$50 Fix for GM Garbage Shifter Trim

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Caditude

Discussion Starter · Apr 6, 2009

As some of you may have seen I inadvertantly scratched my shifter trim while installing a gauge. After seeing what GM thinks this part is worth I decided to explore other options. I found a company online willing to make me only the shifter trim portion of a stick on dash kit. I had it made out of real brushed aluminum to match the other dash pieces. Here is the final product.

Let me know your thoughts...

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atdeneve

· #2 · Apr 6, 2009

Me thinks you need a bigger picture.

814V

· #3 · Apr 7, 2009

me wants ur floor mats

ccextra1976

· #4 · Apr 7, 2009

814V said:
me wants ur floor mats

u clicky here:

http://www.lloydmats.com/

814V

· #5 · Apr 7, 2009

spank yoo

ccextra1976

· #6 · Apr 7, 2009

bery welcomz

SoJersey05V

· #7 · Apr 7, 2009

bigga pitchers pweeze

SoJersey05V

· #8 · Apr 7, 2009

or a link.

JimmyH

· #9 · Apr 7, 2009

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Caditude

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 7, 2009

I will try and upload some larger picture tonight.

Jimmy H - Mine does not look like what you posted. It looks identical to the texture on the steering wheel.

JimmyH

· #11 · Apr 7, 2009

sorry, that's a picture of my V, it's an inside joke for us old-timers

SkullV

· #12 · Apr 7, 2009

JimmyH said:
sorry, that's a picture of my V, it's an inside joke for us old-timers

Check out that SWEET steering wheel wrap!

AlmostAV

· #13 · Apr 7, 2009

I had a similar thing happen to that trim piece too. Being in the florida heat, it got all scratched up, the coating got soft and all mangled. it looked like ass. Instead of covering it tho, I got some magic eraser, and it just went at the trim with that. it took the coating off, so now its more of a rich black plastic instead of the dull rubber look. I like it, ill take some pics too.

soflarick

· #14 · Sep 19, 2010

The trim on my shifter bezel is peeling in the same fashion as mentioned here. How did the magic eraser method work out? Photo? The darn shifter is also starting to rotate on the shifter shaft, and I'm not shifting aggressively. Serious quality control issues GM.

The brushed aluminum trim piece looks nice. Do you have a link to the source?

(I know the thread's over a year old)

darkman

· #15 · Sep 19, 2010

JimmyH said:

Heads up everyone, this picture is an exclusive CadillacForums classic.

JimmyH

· #16 · Sep 19, 2010

:lol:

50 years from now that picture is still going to be making its rounds, isn't it?

Just google dash trim. There are hundreds of places online that sell it. But trust me, it looks HORRIBLE on the CTS. There are some cars those kits look really good on. My Pilot is an example. The wood applique looks very classy in the Pilot. In the CTS, it looks like cheap plastic.

MSOsr

· #17 · Sep 22, 2010

I can see a guy wearing MC Hammer pants driving that car..........

Mike

JimmyH

· #18 · Sep 23, 2010

I never wore parachute pants.

branland

· #19 · Sep 24, 2010

JimmyH said:
:lol:

50 years from now that picture is still going to be making its rounds, isn't it?

Just google dash trim. There are hundreds of places online that sell it. But trust me, it looks HORRIBLE on the CTS. There are some cars those kits look really good on. My Pilot is an example. The wood applique looks very classy in the Pilot. In the CTS, it looks like cheap plastic.

I have similar kit in my car. When I posted a picture of mine, it started a fire storm. Some suggested I should be banned, questioned my tasted, made references to Obama's caddy. I think that thread spawned the three separate sections of the forum that we have now.....

Glad I could help

JimmyH

· #20 · Sep 25, 2010

I doubt it. The general population here generally despises anything cosmetic.

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