INTERIOR

It’s only natural for interiors to degrade over time; seats trimmed in natural fibres and stuffed with foam will naturally wear and break down, but you don’t need to panic about trying to find replacement OE Recaros for your XR or RS – or indeed obscure original seats for your L or GL – as Aldridge Trimming can restore your seats. Bases can be rebuilt, foam replaced, and even original-spec fabric sourced and cut to suit. Headlinings and doorcards can also be refreshed, parcel shelfs reshaped, and even the dreaded and oh-so-common cracked dash needn’t be cause for concern.

What’s far harder to deal with is the endless fiddly little trim clips and detail trim parts that just love to snap and break… although thankfully the situation’s a lot better than it once was. Companies such as retrofordinternational.com can supply a mind-boggling array of minutiae, from seat latches and parcel shelf strings to window winder caps and pedal rubbers, while companies like East Kent Trim can replace any of those perished and cracked window rubbers, door seals, and bumper inserts too. For the tiny clips that may prove harder to track down, it’s worth considering 3D-printing new ones. Yeggi.com is a 3D-printing search engine which may help you find the parts you need – they’ll give you the schematics to pass on to a local shop or online service that offers 3D-printing. Or if you can’t find the plans for the part you need but have a broken example of the item to use as a template, companies like 3dprint-uk. co.uk can help you design and print it from scratch.