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Gah!
At the risk of repeating myself, the beige... is... everywhere! At this point I was faced with beige lower front seat trims, rear console, rear air vents, and ash tray. I tried painting the lower seat plastics in 2 different ways, but neither look especially good. The rear console/air vent surround sprayed up OK, but it was still apparent that the surround itself was pretty battered underneath the fresh lick of paint.
While BMW's soft-touch plastics are aesthetically nice when brand new, they just don't hold up well in the long run. As painful as it was, I ordered a new rear console.
The front seat plastics (the trim around the controls) added up to a touch over £150 for both sides, just £15 short of what I paid for the interior itself! Yikes. Will scout around on eBay and at the breakers to get those, but the air vents I was - begrudgingly - happy to order new.
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