Re: Real Wood in a 2001 GTI GLX? (MatchStick)
It is a real wood veneer laminated onto a plastic backing for rigidity. If you have seen guitars with highly figured bodies, necks or headstocks, they use a similar procedure (unless it is solid). So in other words, yes it is real wood, but no it is not a solid chunk of wood. The shiftknob is a different story, that is solid wood.
FYI, the wood in the NA spec GLX cars is a burled walnut, tint varies, farm grown/commercially available (for you tree huggers).
All modern car manufacturers that use real wood use the veenering process, the reason being that they don't want to be the target of a law suit because a wood splinter got into someone's eye in the event of an accident...
It is a real wood veneer laminated onto a plastic backing for rigidity. If you have seen guitars with highly figured bodies, necks or headstocks, they use a similar procedure (unless it is solid). So in other words, yes it is real wood, but no it is not a solid chunk of wood. The shiftknob is a different story, that is solid wood.
FYI, the wood in the NA spec GLX cars is a burled walnut, tint varies, farm grown/commercially available (for you tree huggers).
All modern car manufacturers that use real wood use the veenering process, the reason being that they don't want to be the target of a law suit because a wood splinter got into someone's eye in the event of an accident...
