Was wanting to know whether the 300E came out with black leather interior from factory? My car has factory red exterior paint. Impact red I think? When I recently purchased it it had black leather with grey roof-lining & only the lacquered timber centre console parts. All else is black. Can anyone fill me in pls?

Thanks!

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The early cars only had wood on the center console.

My '87 300D 3.0 with Medium red interior has a grey headliner and my '92 300D 2.5 with grey interior has a grey headliner as well.

Are you sure it is leather, not MB tex? often confused.

Thanks for reply DieselPaul but, yes, the seats are black leather with vinyl door trims & plastic dash etc. Centre console is lacquered timber. What I was asking is did the 300E's come out with black interior or not? Mine is an 87' model btw.

Cheers

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According to the EPC, black leather was a factory option on the W124 in 1987, at least in North America.

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thankyou Cal Learner. I just have never seen any here in Australia. Only sky blue, tan or bone

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The headliner is usually light grey.

Only time I've seen another color was when the interior was a light tan color, such as palomino or creme beige, then the headliner matched the interior.

Our 95 E320 wagon has a black interior, and the headliner is grey.

Jim

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94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

That was what I was driving at. I read the OP as, saying since the car has a grey headliner, maybe the car didn't always have black interior, but the other two colored interiors I have both have grey headliners.

This just came up on the top of the homepage

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/vbpicgallery.php?do=big&p=3180

'88 with black leather.

As Jim stated, the headliner was color matched only on the Light tan (mushroom) and Dark tan (palomino) interiors.

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Thanks for that. the seats are identical to my 87' but door trims & centre console are different.

Here's a pic:

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