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Leather covered transmission tunnel
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what does it depend on whether the leg side rests on the transmission tunnel are covered with leather or not? PS. Full leather is not an answer. |
01-22-2024, 07:58 PM | #2 |
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Pretty sure it’s solely dependent on the choice of transmission.
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01-22-2024, 10:58 PM | #4 |
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If you get full leather for the automatic transmission, you get leather leg/side pads on that. Unfortunately, the MT doesn’t get this even if you get full leather.
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01-23-2024, 09:15 AM | #7 |
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I wonder if that's some sort of weirdness with "Individual" leather colors. Any folks with Fjord, Tartufo, or Fiona full leather also have the vinyl knee bolsters?
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I believe OP is referring to the knee guards specifically, which he circled in the first picture but is circling that plus the tunnel cover underneath in the 2nd picture. Full leather + auto is required for leather knee guard, but every single G80 has plastic tunnel coverings underneath, afaik. |
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01-23-2024, 06:47 PM | #9 |
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My 2024 M3 with full Kyalami Orange leather and automatic has the stitched Sensatec knee bolsters. My wife's 2024 M4 convertible has extended Fiona Red leather and has hard black plastic ones. Interestingly, the 2022 M440 convertible that we traded for the M4 had the stitched Sensatec bolsters. The M4 seems to have been downgraded.
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So if I didn't get full leather it would be worse? Yikes! |
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01-24-2024, 08:34 AM | #12 |
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A lot of what people think is "leather" on the interior of these cars actually isn't. Like I'd be willing to be a LOT of money that even on my full leather individual Ivory interior that the door cards are certainly vinyl.
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Automatic cars come with stitched vinyl. The only OEM option is the blue stitched version that comes on the M340i/440i blue interior package cars.
Manual cars use a different center console from a European base model 318i, and only come in plastic. Both can be wrapped in true leather via Individual Manufaktur, I was denied this via BMW NA.
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leather knee pads with contrast stitch requires full leather package, auto trans , and MY22 or earlier. MY23 and later get sensatec pads with white stitch. Non-full leather or any MT model of any MY get plastic knee pads.
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Well it certainly isn't plastic. But it's not the Merino leather that's on the seats or dashboard. So I guess it could be worse, but to me, looks pretty off. I'd like to replace with the alcantara ones but that doesn't go with anything in my interior.
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01-24-2024, 12:03 PM | #17 |
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Replace the armrest and seatbacks too and it'll go :P
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