quixotic

I compiled a database of the different types of leather, woodtrims & paint colors by year & thought some other people out there on the internets (sic) might find it useful as well. So here it is.


LEATHERS & WOODTRIM

Original Option Prices
Standard Leathers = Free
Ecru or Saddle Nappa Luxury Leathers = $1,460
Black or Bordeaux Aniline Luxury Leathers = $2,100

2001, 2002, 2003 LEATHERS & WOODTRIM

Standard Leathers

* 2003+ standard leathers come with perforated inserts when equipped with optional front climate-control seats

Golden Bird's Eye Maple
- Ecru Leather
- Black Leather

California Walnut
- Light Charcoal Leather
- Ivory Leather

Luxury Leathers

* 2001-02 required Ultra Luxury (UL) package
* 2003 required Ultra Luxury (UL) or Custom Luxury (LP) package

Ecru Bird's-Eye Maple (trim is colored ecru instead of natural wood red/brown)
-Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather w/ Perforated Inserts

Bordeaux Bird's-Eye Maple (red wine colored instead of natural maple)
- Bordeaux Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather w/ Perforated Inserts
- Black Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather w/ Perforated Inserts

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2004, 2005, 2006 LEATHERS & WOODTRIM

Standard Leathers

Golden Bird's Eye Maple
- Cashmere standard Leather

Walnut
- Ash standard Leather
- Black standard Leather

Luxury Leathers

* 2004 required Ultra Luxury (UL) or Custom Luxury (LP) package
* 2005-06 required Ultra Luxury (UL or UN) or Custom Luxury (LP or LQ) package

Antiqued Walnut (edges had burnt appearance)
- Saddle Nappa Leather w/ Perforated Inserts
- Black Aniline Leather w/ Perforated Inserts

Golden Bird's Eye Maple (unlike the '01-03 LS, this maple is uncolored & matches the standard leather's Maple)
- Ecru Nappa Leather w/ Perforated Inserts

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PAINTS

2001 PAINT/LEATHER COMBOS

Black Cherry Pearl
- Ecru or Black standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black or Bordeaux Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

Parchment Crystal
- Ivory or Ecru standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather

Blue Onyx Pearl
- Ecru or Light Charcoal standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

Millennium Silver Metallic
- Ecru, Light Charcoal, or Black standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black or Bordeaux Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

Midnight Pine Pearl
- Ivory standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

Sunset Mist Pearl
- Light Charcoal standard Leather
*- Black or Bordeaux Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

Mystic Gold Metallic
- Ivory or Ecru standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather

Mystic Sea Opalecent
- Ecru or Light Charcoal Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather

Black Onyx
- Ivory, Ecru, or Black standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black or Bordeaux Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

Crystal White
- Ivory or Ecru standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black or Bordeaux Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

2002, 2003

Same minus Sunset Mist Pearl & added

Platinum Blue Pearl
- Ecru or Light Charcoal standard Leather
*- Ecru Ultra-Luxury Leather
*- Black Ultra-Luxury Aniline Leather

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2004, 2005, 2006 Paint Combos

NOTE: Many Leathers were not available on certain colors in 2006, that were available in 2004-5. They are noted below.

Black Cherry Pearl
- Cashmere or Ash standard Leather (no ash 2006)
*- Ecru Nappa Leather
*- Black Aniline Leather (no black aniline 2006)

Moonlight Pearl
- Cashmere or Ash standard Leather
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather (no saddle 2006)

Blue Onyx Pearl
- Cashmere or Ash standard Leather
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather (no saddle 2006)

Mercury Metallic
- Ash or Black standard Leather
*- Ecru Nappa Leather

Briarwood Pearl
- Cashmere standard Leather
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather
*- Black Aniline Leather (not in 2006)

Flint Mica
- Ash or Black standard Leather
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather

Mystic Gold Metallic
- Cashmere standard Leather
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather (no saddle 2006)

Cypress Pearl
- Cashmere or Ash standard Leather
*- Ecru Nappa Leather

Crystal White
~- Cashmere, Ash, or Black standard Leather (no black std in 2006)
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather (no saddle 2006)

Black Onyx
- Cashmere, Ash, or Black standard Leather
*- Ecru or Saddle Nappa Leather


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p.s.

Make sure you match the year to the paint, leather, woodtrim, & option packages to determine exactly what kind of leather it is.

e.g. Black leather could be Standard or Aniline, even if it's perforated; but Aniline was only an option on the Ultra Luxury or Custom Luxury packages (& was a required option).

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e.g. Ecru was available as a Standard Leather as well as a Luxury Nappa Leather from 2001-2003. The easy way to tell them apart is the wood trim. Nappa Ecru in a 2001-2003 will have an Ecru colored Maple woodtrim.

In 2004-2006 Ecru was only available as a Luxury Nappa Leather, & has the natural Maple Woodtrim.

So a 2003 and 2004 that both have Ecru interior and both have the natural Maple Woodtrim will have different Leathers. 2003 will have standard & 2004 will have Nappa.

Gene01

Well done!.
It's a job trying to piece this information together from the brochures, spec sheets, etc.
Thanks a million.

Kira X

iTrader: (24)

Great job on posting this! This is very helpful information.

RA40

iTrader: (6)

Thanks for posting this.
This was one of the parts of the FAQ that was incomplete.

A1Lexis

iTrader: (6)

Thanks for posting this! Very useful information for every LS430 owner.

yuri.ber

iTrader: (7)

Great post. I have a question though.
I have an 01 UL with Black leather and cherry colored "rosewood". Did I miss it or it's called something else.
Here's my interior shot:

quixotic

Here is the leather/woodtrim page from the 2001 LS brochure.

It says it's supposed to be the Bordeaux Birds Eye maple. Does it look like it has the Birds Eye swirls? The reddish color could be the bordeaux (red wine) shade.

Here are some pics of the Bordeaux Aniline w/ the Bordeaux trim. Does it look similar to yours? It's so hard to tell from pics because the minutiae of the grain is so tiny.

yuri.ber

iTrader: (7)

Thanks alot for pics and explanation. Yes, that's the color of my trim. Now I know the right color name of it.

ma61

I assume the Bordeaux interior color is super rare...?

I was really looking for an 04-06 but that color is so fresh it might just convince me to find a nice 01-03.

aypues

what a nightmare with the Bordeaux leather!!! I almost want it because it's so crazy.

DriftGirl

iTrader: (6)

Bordeaux Bird's-Eye Maple Looks amazing

interslice

Wait, so there is no aniline black on '04 Mercury Metallic UL or am I reading this wrong?

iriz

Hi,
As listed above:

From the above it would appear that UL and CL cars did NOT come with cashmere or ash interiors - is that really correct? I am pretty sure I have seen pictures of e.g. UL with cashmere interior.

ianmhill

This is so helpful. Its nice to finally get this straight...

SlkySmooth

Does anyone know which wood trims match up to the Celsior trims?