MOST COMMON CONSOLE COLOUR ?

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Most common console colour

Poll ended at Wed 22 Jul, 2015 09:12

BLACK
22
40%
SILVER
13
24%
WOOD
9
16%
OTHER (SPECIFY)
11
20%
 
Total votes: 55

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Southernboy
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MOST COMMON CONSOLE COLOUR ?

Post by Southernboy »

What is the most common console colour for the sections housing the gearshift and gauges?

BLACK

SILVER

WOOD

OTHER
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Well, mine was wood, now vinyl-wrapped black...
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Are you asking what colour we have, or are we guessing what the most common colour from the factory was?
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What coulur do you have... :wink:
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RED subtle BMW of course :D
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Post by BladeRunner919 »

Southernboy wrote:What coulur do you have... :wink:
Oh, ok. I've put my 'vote' in for black, then, but I do have a silver one in a box and another one that I'm planning on painting red!
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blue carbon fibre wrap
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What colour is it under the wrap?
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Beige
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Black alcantara
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Southernboy wrote:What colour is it under the wrap?
red
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I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..
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Other - Oregon/beige

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I need more than 1 option as I have 3 :shock:

1 silver brushed aluminium, 1 black wrapped in black carbon fibre and 1 black ///M one wrapped in silver carbon fibre :D
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Unlucky... :lol:
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Other blue leather
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mine was brushed aluminium but I swapped it red.
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Mine is red matching my dream Red interior
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Other - Red
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Black but I do love the red/black interior maybe one day when the wife's away.
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feeling a bit left out now, mine is the original wood with beige :lol:
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Other - Red


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Brushed aluminium silver
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Replaced original with wood centre and wood gearshift. Class. :lol:
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Mine was black when I bought the car but changed the gearknob, handbrake and centre console to wood.
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Other - RED
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changing my wood to this
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Looks like Bird's eye Maple... very nice !
Wood trim was considered synonymous with the roadster image for many years, and I have seen some smart "upgrades" to the Z4 interior using wood trim for just that reason... good luck with your modification... looking forward to seeing pics of the results. Perhaps pay a visit to a Jaguar classic outlet and have a look inside some of the Mk II's, they have used that wood in the trim and the finishing with substantial layers of lacquer makes it extremely attractive... :wink:
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that is the plan, deep lacquer, buffed real well. I never liked wood trim till I brought my z, now its great in cars like these.
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this is nice too, olive ash
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I prefer the Bird's Eye.... It has a natural sheen which is enhanced with the lacquer. The olive ash is somewhat "busy" by comparison IMO.
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the birds eye is also a bit cheaper and the sections are a lot larger. the choices are plentiful. don't want to clog this thread up, I started a new one a couple of days ago. I will be making a few other changes to the wood trim too.
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well mine is certainly different now
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Holy Rattlesnake Batman!! :D
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go well with my beige trim
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I've got WOOD! :shock:
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now thinking, I think I would prefer beige leather with nice stitching, maybe even a two tone (a darker beige running up the centre)
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I hope you don't have matching boots..... :lol:
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littlefeller wrote:feeling a bit left out now, mine is the original wood with beige :lol:
wood with beige for me too...
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its not staying in, I will be swapping it for leather (beige) with some nice stitching.
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littlefeller wrote:Image
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! :shake: :bad :nono
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My console is black but when I bought my M Coupe one annoying thing was that a previous owner/maintainer had put a deep groove in the surface just a adjacent to the surround/gaiter (maybe they had used a screwdriver to remove the surround and slipped). To rectify this thinking a putting a black leather textured vinyl wrap over the console surface.
How easy is it to remove the console sections? Is there a guide to carry out this work? May just try doing the effected flat section with the surround & window switches first to see what it looks like.
Anyone used a similar wrap finish, if so any pics?
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If you refer to the Z3 Knowledgebase, and go to the "Dashboard removal" item, then within that you will see the "console removal" item - click on that for guidance.
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Mine is blue with blue extended leather to the dashboard pods.
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Black in mine :lol:
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Bonzo wrote:
littlefeller wrote:Image
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! :shake: :bad :nono
Where did you get the clock
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knighthawk wrote:
Bonzo wrote:
littlefeller wrote:Image
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! :shake: :bad :nono
Where did you get the clock
made it, its all temporary, its was an experiment to test the idea of swapping the wood colour to another grain, but now I'm thinking maybe leather would be better.
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Southernboy wrote:If you refer to the Z3 Knowledgebase, and go to the "Dashboard removal" item, then within that you will see the "console removal" item - click on that for guidance.
Cheers Barry, I'll have a good study of the that thread.
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