My Aero was an '09 car and had a dash panel that was engine-turned alloy with a plasticised laminate/film surface finish to darken it. I often wondered whether you could peel the film layer off to get a bright metal finish - which I would have preferred (and which you may find easier to match).
Here's a left-field suggestion. In the early 90s I used to fit a black plastic radio blanking plate to my 'tuned' cars with a cut-out for 3x 52mm instrument dials. Since the digital toggle-through menu LCD display on an Aero is a pain, what about some analogue dials?
