The opening serves no purpose other than collecting dust. The piece stays tight with two sided tape, so you can't really take it out to clean the small area. Still worth it. Looks even better in person.
I just received the piece from Etsy that goes behind the rotary shifter in black with white lettering. I gave a bit of 303 for shine. For such a small trim piece, it really is a very nice touch.
As much as I do like it, I would prefer a solid piece without the opening.
I just came back from a custom muffler shop. I want to add tips. I prefer the straight out tip look but a no go with the stock muffler pipe angle unless I cut out part of the bumper cover or go with a performance exhaust set up. So I'm going with down facing tips and have a black chrome or black...
It is in the link.
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I'm concerned about a headlight or tail light assembly that someone had a problem with here or something like that issue. I didn't notice a deductible with it non deductible plan choice.
The Flowmax FX on a 1.5L does have a different tone than stock and seems a bit quieter which I like. I can't see the tip look in that video. I'll have to check on that.