Hi! Well... the trim in my car was horrible when o bought it... the coat was totally scrached... it appears someone tryed to take it off bvy scraching it.. HORRIBLE...
I couldn´t afford the all car arround trim so, as i have several polisher machines in my factory.. (we make bronze and steel table and floor lamps) i decided to polish all the coat trim of... It was hard but i finally got it polished...
Here in Uruguay nobody anodize the aluminium in bright finish so what i do is every time i wash and wax the car, i pay some atention to the trim and wax it too...
It´s not the show quality solution of course but the trim look good and an hour of dedication a month is not that bad either...
Bottom line, if you want to take the coat off, take the trim to a metal polish shop and then, if you dont want to anodize it again, keep an eye on the brightness of the metal polished... Mantain it to prevent the aluminium oxidize.