Titanium-1-52-m-x-25-m-?N=3294576377&rt=d

As the only parts in the Z4 finished in chrome are the steering wheel/door handles, I took a stab at it keeping in mind wrapping is totally reversible and very inexpensive but was pleasantly surprised with the results. When placed directly side by side, the wrap is slightly darker in colour to the dash and in certain lights does appear a bit more metallic although when separated does match well indeed.
I took a few quick photos to show the result, apologies in advance for the rubbish camera although I suspect the issue is more to do with the organic bit pushing the button! :D

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Any thoughts would be welcome!
 
Cheers guys, I used an ebay seller in France in the end as they'd do just about any size you'd want, by memory I think the size was 30x75cm of which I bought two as I wasn't sure how much I'd need. (one would probably do in hindsight, however it's nice to have backup in case you mess up)
Regarding the cut to fit, I just took a section from the roll for each piece with plenty of spare around the edges before trimming it afterwards, heat guns are extremely useful here!
 
Tidy!
Might try this as my ally trim has been scratched up a bit by a jinglyjangly jimmysaville jewellery-wearing previous owner.
Oh that jimmy savile reference was possibly poor taste. :|
 
Chris_D said:
Tidy!
Might try this as my ally trim has been scratched up a bit by a jinglyjangly jimmysaville jewellery-wearing previous owner.
Oh that jimmy savile reference was possibly poor taste. :|
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yep - I always use a Bobby George analogy for that reason. :wink:

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I'm really liking that !

How did you manage to get the concave bits to sit so well? What tool were you using to get it flat ?
 
You'll have to take the pieces off for sure Marc, there's no way you'd get around the edges otherwise :thumbsup:
Kammy, a heat gun makes the world a difference when it comes to getting around the edges smoothly, I started with the concave sections first so the wrap wasn't stretched too much then worked out from there
 
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