When I got the car, you could notice there were sticky stains on the fascia and upon closer inspection, lots of the interior trim pieces were loose. There was some sort of goopy mastic that was used to hold/bond many of the anchor points onto the fascia trim and other bits and bobs, but after 20 years of sitting in the sun of over 100 degree summers, has melted and made a general mess of the interior. It's sticky and tacky, but not strong enough to hold those anchors points any more, so just generally annoying. In my quest to restore Rosie, I've been trying to clean it up and fix the trim anchor points so things stay together too and I made some progress, and discoveries when working on the center console.
You can see how goopy it was, just dribs and drabs everywhere.
I tried lots of things to clean it, but so far baby wipes have worked the best.
In order to clean the fascia and the vents, I took parts out to clean them. In the FED version we have a blank for what I imagine is the space for the rear fog lights control, and it looks like there is some wiring in place. What was really confusing me though is the wiring behind one of the blanks in the 'double blank' slot...
I guess there was also some holdover from the Ford Cortina partnership?
With the majority of the mastic removed, and the vents cleaned out, I was able to prep for epoxying some of the anchor points back to hold the console fascia in place.
And the result is that now the fascia is actually held back in place, flush with the dash, and I've at least gotten rid of the visible glue (still need to spruce it back up, but it is a start). And the fun bit is that while I love and am blown away by Elanlover's fascia remodel and GPS/infotainment integration upgrade, I had a slightly lower budget for comfort improvements right now. So my interim solution is that for $10 on Amazon I found a phone holder that normally clips on a vent. I was able to friction fit the vent clip 'base' into the gap for one of the switch blanks and with all my surplus HDPE lying around (yay tank fuel tank repair) I was able to easily make a custom blank cover to hide it. Now I have a phone mount that sits far enough back that my hand doesn't hit it during gear change, and I can always revert back to stock if something better comes along.
Next upgrade would be to think about a dedicated power supply lead instead of a cigar lighter insert. But maybe by 2022 when I have time to get around to it, everything will be inductive charging anyway that it will be one less wire to worry about.
BCN
but that only solves the larger ring, what about the smaller one?