Package tray
In my never-ending quest to restore my sandlewood interior correctly, I have been struggling with the package tray colors. I had called to place my order and spoken to the tech line about the correct color. Unfortunately they don't always use the same color description, for instance they may call something sandlewood or tan, and that may change depending on the year car you are working on. Anyway, we decided on a part number and I had them ship it to me. When it arrived, it was the incorrect one, it was the vinyl one rather then the mesh one which I need in order to use speakers in the rear deck; however, the color of the vinyl on the deck portion was a dead-on match for the dark sandlewood, which is important because the rear metal strip under the rear window is painted that color. The vinyl strip that separates the package tray from the rear seat appears to be saddle, as it does not match the seat upholstery (tan) or the dark sandlewood ( a mocha color) used on other portions of the interior.
I called the tech line back to reorder the package tray in mesh and they do not used the same color descriptions for the mesh. They did have one they called sandlewood, so I ordered it and hoped for the best. The mesh portion of the new one is much lighter than the vinyl package tray, but the vinyl strip the separates the package tray to the seat upholstery is a very close match.
Here are some pictures. The first one is of the vinyl package tray installed and the last one shows the mesh tray installed. These are PUI parts. The other pictures just show caparison of the different colors. The console door is painted the correct dark sandlewood.
It would be nice if I could get the mesh tray in the same color as the vinyl package tray, and to have the vinyl strip match the seat fabric. I'm thinking that is how it is supposed to be.
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