I decided to overlay my 'fish scale' interior trim with black ultra suede to put a new touch on my interior. Plenty people have done this mod in the past, but I figured I would take some pics and write it up as I went along.

Realistically you will be able to tell well in advance if you are able to do this by just knowing if you can wrap a Christmas present. If you can't wrap a box with wrapping paper, please don't try to wrap your trim. This requires more patience and much more attention to detail. If you have your wife or mom wrap all of the presents each year, then you should try to get them to do this too..haha

SUPPLIES - The supplies are easy. You need the ultra suede from a fabric store - I got some from JoAnn Fabrics - 1/4 yard @ $22/yard. Realistically you should buy at least a half of a yard - a quarter of a yard was cutting it very close. You will also need some spray adhesive. I used some Elmer's brand, but most people would probably recommend 3M or something similar. All of the other supplies are just basic hand tools and a panel tool.

Here is the goal - black ultra suede trim:

Start with the inside edge

Move towards the outside edge

At the end slide the trim towards the door hinge. If you do not do it this way, you will brake the end tab. Then, each time you close the door the trim may fall off... I learned this the hard way when I did the Turbo Timer Companion Install

After you get each of the door panel trim pieces off, you can move the the trim along the dash. To remove the dash trim, you have to first remove the driver's side kick panel.

First remove the fuse panel cover on the driver's side of the vehicle

You can do this by simply inserting your key into the slot and prying it off

Next remove the 8mm bolt on the side of the panel

Please, no comments on the air fresheners. Only the top one is new.

After the bottom two screws are out, pull the panel at the upper trim to disconnect it

Just lay it on the floor on the driver's side. No need to disconnect anything else with the kick panel.

Next remove the two bolts that are behind the radio trim. One is shown in the pic on the left. The other bolt is in the same spot but on the other side of the radio

The last screw holding the trim on is located next to the steering column:

After you have removed those four bolts, the trim will just pop right out.

If you have a quattro, there is a quattro badge located on the right trim. Chances are you will not want to cover over the badge when you overlay the ultra suede so you will need to remove it from the trim before you overlay it. Then you can put it back on top of the ultra suede when you are done

The Quattro badge is held in by three plastic tabs:

That is all there is to do with the right trim...

Now we will move onto the trim to the left of the steering wheel.

First you have to remove the headlight switch. To do this, you push in on the face of the headlight switch and turn it about an 1/8th of a turn clockwise. You then pull it towards you and it will slide out of the dash.

Disconnect the wiring harness to the light switch

The left trim is held in by four screws. Two are circled in the picture to the left, and one is located just to the left of the steering column (arrow is pointing to the third screw's approximate location)

These are the two door trim pieces I started with

Since I like to keep all of my mods reversible, I decide to overlay the ultra suede on top of painters tape. I think this is an excellent idea so I highly recommend you do this as well.

I neatly laid down two layers of painters tape on the trim - once again, if you can't get the painter's tape to lay flat, you probably shouldn't even try the ultra suede

If nothing else, the painter's tape should be practice for the suede.

Next cut the piece of ultra suede to the approximate length and width.

I would recommend leaving plenty of extra around the edges as it will make it easier to wrap the pieces. You can always trim it later

Next I applied the spray adhesive to the panel covered in painters tape. This picture has the glue on it already, but you can't really tell since the glue is more or less clear

The first thing I did was lay the ultra suede out and flatten down the suede on the face of the trim. The face is by far the easiest.

I just pressed it on and ran my finger down it to make sure there were no wrinkles, etc

When you are done, everything should lay smooth and the corners should be sharp.

Here are the two trim pieces when they were done

You repeat this process for all of the parts. By the time you get to the last piece, you will be a pro. To re-apply the quattro badge, I just used the same spray adhesive and stuck it back in place.

When you are done, you can reinstall all of the parts: