Wood vaneer trim - real wood or plastic?

I can't speak for the newer style wood trim but on the older E34 the trim was a wood veneer finish moulded for the relevant section in the car. These were replaced for the later models with plastic wood effect trim. I would hazard a guess that the E39 would be plastic wood effect as well.

I am on the look out for carbon efect trim if anyone knows a supplier for the E34.

Russ

Thanks Lozlee i checked the prewoodec stuff on there and they do a carbon trim so i mailed them asking if they do them for the E34.

Russ

Still waiting for a reply i think i may mail them again and hope to get a reply monday/tuesday before i go off shore.

Russ

Also found a couple of sellers on ebay at £116 inc del for uk supplier £77 plus del from germany and euro car parts do the kit for £116 plus del for the 22 piece (3 pieces are just screw covers).

Russ

that looks rather cool. however i feel taking the car apart to get the parts finished is a tad extreme. Regarding the kits themselves from the info i have obtained they are 2.5mm thick with a very high gloss finish to make it look 3 dimensional. I have already purchased parts like this and they do look quite effective looking at them in person.

here is a picture of a dash surround i bought in carbon trim it looks a bit funny in the picture but looks alot better in different lights and angles.

Once i get the rest of the trim it should offset the black interior a little making it not so dark.

Russ

Ingenious, clever folk those Germans!  Thanks for correcting me there (next time I'll read the handbook properly)

Paul

The clock surround i bought off ebay.com (US seller) a few months back just to see if it would look any good before doing the rest of the car. The black carbon fibre effect does accent the black interior well without it standing out too much.

I am off shore from tomorrow so i wont be able to do much until i get back in 3 weeks but when im back ill look into the kit more.

Russ