Going to place an order for a ML. Trim 'H09 Brown Satin Ash' is that the open pore wood ?, is it easy to clean ? and is it easy to stain or stretch the wood ? Thanks

 

It is the open pore.

I don't have it in the ML (Anthracite Poplar), but do have open pore wood trim on my Volvo XC70. I've had that car for 4 years, and no issues with maintenance or durability in that car.

From what I've seen of the Brown Satin Ash, Benz has a more of a fine finish look to it. The Volvo's is very "open pore".

I love that look, and shows little to no smudging from fingers, etc. Wish I had it on the ML too.

 

Even though it's called "open pore," it still has a finish, just not a high gloss finish.

 

Yep, like rayuelo said, the Brown Satin Ash (BSA) is open pore. I'm ordering it for my MY13 ML550. When I first saw it, I didn't like it so much...I thought it made the cabin look kinda dull. But the shinny and rich Burl Wood made the cabin look brighter and more like a luxury car should. However, when I saw the BSA in an ML with a wrapped dash, I suddenly really liked it far over anything else.

I was lucky to find a local dealer who had it for me to looks at, since BSA is a special order item.

But when I saw it, I suddenly realized how well the MB-tex wrapped dash and the Brown Satin Ash go well together to create a luxurious look that looks more special than the shinny Burl or other wood trim. That actually, in comparison, the shinny wood makes the cabin look cheaper because it can look kinda 'plastically' or fake with that thick veneer of plastic coat. Whereas, the 'organic' or leather-like look of the wrapped dash with that beautiful stitching complements the natural look and feel in the BSA. And it looks undoubtedly like real wood.

I saw an ML63 with real leather covering the dash and the BSA trim and it was even more gorgeous. This convinced me to cough up another $3K to order the designo interior, which is offered for the first time in MY13 MLs that are not AMG.

On the other hand, like I said, I think an unwrapped dash makes the cabin look a little duller, so the shinny wood trims can give it a little class if you're not ordering the wrapped dash.

But bottom line, if you are ordering the BSA trim, order the $300 wrapped dash along with it. And if you're getting an ML550, it comes standard.

The AMG website actually has one of the best ways to compare trims with the wrapped dash: http://www.mbusa.com/amg/build/#/mod...tion-interior/

Below are some great closeup photos of the wrapped dash with the BSA trim. Ignore that brown seat covering...that hatch pattern is only available in European models. In real life, the brown leather dash in the US I don't think matches the BSA very well, since the brown leather wrapped dash has a red-ish tint, but you can get that only in the ML63. The wrapped dashed in other MLs with Brown/Black leather is black MT-tex. The Black or Beige/Black leather seats (or designo Porcelain) match best to BSA.

 

If you order designo leather in a non-AMG ML, you're getting the diamond quilted pattern. It is the same interior globally.

 

Hey! Is that the back of the new GL in the Comand screen I see in the second last photo?

 

Sorry, but I believe the diamond quilt seat pattern is not available in the U.S. Reportedly, it's because MBUSA doesn't think is suits our American tastes. Naturally, I disagree.

 

Yep. that the new GL. There are photos of it all over the web now. The front interior is identical to the ML.

 

Thank you everyone for the help, I appreciate it. For sure I am going to order open pore with the MB-tex wrapped dashboard. I hope the special order items doesn't delay my order for weeks or months, any thoughts if it could ?

 

UO9 MBTex dash was in short supply for a time, but don't know presently. With the way the just-in-time supply system works now, almost anything can cause a delay at any time!

 

YYZ: Why the Designo seats have two different patterns for AMG and other. I love the diamond pattern. It reminds me of the formidable 450-SEL.

 

The MBTex Dash option is one that I forgot to check off and wish I did...oh well...don't need another item to potentially delay delivery on top of the delay already happening.

 

for our canadian model, I did not see the wrapped dash order separately, it has to pay $3000 for the leather package

 

$2400 Can but its about the same with roof and door trim included. The leather feels much cooler on a hot day the Artico seems to hold the heat.
FYI there is a 2 week line shutdown first of July that should help the supply line catch up.

 

holy **** that's nice!!!