Hello there wild cats lovers,

I have bought recently wood door veneers, the ones around the door switch panels. As far as I know I have Sport pack in my car and the veneer is "gray-stained maple" then, but two of four of trims I bought are quite surprisingly bright. Could anyone say looking at photos if the trims are made from the same type of wood?

Best regards,
Alex

 

According to the Dealer printout on my 2003 sport, my trim, which looks remarkably like that is 'Birds Eye Maple Grey Veneer'. That may be the difference between the two.

 

Grey stained maple and grey birds eye maple are one and the same.

Unfortunately some trim pieces seem to fade more than others, in extreme cases I have seen the grey maple veneer change to a very nasty 'greenish' shade !

Usually the only way to get a match is to swap a full set from a donor car.