Parchment is only available with white, red, or black exterior.

Would parchment look weird inside an arctic blue TSX?

 

Dark blue cars with a white/off white interior can look balls out hot. I personally have to have black interiors though.

But the blue/white makes an awesome contrast!

 

I'm just picturing it in my head, but I think the blue with parchment might look pretty sweet.

 

I wish it DID come in blue/parchment--that is the combo I wanted! I wanted the parchment more than the blue though, so I ended up with a white exterior.

 

I think it'd look hot too. Personally, I think the prettiest is a black car with that color interior, really nice.

Does anyone know if it's possible to replace the wood look of the parchment interior with a metal look?

-vasu

 

I'm sure it's possible, check w/ the dealer.

 

I think it would look really good, especially if the wood trim was darker or with the silver trim. Arctic Blue is available with the beige in some Euro markets, so apparently Honda thinks they match too. I would really like to see Indigo Blue with the beige, also available in Europe.

 

I called a dealer to find out if you can special order this combination from the factory, and the answer was an emphatic "No."

However, I suppose the alternative would be to order a white/parchment car and have it repainted blue.

Any ideas how much that might cost?

 

wouldn't that be too much time consuming and money.. since this car has been out for some time overseas Maybe someone over there might want to sell their interior??

 

if you went that route, it would be easier and better to do an interior swap.
Either way is very expensive.

 

3m sells this film that has a metalic look and can conform to objects. I've seen it used before on laptops to give them a brushed metal look, it'd probably work fine for covering the wood trim. It'd be quite and effort, but it'd look almost like the stock metal look.

Something to think about...

I say we all email acura and request it for next year

 

You should be able to order the metal trim pieces as accessories from your dealer (or online retailers of Acura accessories).

 

I think the parchmont color would look even better with satin gold trim rather than the wood trim.

 

Wow, it's so nice to hear other people like the parchment. I was getting quite self-conscious about saying I like the parchment.

I like the look of the fake wood stuff, but the "aluminum" on the steering wheel doesn't look quite right with the wood. I've been interested to see what the parchment interior would look like with the metal trim from the ebony/quartz interior.

BTW - I absolutely love the look of NHBP with parchment interior.

 

The metal look trim pieces have to be able to be purchased by themselves as individual parts (just like every part on the car), so what you could do would be buy them then replace the fake wood pieces yourself w/ the metal look pieces, I think it will look better that way.
I still think the contrast between the black dash and parchment is pretty bad though

 

What's satin gold trim? Do you mean the silver trim from the quartz and ebony interiors or do you want shiny gold pieces instead of the wood?

 

What I mean is that I would like to see the metal trim just like the one in ebony and quartz, but instead of silver, it's kinda gold, satin gold. I'm not talking about shiny like mirror finished though. I guess the color I'm talking here is similar to the color of the wheels on my Prelude.



Maybe this picture will show the gold color better. Oh...I'm talking about the gold color of the wheels.

 

Agreed - that combination is particularly stunning.

Jaeger

 

You'll find no complaints from me about NHBP/Parchment!

And don't fear the black. The extra work in keeping it clean will reward you with head-turning looks from passers-by and even yourself.

Anyway, while your car is new, you're going to be washing it like a fanatic on the weekends. The trick is to keep up the momentum. Having it coated in a protective polymer helps...

 

Metal trim on the parchment interiour is just wrong. Someone had found a pic of a JDM Accord with silver trim on parchment as well as a darker wood trim. The darker wood looked much better, this went for an ebony interiour as well. Since the parchment is light colored to begin with, a metal trim would not create enough contrast.

The trim had bugged me enough that I was willing to spend some money repacing it, but after living with it for a while I've come to accept it.

 

Aaaah thanks. It's the combination I've always admired in cars, but have been reluctant to buy a black car. When I really think about it though, if I don't get that combo, I'd be getting the car I really like/want without getting the color I really want. I'm a perfectionist as it is (and a geek at that....what an annoying combo) so putting Zaino on the car and keeping the darn think washed and cleaned shouldn't be a problem.