458 Italia - rear side trim interior panel

Hard to see with the reflection, but do you mean this piece sticking up? I tried to push it into place but obviously wasn’t successful…
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The trim piece has been that way since I bought the car (2nd owner). I tried pushing it down but it refuses to cooperate. I’ve learned to live with it. Maybe an auto interior shop might be able to put it back in place.

 

This will be hard to explain but, I fixed my panels so they fit flush. I cut the plastic on the bend not all the way through but about 2/3 so I could ‘bend’ the piece down enough for it to fit flush, maybe a 1/4 of an inch or so. One side needed a little more ‘bend’ to it; I used wire to adjust and hold the ‘bend’. A little trial and error might be needed to get the appropriate angle/bend; after angle/bend is set then I applied fiber glass cloth and resin to the area (should sand the area under the FG) to hold the ‘bend’, after the FG is set up remove wire holding the bend. Has worked so far after ten years.

Another possible way would be to apply some heat to the plastic and bend it down to desired position. This way seemed a little risky on the leather but if you are careful this might work also.

Hope that explanation is understandable and helps. good luck.

 

I think this is a common problem I have seen others this way. And I don’t think they were intended to be misaligned. Good luck on the fix and be careful as you probably know the parts are probably hard to source if you mess up, haha