Mine had little burn marks from the dirty girl who owned it before me.
I tried an automotive adhesive called "amazing" but it stopped adhering about 5 months later, better to buy new pillar covers in my case. 3M makes great adhesives, good luck. I just got the gray lower skirts painted on my white ti and it came out great but I still like the look of "all white" on this model. I also have the most basic of models, I guess. No sun-roof, no Fog lamps ( which looks cool as sh**) So many little projects to do on this 96, yours looks awesome!