Regarding post #6:
I think that the perforated leather was installed with heated AND cooled seats, but the base model (heated only) had no perforations.

 

Somewhat correct. However, only the UL had cooling for the rear seats. The other models with perforated rear seats did not have cooling, only heating.

 

Good to know.
Thaks for the correction.

 

I've seeing a lot of wood steering wheels for the last month or so because I am shopping, most of them are slighter different tint than the rest of the wood in the car. Just a couple I saw have the same coloring. One of the salesmen I drove with mentioned that tan color interiors have orange or orangy color wood. So far it seems to be true statement for me.

 

The black interior on these cars is definitely amazing! It looks great and gives the interior an updated look.

 

I looked at mine closely and the wheel looks to have a very, very slight color difference from the other wood trim. For the heck of it I took a picture of the interior similar to the one in this thread and in the picture you can see the color difference more for some reason.

Regarding the color differences of the wood with different color leather, the wood may look different just because of the contrast to the black or gray???

 

My 01 UL has perforated rear seats, but they are not cooled. Only have heat option on center console.

Fronts are heated/cooled.

Did later UL models get cooled rear seat surfaces?

 

Lol IDK why that would detract a black/black lover from aquiring one of these beasts. Too hot? 5% tint will solve that problem, along with the car's extremely powerful A/C. Lol if anyone has a black/black 04-06 LS as flawless and mechanically sound as mine, with the same miles, I'll trade you straight up.

 

Again, I lived in Ft. Worth for 3 years with my black on black LS, and never had a problem with it being hot. Within 5 minutes of starting the car, it would be cool inside.

 

It would be great if you had a two hour drive everytime you get in the car but if you have a 10 minute ride you would be hot half way???

 

wat you say!?!

 

Don't know what year the rear seat cooling was added, but it's there in the 2004 model. Since that was a year of a new body, suspect it occurred then.

 

^^^
I don't need a sedan the size of the LS anymore once my wife passed away and I fell for the new GS350.

 

I just bought a 2004 LS430 CL with black on black. 100k miles and nearly mint but a few chips on the hood. I was looking for saddle because I have a 2002 SC430 black on saddle and love the color combination, especially with the top down. When I bought the SC it took a long time to find the black/saddle option.

However, I'v beginning to think I like the black on black better in a sedan and would choose it again. The interior wood is even nicer than the SC and the black really sets it off.

BTW, the steering wheel on my LS looks like the one pictured in this post -- it is a bit lighter than the rest of the wood. My SC is close to an exact match. In looking at a number of LSs before making this purchase, I saw a good number of them where the steering wheel wood didn't quite match perfectly. I doubt that they all had airbag deployments. Seems like they wouldn't have to replace the entire wheel to replace the airbag anyway, but I don't know.

You would think with a car as expensive as the LS they would be more careful about matching the wood. Still, this is the nicest car I've ever driven and I forgive it this one flaw.

 

Black interior you say?