Latest Update:
My 135i, like almost everyone elses with a significant amount of use, had the common steering wheel trim peeling issue. I hated seeing my car damaged, and thought that the underlying plastic wasn't a bad look. So I spent probably 4 hours peeling away the coating with my finger nails and finally got it all cleaned up, cleaned the residue away with some goo gone and polished it with a mild plastic polish. This was the outcome:
Then literally less than 24 hours later, I spotted a piece of overlayed carbon fiber trim listed for an E90/E92 on ebay with a small imperfection for $60 bucks. The carbon fiber was a little scuffed under the clear coat at the very bottom of the piece. It was real carbon fiber overlaid on a stock piece and quite well done really other than the imperfection. I just threw up a bid for $61 bucks not at all expecting to win it, but I ended up winning anyways. So 4 hours work for nothing haha. Installed it today:
