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After placing my order the other day, I started to look to see if there were any pictures of the wood trim finishers. I currently have the Khaki on Rough Cut Walnut on order, but it seems that the photos dont match up with the online builder. Does anyone have photos of the wood trim options in real life?
In a related question, who finds either the "Natural Smoked Dark Oak veneer" or the "Rough-cut Walnut veneer" finishers to look as good as anticipated/hoped? In my opinion, when seen in person, the Dark Oak looks nearly black and you can barely seen any "grain" and the "Rough Cut Walnut" looks to faux wood for my tastes. Bad fake wood is worse in my opinion than just simple plastic trim.
I've ordered an X so I don't have a choice to go with the "ebony" trim in other models. I'm hoping the aftermarket may come to the rescue and offer REAL wood replacement parts.
I like the dark oak in mine, but I didn't have any expectations since mine wasn't a pre-order. I think it blends nicely with the rest of the colors in my interior and it contributed to love at first sight when I saw the vehicle sitting on the showroom floor. The trim does feel super cheap though if you tap on it!
I’ve not received my 110 yet, but I made the sales manager find the little 4x6-ish chunks of representative wood at the dealership before I ordered. I thought I wanted the darker one, based on the internet pix that show the walnut looking so orange. At least on the sample I saw, it didn’t look anything like the orangeness of the pictures, including DSAllean’s up above, and was also much darker. And the oak also looked darker than the pictures. I confirmed that the labels were what I was looking for.
That said, maybe the samples are wrong, and in real life it looks like the pictures. If so, I’ll remove mine and refinish it or have it refinished to a shade I prefer. But if it looks like the Rough Cut Walnut sample at dealerships, I’ll love it.
I have a Dynamic HSE with Khaki leather and black robustek (or whatever the black surrounds are called). Ordered the rough cut wood finisher and love it. It’s not at all orange like in the pictures. Just the right accent for the interior in my opinion. I don’t have any pictures of my interior but can try and take some to upload. I spec’d mine at the dealer and ordered exactly what I wanted, and if I were to do it again I’d definitely get the wood finishers.
I spec’d mine at the dealer and ordered exactly what I wanted, and if I were to do it again I’d definitely get the wood finishers.
Good to hear; I agonized over the “wood or no wood” and the “which wood” questions and even started a thread on here back in March before ordering the rough cut finally, after seeing a sample. But I still haven’t seen it inside a Defender.
I figured it looks like it comes off easily enough, so I can swap it for the non-wood or refinish it if I don’t like it, so worth taking a chance on.
Good to hear; I agonized over the “wood or no wood” and the “which wood” questions and even started a thread on here back in March before ordering the rough cut finally, after seeing a sample. But I still haven’t seen it inside a Defender.
I figured it looks like it comes off easily enough, so I can swap it for the non-wood or refinish it if I don’t like it, so worth taking a chance on.
I think it adds a nice touch. I am glad I did it. Walnut is one of my favorite woods to work with. I also thought that if I don't like it I can refinish it or make some replacement pieces myself as I am a woodworker. Also thought that someone creative might come along and make some aftermarket wood replacements that look really nice if I don't like mine. It does look simple to remove but I haven't tried.