Thread: Scratched multitronic gearlever surround

Ok guys, not as straightforward as I'd hoped for but I'll press on with trying to remove the surround to make a decent job of it. Thanks for the advice as always.

Blimey, it's worse than I had imagined. I think John is right - removing it will enable more intensive work to be done on it, without fear of damaging any of the surrounding trims (or having to extensively mask them off). Given that a lot of the nicks look to be quite deep, I think a machine polishing approach may be needed; either that, or a hell of a lot of elbow grease. A heavy cut metal polish like Blackfire Heavy Cut Metal Compound...

I’m not familiar with your surround or trim type, the plastic surround on my car has a metal ‘bead’ detail, this became damaged and dented, it only cost £30 or so to replace, if your trim is anything other than standard, i.e. piano black it will cost two to three times more.

I would look into finding out how you get the surround off. Your Audi service people should be able to advise you, or post up elsewhere on the forum. It's worth getting it off to do it properly. Autosol should provide some form of cut and you would then want to finish with a finishing metal polish like Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish. And if you've got a DA or rotary machine that would be even better, but looks as though it may take...