Door Material - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Texas M5 · 16th September 2002, 18:31

What is leather and what is vinyl on our doors? I have a 2000 and was doing a little detailing and was stumped. I think the airbag covers and the handles are leather but what about the the rest of the door? Also, is the back of the seat leather?

H

TCM · 16th September 2002, 22:07

You are correct in your assumption. The door is vinyl except for the air bag portion and handle. The rear of the seat is plastic to my knowledge. I beleive there is a picture of an idividual option car that clearly identifies what is leather and what is vinyl. Hope this helps.

Texas M5 · 16th September 2002, 22:27

Thank you for your response. Are you sure about the seat backs? They seem to be leather. Or at least the Leatherique leather conditioner I put on them seemed to help. I logged on to the Indiviual page but it did not show what was leather and what was vinyl. I assume the tunnel is leather?

H

rennen · 17th September 2002, 00:50

I could swear just about every surface inside my car is leather. The dashboard, all of the door, seatbacks, just about every exposed surface.

TCM · 17th September 2002, 00:52

What exactly do you mean by the seat backs. Are you talking about the leather pouch on the back of the seat? If so, that is leather I beleive. The M5s I have been in have all had a plastic backing to the front seats. I use a vinyl product on the transmission tunnel and lower dash.

JFB · 17th September 2002, 00:59

It depends on which interior you have. I believe there were two options in 2000 "extended" leather and all leather. The difference between All and Extended being mainly whether the upper dash is leather (as in the all) or not (as in the extended). If your rear "parcel" shelf is velour, you have the extended leather.

Extended
Seat center areas--Nappa Point
Seat side areas Back sides of seats Head-restraint centers and sides--Nappa leather
Door-panel inserts--Nappa Point
Door panels grained material -- Foam-backed Nappa leather
Door armrests/pulls-- Nappa leather
Door ledges--Shaped skin
Main and upper dash areas (leather grain), Glove compartment door, Center console and armrest-Nappa leather
Rear parcel shelf-Velour cloth
Headliner, incl. sun visors &,A-, B upper and C-pillar--Velour cloth
B-pillar lower--Grained plastic

Gustav · 17th September 2002, 01:10

JFB, nice post.

"Main and upper dash areas (leather grain), Glove compartment door, Center console and armrest-Nappa leather "

I low the stitching on the dash on the Extended leather. Looks classy!

JFB · 17th September 2002, 01:37

Credit goes to Reed, who included this in an earlier post.

Texas M5 · 17th September 2002, 02:49

Thank you for the great info. This is why I love this board and read it everyday.

Sorry to be so dense, but are you saying everything on the door except the window ledge is leather as well as the rear of the front seat?

Thanks for your reply and sorry I am a little slow.

H

JFB · 18th September 2002, 03:50

I am not sure, but I'd guess that Nappa Point is not the same as Nappa Leather (i.e., it may be synthetic). Otherwise, why would BMW make the distinction?