I was not able to find an '03 Monte Pace Car I could afford, but I'm VERY happy with the Monte I ended with. Though, I have felt it needs a little something to set it apart on the interior (as almost EVERY Monte I see has a full black interior). So I've been after a couple of Pace Car interior parts (I was lucky enough to nab a Pace Car steering wheel).
I recently got an idea from someone on the Monte Carlo forum who wanted some black pieces to swap into tan interior (giving a two-tone effect). I found GM made a Pewter interior option for the Monte. So I went searching for the Pewter door handle bezels and speaker grills. I found I could order them brand new pretty easily. They just arrived today and they are a dead on MATCH for the Pace Car wheel!!
Here are the pieces (and the wheel I got a month or so ago):
The original rear desk (sorry, no pics of the original door before I swapped the pieces):
And now with the pieces installed:
I am waiting until I can get together with a friend of mine who used to do air bag service to swap the wheel (he has all the tools to remove the bag and the wheel safely to install the Pace Car wheel). Here's how things are looking so far:
FYI - I damaged the original rear speaker grills on removal. I am not sure anything would have prevented it, the plastic was so thin and brittle. It would have been better had I waited for the car to be cooler (and not blazing hot from sitting in the sun). Many tabs broke, and one took some chipping on the edge.
