I am not good at anything mechanical, but this is an easy replacement. I bent the arm of my E-brake handle to work with the new console. The downside is I feel like you can not grab it normally, ie, the back of your hand facing to the passenger side (North America) So I have to turn my wrist 180* and have the back of my hand towards me to disengage the ebrake. Different story to engage...you can engage the thumb lever and put it down and extend your thumb until it is completely disengaged. This manuever is not possible when engaging the ebrake. I hope this makes sense. It is an easy mod and soooo worth it. Apparently in Europe they do not use cupholders as commonly as we do here. I think the black would look fine with grey interior. You will not regret having your cups to your side rather than cleaning crap out of your stereo buttons every couple of months when you spill stuff. Good luck