Comfy

hi guys, I want to know if the interior of TLX has real wood / aluminium on the dash or is it faux. It looks real good. Thanks.

2012wagon

Per this, its not real

"Faux wood and metal are convincing enough for the price point and segment, though it’s easy to spot the out-of-the-way areas covered in cheaper plastic. "

2015 Acura TLX First Drive - Motor Trend

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jim256

This is from a Honda Motor Co site, does could mean either, but I think it is faux. "High-gloss Zebra wood-finished trim and alloy accents"

2015 Acura TLX: Interior - Honda.com

Quandry

So would someone please enlighten me as to why it makes a difference. If it looks good, feels good, does not fade or crack, then who cares.

Treblig

^^
If it is fake, it looks good enough to question....

CanTex

Then there was our Lexus RX350 (long gone) and the salesman who got all huffy when I suggested the steering wheel was fake wood. I, a mere and lowly mortal, was told in no uncertain terms that it was the same wood that goes into Yamaha pianos, hand crafted by specialists. (Um, can you say CNC router?)

On our TLX, the faux wood works just fine, thank you very much.

2012wagon

Guys

Why are you jumping on the OP? He isn't saying TLX sucks or fake wood sucks.

He is merely ASKING a question whether it is real or not.


Some of you take this TLX thing too seriously

Comfy

On the contrary, I like the TLX interior very much.
I think there is one way you can tell if the metal part is real or not. It feels cold to touch esp on colder days. May be one you guys can confirm that. Not that it matters much.

Stew4HD

Huh? Who's giving the OP a hard time? If what you've seen here qualifies as a hard time... oh boy, you've missed some all out wars!

TheAcAvenger

I actually feel this way about leather vs leatherette. I've never had a car with fake leather before, but I've had it in a few loaners and never got what the big negative deal was.

2012wagon

Lexus leatherette is really good. MINI leatherette is garbage

Stew4HD

Just in case someone asks the owner/driver if that the car has "real' leather, that is what is important! Just like the "faux" wood trim.

We don't want to lie and say "Yes, of course it's real fine Corinthian leather with real burled wood trim!" right?

CheeseyPoofs McNut

Some prefer leatherette as it holds up better long term.

And actually most leather seats don't have much leather in them - I believe the only portion on the TLX that's actually leather is the center strip,

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

so, if an alloy comprised with a little bit of plastic feels cold to touch, its real metal?

i think i answered that question for you.

an alloy which might be made of a little plastic will feel cold to touch and might not be real metal.



simply put for a car in this price range; will not have "real" materials but rather synthetic materials that feel great to touch and to look at and be durable enough to put up with "daily life"

2012wagon

Do owners of Bentley Arnage Red Label, often stop TLX owners and ask them what kind of leather or wood they have?

weather

...whats next?? What happens when you go on a date and she asks: Is this real or fake wood? Oups, Sorry honey, its not real wood...its viagra!

slats

^tell her have a feel and find out! Haha

2012wagon

So real wood, vs faux wood, vs viagra wood, can be detected by feeling of fingers?

Colin

"um ... could you feel my wood and give me your opinion?"

2012wagon

^
What if her opinion is only on size and not feel?

Stew4HD

"My, my, what big wood trim you have there! It certainly feels real."

weather

LMAO!!! You guys are hilarious...Leave it to me to take the conversation totally in the perverted side but glad to see you guys all chimed in.

Stew4HD

Oh? that was meant to be comedy?

Comfy

I think now that the original question seems irrelevant.

Colin

I guess you could always ask her not to talk with her mouth full.

Quandry

Guys, you are turning this into a low class male only forum. Please have some consideration for the female members on the site.

Stew4HD

^ It seems you are offended by our humor?

I mean no disrespect here when I say that we are just having fun here and we don't need to be told that we are being "low class" by anyone. Our innuendos are just that. Methinks you need to loosen up and relax.

"No one has a right to not be offended"

Colin

Aww, and I was setting someone else up for the girl's punchline...

"it's not full yet"

mapleloaf

Amen to that!

George Knighton

That's exactly what Acura says, almost to the word.

:-)

It looks okay. But you know how it is. We want to find things to pick on.

Rnguyen0127

After looking really closely to the "wood grain" parts in our cars. I came to a conclusion that it looks more like film (hydrodipped) then real wood. Of course real wood would cost alot more to produce then hydrodipping parts. I work for an aviation company that produce custom interiors for private jets. Rather then using veneer wood for their cabinets they go the cheaper route and use wood film on their cabinets. The wood grain parts in our cars look more like film then real wood to me. It would also be cheaper to mass produce wood film then use real wood anyways. Every car company would like to keep cost as low as possible anyways unless you own like a Bentley, Rolls Royce, ETC.

Stew4HD

Acura went with fake wood to save our forests!

jim256

Lexus goes with "sustainable" bamboo.....on the hybrid, especially.

Comfy

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