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Hey, I’ve espresso brown interior with iridium silver. I’m a bit torn between getting the carbon fiber trim or designo black flame open pore ash. Carbon fiber seems to be a bit overdone on an suv like g-wagon but I like the steering wheel (no open pore ash wood option for steering wheel rim). I’m very much aligning towards keeping open pore ash vs carbon fiber, however, would be best to hear y’all opinion.
What do you think, a or b?
a)keep VA1
b) update to carbon fiber ZG6
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Got similar config (has open pore wood with espresso, as in pic)
What do you think, a or b?
a)keep VA1
b) update to carbon fiber ZG6
Thanks!
Got similar config (has open pore wood with espresso, as in pic)
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ZG6 has the alcantara which is a negative for me. Have it specd on my car now but am going to change it to the all leather wheel. May have carbon added to leather wheel later. not sure.
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I’ve had both in prior AMG models. The open pour ash actually looked cheap on the larger flat surfaces in my wife’s C45. Her new GLC63 went with carbon fiber and looks elegant.
Depends if you want a luxuary look or rustic.
Depends if you want a luxuary look or rustic.
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We had a tough time deciding this as well. We went with espresso brown, black piano lacquer, and the L6K steering wheel. Tough time deciding between the black and silver exterior but ultimately went with black. I thought the piano lacquer blended nicely with the other gloss black plastics around the center console and dash. Personally thought with the two tone espresso brown/black interior, adding another contrasting material might look a little too loud. Really depends on your preferences because I think all would look great. I also, semi reluctantly went with the L6K steering wheel for one reason: it's the only steering wheel where the center airbag is covered in leather. If you look closely, all the others still have a plastic material airbag cover.
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We had a tough time deciding this as well. We went with espresso brown, black piano lacquer, and the L6K steering wheel. Tough time deciding between the black and silver exterior but ultimately went with black. I thought the piano lacquer blended nicely with the other gloss black plastics around the center console and dash. Personally thought with the two tone espresso brown/black interior, adding another contrasting material might look a little too loud. Really depends on your preferences because I think all would look great. I also, semi reluctantly went with the L6K steering wheel for one reason: it's the only steering wheel where the center airbag is covered in leather. If you look closely, all the others still have a plastic material airbag cover.
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That is good intel on the steering wheel. I didnt notice that. Would love to see photos of all the steering wheels
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We had a tough time deciding this as well. We went with espresso brown, black piano lacquer, and the L6K steering wheel. Tough time deciding between the black and silver exterior but ultimately went with black. I thought the piano lacquer blended nicely with the other gloss black plastics around the center console and dash. Personally thought with the two tone espresso brown/black interior, adding another contrasting material might look a little too loud. Really depends on your preferences because I think all would look great. I also, semi reluctantly went with the L6K steering wheel for one reason: it's the only steering wheel where the center airbag is covered in leather. If you look closely, all the others still have a plastic material airbag cover.
I now think open pore ash is definitely a go as it’d match with silver exterior nicely...
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this s-class coupe has L6K steering..I’m also adding it
L6K AMG STEERING WHEEL NAPPA LEATHER / MICROFIBER
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Originally Posted by Festertester
https://makansi.de/?car-listing=merc...-night-edition
this s-class coupe has L6K steering..I’m also adding it
L6K AMG STEERING WHEEL NAPPA LEATHER / MICROFIBER
this s-class coupe has L6K steering..I’m also adding it
L6K AMG STEERING WHEEL NAPPA LEATHER / MICROFIBER
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I would vote for the designo black flame open pore ash, I ordered it on my wife's 2019 G550 and I just put in my order for my black matte 2019 G550.
Carbon Fiber is shiny and in my option, way over done. It used to be cool, but now, again, in my opinion, it's not.
Carbon Fiber is shiny and in my option, way over done. It used to be cool, but now, again, in my opinion, it's not.
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Originally Posted by Sarlox
I would vote for the designo black flame open pore ash, I ordered it on my wife's 2019 G550 and I just put in my order for my black matte 2019 G550.
Carbon Fiber is shiny and in my option, way over done. It used to be cool, but now, again, in my opinion, it's not.
Carbon Fiber is shiny and in my option, way over done. It used to be cool, but now, again, in my opinion, it's not.
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From this picture it looks like the L6K isn't covered in leather after all on the G. This is a friends friends g63 he just got. Very strange that the same code on the S class where it is covered and the g class DOG shows it covered.
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MBUSA build configurator is finally up and it shows the L6K steering wheel covered in leather...but I've seen a few online now and they're not. Wondering if the new/current builds will have them.
http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1e3329d7
http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1e3329d7
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That’s what I was worried about. If that’s the case, I’d rather keep standard wheel. When are you expected to get yours?
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Not a fan of black pore ashe personally. CF is nice but I only like them in my sports car. I got piano black on my current g63 so I switched it up to the metal weave for the new order. Haven't seen it yet tho. No one likes it here?
Good find on the airbags. IIRC, on all the S-classes, the airbag is dependent on whether if you get exclusive pkg or not. At least the stitching for sure and well, if they have to use the stitching, it's going to be leather. Only thing that's odd is all ED1 are plastic.
Good find on the airbags. IIRC, on all the S-classes, the airbag is dependent on whether if you get exclusive pkg or not. At least the stitching for sure and well, if they have to use the stitching, it's going to be leather. Only thing that's odd is all ED1 are plastic.
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Not a fan of black pore ashe personally. CF is nice but I only like them in my sports car. I got piano black on my current g63 so I switched it up to the metal weave for the new order. Haven't seen it yet tho. No one likes it here?
Good find on the airbags. IIRC, on all the S-classes, the airbag is dependent on whether if you get exclusive pkg or not. At least the stitching for sure and well, if they have to use the stitching, it's going to be leather. Only thing that's odd is all ED1 are plastic.
Good find on the airbags. IIRC, on all the S-classes, the airbag is dependent on whether if you get exclusive pkg or not. At least the stitching for sure and well, if they have to use the stitching, it's going to be leather. Only thing that's odd is all ED1 are plastic.
re steering wheel, I’m disappointed that MB isn’t including stitched leather on the airbag cover and I really think dinamica/alcantera is for sports cars so I’m definitely going back to standard amg steering. If I get piano black, I would’ve gone for Plano black accent steering wheel..
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I have piano black in my 2015 G550. It's super shiny, and as interior designers will tell you........gloss = cheap look. Gloss is out. That's what matte paints are coming back (or at least satins). For interiors of homes, even flat paint for kitchen cabinets is the new trend.
We got the designo black ash in both our 2019 G550s and it's great.
Also piano black shows everything: dust, finger prints, etc. It's almost impossible to keep clean and fresh looking.
Just my 2 cents. It's all beautiful......
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