Tell me about it! I refurbished the entire plastics on my IT175G project (which incidentally is almost done, only taken 18 months). What a job. Sure they look pretty good now, but that is a painful, slow, frustrating, painful, boring, arduous and did I mention, painful, job...
In the absence of first hand evidence, I am thinking to try the 250G sidecovers from VMX Racing. Soon too, given our exchange rate. I'll report back if I do.