real wood or plastic ?
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Everyone who has replied here is wrong. It is neither plastic or wood. The materials used in all Lexus products come from special trees grown in Amazonia. They start out as regular trees, but are then injected with high-refractant, polymerschiztastic plastic to strengthen it. These trees require dynamite to harvest and are harder to form than the sentences Paris Hilton attempts.
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and some very good jokes
However no proof either way
I don't care either way. I am happy
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now what the hell is the top pf the dashboard made of ? Plastic or leather ?
This I do care about, because I want to clean it properly ( it didn't like the Armoral I tried >>> yeah, its my first Lexus !
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This is, I think, is the correct answer.
and some very good jokes
However no proof either way
I don't care either way. I am happy![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
now what the hell is the top pf the dashboard made of ? Plastic or leather ?
This I do care about, because I want to clean it properly ( it didn't like the Armoral I tried >>> yeah, its my first Lexus !
and some very good jokes
However no proof either way
I don't care either way. I am happy
![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
now what the hell is the top pf the dashboard made of ? Plastic or leather ?
This I do care about, because I want to clean it properly ( it didn't like the Armoral I tried >>> yeah, its my first Lexus !
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This is, I think, is the correct answer.
and some very good jokes
However no proof either way
I don't care either way. I am happy![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
now what the hell is the top pf the dashboard made of ? Plastic or leather ?
This I do care about, because I want to clean it properly ( it didn't like the Armoral I tried >>> yeah, its my first Lexus !
and some very good jokes
However no proof either way
I don't care either way. I am happy
![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
now what the hell is the top pf the dashboard made of ? Plastic or leather ?
This I do care about, because I want to clean it properly ( it didn't like the Armoral I tried >>> yeah, its my first Lexus !
That is unfortunately, the first thing my fellow car guy friend noticed when he got into my car. He made the accurate observation that the dash material on my old '98 LS400 seemed to be of higher quality and he was right.
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It depends on what you have. There was an option (except on the UL on which I believe it was standard) for a leather dash-top, but most LS430s just have a soft vinyl/plastic material up there.
That is unfortunately, the first thing my fellow car guy friend noticed when he got into my car. He made the accurate observation that the dash material on my old '98 LS400 seemed to be of higher quality and he was right.
That is unfortunately, the first thing my fellow car guy friend noticed when he got into my car. He made the accurate observation that the dash material on my old '98 LS400 seemed to be of higher quality and he was right.
I asked the original question about the wood because I took a buddy for a drive and he asked me if it was real wood. I said yes, and he said no, lol. I don't really care, it looks great.
But I have never, in 35 years, seen a car's top dash turn out so poorly after I put Armoral on it ... so I thought maybe its not plastic .... but I have a basic LS430 so I am a bit stumped. I tried cleaning with Lexol leather cleaner and it still not looking right.
Nothing serious, really, but kind of interesting.
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I've waxed the wood in my 1992 SC400 since I bought it new in 1991 and it still looks perfect. I expect the same quality in the LS430. I see no reason to do anything different than just waxing.