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Old 03-02-2016, 06:46 PM   #1
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Default leather Console Lids

Saw some leather console lids, and they had a different finish. One had a grainy look and the other was more smooth. Anyone know what the difference is for? Didn't even realise they had different one's
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Old 04-02-2016, 05:25 PM   #2
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The grainy look one you refer to is actually the 'leather' lid - the 'smooth' one is a vinyl / rubber finish found on the entry level models. Leather is on the Fairmont, Ghia, Fairlane, T-Series and presumably XRs optioned with leather *shrugs*. I'm sure someone on here knows exactly.
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Old 04-02-2016, 05:59 PM   #3
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The grainy look one you refer to is actually the 'leather' lid - the 'smooth' one is a vinyl / rubber finish found on the entry level models. Leather is on the Fairmont, Ghia, Fairlane, T-Series and presumably XRs optioned with leather *shrugs*. I'm sure someone on here knows exactly.
I wasn't talking about the rubber standard one, the they're actually both stitched 'leather' (looking underneath I think they're really vinyl). Both came off a glia, but the finish is totally different.
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Old 04-02-2016, 09:02 PM   #4
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Default Re: leather Console Lids

An ex upholsterer who has cut into his fair share of leather hides says it is a variation in the texture of the leather
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Old 05-02-2016, 02:46 PM   #5
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Interesting - photos may tell 1000 words. Would be interested to see what the difference *actually* is and if Ford actually have two different part numbers for leather console lids.
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Old 05-02-2016, 10:30 PM   #6
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Yep, let's have some pics!

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Old 11-02-2016, 01:41 PM   #7
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My AUII 75th Anniversary Fairlane came with the bottom more grainy one and I never liked it. It felt hard and tacky. I got another AUII Fairlane and it had the smoother top one in it, and it's so much more nicer and matches the Howe leather on my seats. I swapped them over. So it seems two AUII Fairlanes had different lids.
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