Thought I'd post a couple of small cosmetic mods I was happy with.
Painted the license plate surround. The little black TV always bugged me. Nobody wanted to do it for me, they said paint wouldn't stick, would come out a different color, etc.
I picked one up at the boneyard for $20, primered it, (roughed up the surface and used white plastic primer) masked the fogs off, and absolved the body shop of any responsibility for how it came out, I had them spray it when I had the front bumper redone. I think it came out great, and the paint is def stuck on there. I have the original black one if I change my mind. Oh, yeah, and I also covered the little vertical pillars in the mesh area by the tailpipes with black vinyl just to simplify the busy buttski a little more.
Also, the silver plate on my gear selector looked pretty scratchy. Disassembled selector and popped the plate off thinking I'd sand it to a brushed finish, but had a WFT why not idea and sprayed it with bedliner in a can from autozone.
And it actually came out great. The black finish blends with the factory carbon fiber better, and it no longer needlessly draws/distracts your eye, the cabin seems way more cohesive with this simple mod. Also less obvious it's a slushbox, as that same silver plate is only on like fifty million passats and whatever.
I have neither the time nor the stones to gut my downpipes this weekend (nice job pat) but, well, I give you this.