dash mat'l

[n/a]

I have MB Tex interior; does that mean the upper dash and lower dash are MB Tex too?  The upper dash mat'l looks completely different?

[Douglas]

Interiors were either entirely Tex or entirely leather. That includes the inner a-posts, upper and lower dashboard pieces, glovebox, door panels, kick panels, rear side panels, tonneau cover and, of course, the seats themselves.

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

[mdsalemi]

What you will find in a leather interior is that the padded dash pieces are leather OVER the 'Tex.  What COLOR 'Tex might be a mystery, but that's what I've seen.

What that means is, if you changed from 'Tex to leather, places like GAHH will cover the padded dash 'Tex pieces with leather; if you have leather and are changing it, the old leather can/will be peeled off revealing 'Tex, and then can be recovered.

In a nutshell, even a leather interior has 'Tex hiding underneath some pieces!

Michael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red w/Black Leather
Restored

[J. Huber]

The newer MB-Tex that our suppliers supply seems to be slightly different than the original. It has a little more of a grainy look to it. My lower dash MB Tx is original and much smoother -- upper is redone and more textured.

James
63 230SL

[n/a]

I have the same situation; top is grainier and has more of a leather look, bottom is smooth.  I have cracks on the bottom section, especially on glove box; any idea of costs to recover?

[J. Huber]

No real idea. The material can be located through our suppliers, (if they will sell you a fairly small amount -- not sure). You could then take lower dash panels off and into an uphols. shop with the material in hand...They would be able to recover these easily, I would think, using old pieces as a template.

James
63 230SL