Got wood?

TS7 · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:42

Prefer piano black wood. However I suppose with your all black interior it might have blended in too much.

Cosmic182 · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:46

Awful, silvers much better, my own preference of course.

paddy · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:49

Jury still out for me.

I agree the silver is cold, bland and uninviting. Just not sure the wood looks right.

Seeing as it's real wood it probably looks far better in the flesh. But so long as you like it then that's all that matters!

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:49

Half the problem is that i suck at taking photographs and it always looks different in photos anyway. I was suprised when it turned up how much darker it was in the flesh than in the photos.

I'm really happy with how it looks

ZG002 · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:52

That is all that matters end of the day

Nice cheap mod and you are happy.

Ezah · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:53

I prefer the wood without question. Cant stand silver/aluminium trim. Although it has its place on sports cars.

It probably seems like you are in a different car now, right

I had "foundry" finish on my Range Rover and always regretted not getting the wood.

shauncr91 · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:53

Prefer the wood. The silver looks a bit striking against the all black interior, the wood looks a lot less 'in your face'

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:54

The other option was carbon fibre which looks nice but again isn't really right for a 5 Series.

peterattheboro · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:59

Preferred it before. Looked more modern for me. Now it's just old man territory.

godinman · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:04

I think I prefer it now, the silver trim looked a bit cheap tbh.

teaboy5 · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:07

ash_scotland88 · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:11

Silver is modern, sleak and minimalistic.

I have negative conotations of wood being an old man's car, with the image further ruined by the 90's love of fake wood by illusions of granduer, especially of the darker woods and woods with heavy red tones. But it does make the cabin look warmer, I'll give it that.
It also depends on the car, some cars suit them better, and the wood used itself.

Logsi · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:18

I like the wood, but because it's a silver car i think the silver trim suits the car better as a whole. If it was a black car then wood trim all the way!

eidolon · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:18

ash_scotland88 said:
Silver is modern, sleak and minimalistic.

I have negative conotations of wood being an old man's car, with the image further ruined by the 90's love of fake wood by illusions of granduer, especially of the darker woods and woods with heavy red tones. But it does make the cabin look warmer, I'll give it that.
It also depends on the car, some cars suit them better, and the wood used itself.

^^^^^
What he said.

Personally I think that wood looks awful on any car whether it's a BMW, a Morris Traveller or a Rover 216. I bet if you look in the accessory catalogues for any of the above you'll be able to buy a matching pipe to complete the look.

Lopéz · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:20

Silver looks cheap and nasty, like a toy. The wood suits the car much better.

Sin_Chase · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:20

Looks nice but I prefer the silver/brushed alu effect.

Kenai · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:21

Is the silver trim silver plastic or metal?

I've always found actual brushed metal trim to look much much nicer than coloured plastic, in much the same way real wood looks much nicer than plastic wood.

I'd quite like to swap my wood trim for some brushed alu trim but being an Anniversary/R32 thing, it's stupidly expensive

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:21

The silver trim is metal.

Vince · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:26

I like them both, just can't decided which looks better.

Sin_Chase · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:27

[TW]Fox;20379175 said:
The silver trim is metal.

I think anodizing it a slightly different colour to warm the interior would have looked good. Perhaps a darker shade of silver/shadow chrome.