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      08-09-2022, 10:15 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by cheenamalai View Post
I am thinking gloss will fit better with this LED strip they have vs the pre-LCI.

By the way, picture is not mine. I am undecided between the two trims atm.
With so much glass and general black on the interior, I'd go Fineline Black or Carbon. No matter what you do with this type of car, you'll need to learn to embrace fingerprints, but honestly, between the glass controls and screens, the trim isn't going to be your issue!

This is purely my opinion, but the Poplar is just not aesthetically pleasing to me on black interiors. If you want to go with a wood, my opinion is to go Fineline Open Pore or Stripe Line if you want something glossy or Silver Ash Open Pore if you want something less glossy.

I debated Carbon, but I had so many cars I paid for carbon packages in ~10 years ago, and I felt it was overkill on this type of car and I was going for a more luxury appeal. I do wish there was a dark/black wood open pore matte option on this car as there's a subtle luxury to non-gloss wood, but for whatever reason the brown poplar just doesn't work for me with the excessively black dash and all the glass. That's just my opinion which amounts to nothing. If I saw a car with poplar trim on the lot that I otherwise liked, this would not hold me back.

All that said, I'm 100% happy with Fineline Black and wouldn't change it at all. If this was a $1,000 option trim, I think I'd still select it. That said, if I had an Ivory interior, Silver Ash all the way!
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