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Anybody know if the trim can be swapped out? My X1 came with piano black trim instead of the Eucalyptus trim I ordered. Waiting to hear back from dealer, but I hope someone here knows?
Here's what happened: I submitted my build to my sales agent, then he immediately went on vacation. His boss then handled the build and when he sent it back to me, I didn't notice he left out the Eucalyptus I'd originally ordered. Picked up the car today and I'm so disappointed. |
11-10-2022, 03:20 PM | #2 |
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Hmm. That sux.
If they make the opposite mistake for me (Eucalyptus instead of the piano black I ordered), I'm gonna just leave it..... |
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I had to sign my build sheet. If what gets delivered is different from what's on there then that's on them. But if it's my mistake, then I guess you choose to not accept delivery of the car and consider re-ordering. They probably won't have much problem selling this one. All of the dealers near me have sold what they got in.
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11-10-2022, 07:42 PM | #8 |
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back when I ordered my 2004 Mercedes E-class wagon, I also received the "wrong" wood trim. The wait at that time was 4+ months. When the wagon arrived at the dealership, it had dark greyish wood trim. I went and looked at all the paperwork and realized that I was the one who made the mistake during the ordering process.
However, the Mercedes dealer's sales manager was a very nice guy and after having the parts and service dept research into it, they replaced ALL of the wood trim pieces free of charge. A few months later, I asked the service manager how much it cost them... he said over $4200 for the parts alone... and that's in 2004 Dollars... Needless to say, I was stunned how they tried so hard to make me happy. In case any of you need a referral to a nice Mercedes in the DC area, go to Mercedes-Benz of Arlington(used to be called American Service Center). Sadly, I went with other German brands for my next two cars. (not my beloved 2006 E320 wagon, which I no longer have... every wood trim piece were replaced by them free of charge, despite it being MY mistake) |
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by the way, what color is your X1's interior? the shinny black trim actually looks very nice, especially on sunny days. |
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Not to pour salt on your wound, but the piano trim is awful. It's very cheap looking and a dust and fingerprint magnet and somehow gets hair line scratches over time. I'm speaking from experience. I would see if a swap is possible and/or order a new car. The eucalyptus really makes the interior.
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I specifically got the Gloss Black trim because I don't like wood in interiors, and I didn't care for the aluminum options. I do plan to wrap the trim if possible though, I've got a roll of matte carbon fiber look vinyl ready to go. I'm not sure how difficult this will be though, considering the ambient lighting most likely being integrated into the trim pieces. If it's not feasible though, I think I'd be perfectly okay with it staying gloss black. The gloss trim in my 4 series is dark enough where the wood didn't bother me enough to wrap it, and it's held up pretty well over the past 3 years, but it is a fingerprint magnet.
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11-14-2022, 08:23 PM | #19 |
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I i dunno man. This is the first car we've ever ordered and we wanted it to be perfect. I know we'd just be so much happier with the wood. But I feel like a huge jerk about it in the bigger scheme of things: our country is not being invaded, we have enough food to eat, and a nice roof over our heads, and only a couple years old too! Business was good this year. We wanted our new car to reflect that.
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now that I'm older(much older), I feel that life is too short to settle or accept things that I don't really want. The way I see it... who knows what's going to happen tomorrow? If I can afford it, I buy it.(within reason, of course) IIRC, you have already take delivery of the said X1. If the dealer is unwilling to replace the trim, ask them if they can give you a break on ordering all 4(or 5) trim pieces and sell them to you at dealer cost. You pay them a little money to have the black trim taken out and replaced with the proper wood trim. Unless it's less than $700 or something, I'll definitely do it. I can think of 100 different ways that I can waste $700. But if I'm going to spend $700, I'm using it towards something that I stare at every single day.(i.e. the wood trip in the car) Just my $0.02. |
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11-16-2022, 03:12 PM | #22 |
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Dealer called today with a potential solution: they will order a dealer car with the Eucalyptus trim and when it comes in, they'll swap out the trim with mine. That's the plan unless they discover the swap will be too technically involved or expensive. Then at that point they'll have to figure out how to order a new car for us and swap cars entirely.
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