The front door of the cab had a metal strip on the top, that didn't QUITE fit under the new panel. I am at least going to paint the top of that black, but would really want something to close that gap. Possibly a piece of foam or something. Advice welcome.
+1 for painting the top black.
Some possibilities :
- try to find a thinner piece of metal that fits in there, double tape / glue it to the door. I would recommend double taping as this probably will leave a smaller gap than glue. Personally, I don't think that the metal look fits with the rest of the color scheme, so I would paint it black.
- try to find some black weather strip that fits, put it onto the door. There probably will be a slight color mismatch.
- find / make a strip of wood that fits, paint it black, double tape / glue it to the door. I would recommend double taping as this probably will leave a smaller gap than glue.
- if you've got some t-molding left, you could cut off the part that goes into the wood gap and double tape the rest onto the door. This probably will still leave you with a small gap. I would paint a strip of wood black and glue it to the inside of the door so that it stands a bit above the door's top edge, covering the gap from the inside. The gap between t-molding and CP will be there, but it will be black and hardly noticeable.
Last but not least : +1 for the red buttons. Having the buttons and the strips that go 'through' them in the same color just fits.
Oh, and one final suggestion : If you happen to have a spare dustwasher, I'd recommend having your vinyl guy print a piece of 'black starfield' and wrap the dustwasher in it, so that the joystick appears to emerge from the starfield. That way, the joysticks wouldn't stand out so much.
It would be totally awesome to also wrap the bat tops with the starfield, but that is probably asking too much.