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Wow... Pleasantly surprised at how this came out.
As long as you don't go overboard, I think it looks great.
I'm glad you didn't make the plastic around the shifter red, looks more tasteful in black.
Whether your car is an 03-05 or 06-08, this will give you an idea. The two screws inside the cubby in 06-08's are slightly different, but easy to figure out (just make sure to use a magnetic screwdriver or you'll lose the screws).
Once you get that out, the gauges come out with two more screws. If you want the black gauge surrounds off too, you'll have to pry them out, then glue them back in when you're done.
Yeah, the top bump I'm going to sand down to the aluminum so you can see the shift pattern, which should take that big tumorous bulge out. As far as the pitting, I don't know how to fix that other than a final spray with the aerosol PlastiDip. If you think it looks bad now, you should see how it started, lol.