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Last Saturday I picked up a very low mileage 2019 CX-5 Touring with the Preferred Package. Loving it so far. Anyway, last night I spent some time Googling replacement bezels for that awful piano black that surrounds the gear selector and the door lock/window controls on each door. I found some cheap looking stick on "covers" on Amazon but that's really the only thing I could find. I'd like to see photos if anyone has purchased these products or hear any feedback on other options if anyone cares to share.
I would be interested in hearing from others also. I think piano black has no place in the car,especially in high "touch" areas. I am meticulous about hands on with those areas, but it's literally impossible to avoid swirls and scratches. I am probably going to get the gearbox area and the door window button areas covered with PPF.
I bought the metal trim and hate it. It's real metal so it's hot, smudges worse and is harder to clean. I may replace it with the CF plastic trim or leave it as stock and try to polish it. I did see a wood trim somewhere but there was no hole for the sport mode switch. I haven't found any door switch trim to actually fit the touring models and up because the passenger door switch has two buttons and all of the aftermarket trims have a slot for only 1 button (for the Sport models). Since my switches are beat up badly I ordered replacement OEM switch covers and will put a coating/wax on those