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      12-02-2019, 08:48 AM   #23
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Is there anyway to repair scratches in matte trim? With gloss you can at least partially if not completely buff it out. Not so with the matte. I imagine this is a problem with those matte black paint jobs as well.
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      12-02-2019, 12:14 PM   #24
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Thanks for sharing. Now I'm even more confused with my decision to go with the coffee/anthracite combo. It seems very masculine (in a cigar lounge kind of way) but it's for the wife and I'm not sure she'd like that. Am I overthinking it? I have a day or 2 to change my mind.

I really don't want the fineline brown gloss trip but I may resort back to it last minute...
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      12-02-2019, 12:42 PM   #25
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Thanks for sharing. Now I'm even more confused with my decision to go with the coffee/anthracite combo. It seems very masculine (in a cigar lounge kind of way) but it's for the wife and I'm not sure she'd like that. Am I overthinking it? I have a day or 2 to change my mind.

I really don't want the fineline brown gloss trip but I may resort back to it last minute...
If it makes you feel any better, I went with Anthracite and Coffee and my wife loves the combo. I think you're overthinking it. Honestly when you get to this level of refinement, it's really splitting hairs. I have yet to see an interior combo that I was appalled at.
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      12-02-2019, 01:02 PM   #26
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If it makes you feel any better, I went with Anthracite and Coffee and my wife loves the combo. I think you're overthinking it. Honestly when you get to this level of refinement, it's really splitting hairs. I have yet to see an interior combo that I was appalled at.
I totally am splitting hairs at this point, I guess I'm just caught up in the excitement of ordering a new car for the first time in a while. @VTENGR Since you have the combo, I gotta ask - when you look at the trim next to coffee do you see it as a brown trim with a gray hue or gray trim with a brown hue? Weird question, I know.
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      12-02-2019, 01:30 PM   #27
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I totally am splitting hairs at this point, I guess I'm just caught up in the excitement of ordering a new car for the first time in a while. @VTENGR Since you have the combo, I gotta ask - when you look at the trim next to coffee do you see it as a brown trim with a gray hue or gray trim with a brown hue? Weird question, I know.
I don't have the car yet, so can't answer your question. My production date is 12/10, but I'm doing a PCD, so won't pick it up until early January.

I've seen pictures of this trim against Coffee and Tartufo and it looks great. Looks more greyish with hints of brown.

edit: This post (CLICK HERE)shows Tartufo (thanks AndriodRobot) against Anthracite. I would imagine the coffee will look very similar. There's also a post in this thread showing the coffee against Anthracite. I personally think it looks great. Not too brown, not too dark, hints of grey and earth tones. Compliments the leather very well!
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      12-02-2019, 04:13 PM   #28
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Thanks for the response. Very helpful. I see you ordered the M50i which will be a riot. I’ll be doing PCD as well but likely will be in February sometime. Have fun!
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      12-02-2019, 04:36 PM   #29
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I'm so glad I picked this combo - Coffee with anthracite and the B&W... can't wait to see it in person.
I went with this combo after going back and forth. I'm very pleased with this. It's a perfect combo.
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Here's a couple more that really helped me decide that I wanted this trim;
Can someone confirm that the anthracite matte poplar trim appears in the window sticker as, 'Brown Poplar wood trim.'
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      02-19-2020, 07:16 AM   #31
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Here's a couple more that really helped me decide that I wanted this trim;
Can someone confirm that the anthracite matte poplar trim appears in the window sticker as, 'Brown Poplar wood trim.'
That's how it appears on my window sticker as well
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      02-19-2020, 09:02 AM   #32
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That's how it appears on my window sticker as well
Likewise on an Oct 2019 built 2020 M50i.
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      02-19-2020, 11:09 AM   #33
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Goes perfectly with Black Merino. Someone asked about scratches, but I don't think you'd even know notice scratches on this finish. So far (6 months) looks brand new.
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Thanks for sharing. Now I'm even more confused with my decision to go with the coffee/anthracite combo. It seems very masculine (in a cigar lounge kind of way) but it's for the wife and I'm not sure she'd like that. Am I overthinking it? I have a day or 2 to change my mind.

