your opinion please

[08LTZ]

I am going to have the 'wood' trim pieces in the truck refinished. I have researched a myriad of options and I am settled on one of three:

My LTZ is Gold Mist with ebony interior. I am going to either:

1) Have them painted Gold Mist with candy clear.

2) Have them finished Piano black...which is black with candy clear.

(range rover interior)

(H2 Interior)

3) have them replaced via a core exchange for a set with a black burl water transfer.

which is this finish:

at issue is that my replacement steering wheel can be painted black or gold mist ..it can not be refinished with the black burl...in which case I will have it painted piano black.

what is your choice?

 

[johnebgoode]

I thought I had money to burn :lol:
Personally I would leave it alone. I like the way it looks from the Factory, but to each his own.

 

[Tahoe07]

Dark colors don't really pop in an ebony interior. I always try to contrast when doing the interior trim accents.

 

[Rollin Thunder]

wow for that price and it turns a land rover into a hummer h2, i would do it in a second:smilielol:

 

[08LTZ]

wow for that price and it turns a land rover into a hummer h2, i would do it in a second:smilielol:

:lol: funny thing is ...I traded a range rover in for my ltz...

 

[Rollin Thunder]

ok on topic again, im partal to the gold mist for the exterior (although its not avaliable for 06's but i may respray in gold mist next year), so i like the gold mist and candy clear

 

[adam_mav]

I wouldn't change the factory wood accents into black. I think the factory setting looks much better than black that wouldn't probably be that much visible anyways, due to ebony interior being very close to color black. I have ebony interior also in my Tahoe and just recently bought wooden (matching factory setting) steering wheel. It looks awesome.

 

[bparker]

:iagree:

I thought I had money to burn :lol:
Personally I would leave it alone. I like the way it looks from the Factory, but to each his own.

 

[bparker]

If anything I would go with factory w/ brushed aluminum accents

 

[z71offroader]

out of those 3 id do the piano black. but the i do like my brushed alum in my z71. i also do like the trim pieces in my moms 06 denali which is like a black/grey wood grain (i forget wat they call it).

 

[08LTZ]

going with piano black will post pics when finished...I am leaving the brushed pieces to match the escalade steering wheel swap...and I am leaving the 'woodgrain' on the steering wheel...it is the heater and I don't want to interrupt the function of that part....

 

[jazejeff]

Go With The Black Wood!!!!!

 

[High4]

Of those, I would go with the black. However, I am actually partial to the factory and like the brushed aluminum.

 

[VadersOwnZ71]

I personally like the brushed satin stainless steel look like in my 2007 z71 Suburban. That is the best looking option out there IMHO.

 

[z71offroader]

Go With The Black Wood!!!!!

thats what i was refering to! i love the look of that

 

[lifted07hoe]

Sorry to bring up an old thread but JazeJeff where can I get that black wood?!?

 

[Black Dog]

Anything dark but would look good, the above picture looks nice. I was wondering if there was a way to smoke my silver inserts, so they're kinda like black chrome. I like the silver look, but I also like dark, mellow tones in my peripheral vision when I'm driving. Anyone heard of any process like that?

Also, the new BMWs have a new trim option called, I think, Bamboo Anthracite. It's like a very fine grain and kind of a dark, non-wood color, grayish or something. Look at it on their site (build a 5 series). I think it looks awesome. I have also considered piano black, if I did get Ebony without the Titanium inserts. Then you'd need a black headliner, murdered out from the inside.

 

[Black Dog]

Oh yeah, this is an old ass thread. My bad. But I stand by what I said!