Brizzity
Well-Known Member
I've got 2012 HSE LUX and am trying to figure out what was an option black trim wise in '12.
My understanding is the official black design package wasn't available until '13, so I'm trying to figure out
what's what with '12 trucks with black design details.
I bought my truck used from a dealer so I don't know exactly what it originally came with. Based on what I know about the PO, I doubt they did any mods to black out trim so I'm thinking how I got the truck, was how it was bought from the dealer originally. Mine has piano interior trim, black front grill, and black side grills/vents which all seem like they may have been factory. It has black 20" rims. I recently discovered stickers from a powder coater on the inside of the rims so I don't know if they were originally not black, and powder coated by a dealer perhaps, or more likely they were the gloss black option and refinished via powder coating by the reselling dealer before being sold to me. It has gray hood, LR4, and HSE lettering, and gray door handles.
Where I'm going with this, is trying to figure out what would be most "correct" in trying to switch to black letter badges and door handles. It looks like door handles should be body match painted Santorini. I can't determine what the badges should be. Matte, gloss, Santorini? I bought some gloss black letters badges off eBay and they look kinda ******.
There's what i think is a '13 near me and it appears everything is painted Santorini.
I've tried referencing a '12 sales brochure I found but it's of little help beyond confirming black interior trim and gloss black wheels were an option. What's more confusing is it doesn't list Santorini as an exterior option, only Sumatra.
So, can anyone tell me finish wise what was an option in '12, and if that's not what I'm going to
be satisfied with, what were the finishes in the package that began in '13?
Thanks
My understanding is the official black design package wasn't available until '13, so I'm trying to figure out
what's what with '12 trucks with black design details.
I bought my truck used from a dealer so I don't know exactly what it originally came with. Based on what I know about the PO, I doubt they did any mods to black out trim so I'm thinking how I got the truck, was how it was bought from the dealer originally. Mine has piano interior trim, black front grill, and black side grills/vents which all seem like they may have been factory. It has black 20" rims. I recently discovered stickers from a powder coater on the inside of the rims so I don't know if they were originally not black, and powder coated by a dealer perhaps, or more likely they were the gloss black option and refinished via powder coating by the reselling dealer before being sold to me. It has gray hood, LR4, and HSE lettering, and gray door handles.
Where I'm going with this, is trying to figure out what would be most "correct" in trying to switch to black letter badges and door handles. It looks like door handles should be body match painted Santorini. I can't determine what the badges should be. Matte, gloss, Santorini? I bought some gloss black letters badges off eBay and they look kinda ******.
There's what i think is a '13 near me and it appears everything is painted Santorini.
I've tried referencing a '12 sales brochure I found but it's of little help beyond confirming black interior trim and gloss black wheels were an option. What's more confusing is it doesn't list Santorini as an exterior option, only Sumatra.
So, can anyone tell me finish wise what was an option in '12, and if that's not what I'm going to
be satisfied with, what were the finishes in the package that began in '13?
Thanks