Really nothing wrong with the old one (I've seen 'em a thousand x's worse). Your struggle to remove the original proves this. I'd have just cleaned the original and wiped it down with a little Armor All. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" Doubtful the new, hard plastic edition is gonna stay in place for long, especially considering the minimal amount of adhesive applied. Don't look for solutions to problems that dont exist......
On my 9-5 -06 there is no black plastic under the soft plastic just a hole with some green connector deep down.
Really nothing wrong with the old one (I've seen 'em a thousand x's worse). Your struggle to remove the original proves this.
I'd have just cleaned the original and wiped it down with a little Armor All.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Doubtful the new, hard plastic edition is gonna stay in place for long, especially considering the minimal amount of adhesive applied.
Don't look for solutions to problems that dont exist......