I finally managed to get the radio/cd out of the dash (no thanks to the local helpfull Ford garage) in preperation for spraying the central fascia surround which was badly scratched when i bought the car. A tin of alloy spray from Halfords and what a difference. I made sure that it had a couple of coats of primer, rubbed down between each coat and three layers of paint. It looks really proffessional (even though i say so myself), that good in fact that i took the two side air vents out and sprayed their surrounds as well.