Right, anyway, I've got the correct (I hope) tool to undo those seat base bolts to swap things over to finish the seat install fully. I'm finding that the Peugeot seats make me so much more comfortable, the steering wheel is no longer an issue so even though I'd like a single-spoke wheel it's likely not going to happen as it doesn't have to. Hopefully that puts that particular discussion to bed now.
In other news, I painted two of the Synergie trims silver and put them on the car and then found I really didn't like them at all. A bit disappointed and surprised about that, when they were a little bit battered and silver they looked okay but repainted they just looked wrong somehow. Anyway, I repainted them white and that looks far better.
I didn't use Halfords paints for this job as it would have cost me a tin per trim, which was more than I really wanted to spend. Instead I used some good quality generic white which sometimes looks just a smidge too bright. If they don't mellow down I'll get a tin of Halfords' white to give all four a final top coat as I know the match is really good to the paint on the car. The other thing I need to do is re-black the 'vents' on the trims, like so:
What's surprised me is how many people like the wheel trims white, I was expecting to be in a party of one with this choice. I wonder if it's because I've been quite strict about the black and white colour scheme on the car that makes them look like they belong, the only exterior colour I can't really delete is the red lights and the yellow rear plate. I had considered fitting the clear top rear lights but they run the risk of looking too aftermarket and the indicators in them are not as visible as in the type I've got fitted.
Inside the car there's some plastic trims that I want to unify, colour wise, and I'd like to retrim the scruffy headlining in white. In fact, the interior is the only place I'll deviate from a strict black and white code, the use of some grey will help keep things looking more factory and cost less as there will be less items to replace that way.
It's nice that the car feels so sorted that I can consider niceties like this and that those Peugeot seats have made such a difference to comfort that I no longer dread driving this car.
