Sticky airbag covers and a question

CHADT

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Its been brutal hot here since I got the TJ a couple weeks ago so I haven't really had much motivation to get out and mess with it. I did notice the airbag covers had the famous sticky texture to them so I set about fixing that today. It was a partial success as I was able to remedy the steering wheel airbag cover by using goof off and a lot of wiping but the passenger side is going to require different measures as it just wanted to wipe the coating off the cover revealing the black plastic underneath.

How hard is that cover to remove for those that have done so in the past and is Khaki SEM paint the best route and match for a refinish on my interior?

Also I'm trying to determine if I'm missing a trim piece on the passenger side along the bottom edge of the tub where the jack tools seem to be. I see one on the driver side but i am not familiar enough yet with these to know for sure if its missing something or not.
 
My passenger side was so sticky and gross I was really questioning what was actually on there. My son wiped it about 100 times with rubbing alcohol and it did pretty good.

There is no matching trim piece for the passenger side as there is on the drivers. The trim piece near the bottom front of the drivers door hides a wiring harness that goes to the rear of the tub.
 
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My passenger side was so sticky and gross I was really questioning what was actually on there. My son wiped it about 100 times with rubbing alcohol and it did pretty good.

There is no matching trim piece for the passenger side as there is on the drivers. The trim piece near the bottom front of the drivers door hides a wiring harness that goes to the rear of the tub.

Thank you I was figuring it may not be missing anything just wanted to be sure. I stopped wiping immediately when i saw it was actually removing the paint. Definitely going to strip that panel and refinish it
 
I just discovered this on my 97 SE too. Was scrubbing a stubborn black stain, only to find that I was rubbing the tan color off, and revealing the black underneath.

Did you remove and re-paint it?