I really don't want the fineline brown gloss trip but I may resort back to it last minute...
We have Mineral White/Coffee Extended/ Fineline Brown Gloss on order for my wife. She thought that the Anthracite was too gray and she really wanted a matte finish.
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Thanks for sharing. Now I'm even more confused with my decision to go with the coffee/anthracite combo. It seems very masculine (in a cigar lounge kind of way) but it's for the wife and I'm not sure she'd like that. Am I overthinking it? I have a day or 2 to change my mind.

I really don't want the fineline brown gloss trip but I may resort back to it last minute...
We have Mineral White/Coffee Extended/ Fineline Brown Gloss on order for my wife. She thought that the Anthracite was too gray and she really wanted a matte finish.
She wanted a matte finish or a gloss finish? The fineline is going to be glossy, not matte. The anthracite poplar is going to be matte. Though she is right, the anthracite is more gray, but with coffee the anthracite comes across as brown.
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Here's a video of the anthracite poplar
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Goes perfectly with Black Merino. Someone asked about scratches, but I don't think you'd even know notice scratches on this finish. So far (6 months) looks brand new.
Yeah in my experience the matte trims are much more resilient and easier to fix, you could use some wood filler if you got a bad nick and get it to look better than you ever could buff a glossy trim.
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She wanted a matte finish or a gloss finish? The fineline is going to be glossy, not matte. The anthracite poplar is going to be matte. Though she is right, the anthracite is more gray, but with coffee the anthracite comes across as brown.
She wanted matte, but did not like the gray tones in the Anthracite so opted to go with fineline. In her eyes, color beat finish in the end in the toss up.
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Goes perfectly with Black Merino. Someone asked about scratches, but I don't think you'd even know notice scratches on this finish. So far (6 months) looks brand new.
Thank you for responding.
I took my delivery yesterday and extremely happy about my poplar wood-brown vernasca combination decision.

When I touch the wood it doesn't look like it will scratch easily with say you home key or lightning cable or sunglasses etc. my piano trim in earlier X3 was prone to finger prints and hairline scratches.

That said, I if it ever stcratches due to some mishandling, I think it will be unfixable.

What about regular interior cleaning weekly or once in 2 weeks. What do you use? I doubt If a damp MF can be used? Anyone?
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Can it be coated (varnished) with ceramic or something, I guess it could but it would change the look and make it glossy?
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Can it be coated (varnished) with ceramic or something, I guess it could but it would change the look and make it glossy?
It appears to be coated with something already - pretty hard. I'm not sure how deep the finish goes, but I suspect a fairly heavy scratch would only require minor buffing to disappear. I've never been able to really get a high gloss finish to look original, and they all seem to collect fine scratches no matter how carefully I handled them.
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      04-26-2020, 04:31 PM   #42
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I just picked up my 2020 X5 xDrive40I a week ago. I haven't driven it very much however today I noticed a flaw in the Matte wood. After inspecting most of it, I noticed some hairline cracks and I am thinking this is characteristic for this wood. I took a picture of the one area and you can see it almost looks like a knot. Are these flaws normal in the Matte wood trim?
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I just picked up my 2020 X5 xDrive40I a week ago. I haven't driven it very much however today I noticed a flaw in the Matte wood. After inspecting most of it, I noticed some hairline cracks and I am thinking this is characteristic for this wood. I took a picture of the one area and you can see it almost looks like a knot. Are these flaws normal in the Matte wood trim?
It's a characteristic of the matte wood trim. I have knots, slight cracks and such on various trim pieces. Chips, cracks, flakes that expose the blond raw veneer shouldn't be there.
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It's a characteristic of the matte wood trim. I have knots, slight cracks and such on various trim pieces. Chips, cracks, flakes that expose the blond raw veneer shouldn't be there.
Yes I can see you what you mean. In my picture the area looks like a piece flaked off and was glued back on. Probably not the case but it sure looks that way.
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