The Mystery, and Beauty of Extended Leather..........

Starscream · Apr 26, 2008

Today in this thread I decided to satisfy peoples curiosity of what exactly BMW Extended Leather is,
For the M Roadster its a $2700 option, For the Z4 Roadster its a $1700 option,
So there have been threads I have read where people have asked, "just what exactly do I get?"

Well I'll show you using my M Roadster,
Firstly there is a $1000 price difference in the M Roadster and the Z4 Roadster option cost, There is ONE thing you get with extended leather on the M you cannot have with the Z4, More on that with the pictures,

Firstly lets look at the car,
This is my car (and no prizes for guessing my first name)
Its finished in beautiful jaw dropping Imola Red paint, with Black Nappa Extended leather inside,
Other options include everything you could possibly add to an M Roadster, and I mean everything,

So here it is in all of its Imola beauty,

Next we look at the seats and roll hoops,
The seats on the M Roadster (and coupe) have the ///M logo recessed into them, Personally I love this feature, I think id even welcome the M logo colored with stitching but lets not go there right now,

You can see the hoops are actually covered with leather, This is a ///M only feature and cannot be added to the Z4,
I'm sure everyone is aware the roll hoop covers are silver on the Z4 where the M roadster gets black roll hoops, Adding extended leather covers them with black nappa leather (regardless of color of interior)

And just one more look at that ///M logo

Starscream · Apr 26, 2008

Next we will go into the car to look at another extended leather feature, The door cards,
You will notice with the extended leather the entire door card is covered with leather, Not just the middle "stripe" as other Z4's/M's without EL,

Also quickly to point out, The silver paint used for the door handle and the door release handle seems to be much glossier than my previous Z4 3.0i, Im not sure if this is an M option, Or an extended leather option,
Its hard to see exactly what I mean from the pictures but if anyone is into Formula 1 as I am the color and glossy finish of this silver is very much like (dare I say it) the McLaren silver paint they use on their F1 cars,
So heres a shot of that,

and back to the door cards

Now we look at the center console,
The EL covers the entire center console with leather, Starting at the buttons for the roof/heated seats and finishing behind the driver at the roll hoops, The only exception is the center storage box lid and plastic cover above that which remain plastic, The knee pads on the sides of the transmission tunnel are also leather,

Starscream · Apr 26, 2008

Finally EL covers the windscreen surround and the vanity mirrors with more of the cows good stuff,
The map light surround, the entire window surround and the mirrors front and back are finished in leather,

Lastly these pictures have nothing to do with EL but I just love the size shape and feel of the ///M stitched steering wheels in the M models so I took a picture of that for people to see,

Also (again lastly lol) a few shots of another M exclusive option and my personal favorite interior option, Carbon leather,
Hard to see exactly from the pictures but its leather strands stitched into a carbon fiber look, I think it sits very well with the whole extended leather theme and sets off the interior at the same time as not being too over the top tacky,

and thats it!

So to recap extended leather (For the M Roadster) adds,

Leather Roll hoops,
Leather Door cards (full)
Leather Center console
Leather front window and map light surround
Leather Vanity Mirrors
and a $2700 bill at the end

Is it worth $2700? Thats up to the individual driving the car, For me I love it and glad its in my car, just adds to that "something special" element the cars have.

Hope you enjoyed the long winded thread and the pictures

WLH · Apr 26, 2008

Very nice as I have never actually seen that option in person...

ovrkll · Apr 26, 2008

Very nice!!! Glad you posted those, since, as you mentioned, everyone asks what extended leather is.

Wondermike · Apr 26, 2008

Carbon leather with extended just looks awesome :sweetheart: now if only your car was silver :poke:

Oh, great pics too, as usual

Ski · Apr 26, 2008

Sweet, gotta love the leather..

Z4good · Apr 26, 2008

Thanks for the pics. All that leather really makes for a classy interior! Just awesome. 8)

Starscream · Apr 26, 2008

ovrkll said:
Very nice!!! Glad you posted those, since, as you mentioned, everyone asks what extended leather is.

Yup,

I don't recall anywhere having any pictures of EL in detail, Even the BMW site and brochures leave you in the dark,
If the option was there id like Imola Red extended leather, I think that would look great,
Glad everyone liked the pics

veryhuman · Apr 27, 2008

Looks so nice! Love the center console details.

Rick Hunter · Apr 27, 2008

So can anyone tell me what the extended leather option includes?

:rofl:

Just kidding. Starscream, your ride is just pure sex. And that deep rich colour... sex times 10.

epbrown · Apr 27, 2008

So the obvious next question is: is the leather Corinthian?

Starscream · Apr 27, 2008

Rick Hunter said:
So can anyone tell me what the extended leather option includes?

Just kidding. Starscream, your ride is just pure sex. And that deep rich colour... sex times 10.

Cheers mate

You gotta try this wax I'm using, brings out Imola like no other wax Ive tried

GAZA62 · Apr 27, 2008

That looks awesome really like that a lot do you have any probs with the roll bars rubbing on the inside of the top as i have read on here this can happen with the leather option.

Starscream · Apr 27, 2008

GAZA62 said:
That looks awesome really like that a lot do you have any probs with the roll bars rubbing on the inside of the top as i have read on here this can happen with the leather option.

So far no, But It does rub as the top comes up,

The hoop is hard as nails though, not as soft as the rest of the leather, and I'm sure they would have tested it,

I have warranty until 2012 anyway so I'm not going to be the one shelling out $1500 for a set of leather hoops if they fail

Gids · Apr 27, 2008

Starscream said:

Can you tell me what this is?

Starscream · Apr 27, 2008

Gids said:
Can you tell me what this is?

Its the BMW assist button,

TBH I'm not exactly sure what it does as Ive never pushed it lol,

If anyone else can chime in who HAS pushed it lemme know

Gids · Apr 27, 2008

Oh I always thought it was activated via the Nav screen, I'm sure I saw an option on the main menu.

I have a rectangular shaped cup holder there in my car

inTgr8r · Apr 27, 2008

Starscream, Great pics as usual

I knew most of the extended features, but have never seen them in pics like that.

Starscream · Apr 27, 2008

inTgr8r said:
Starscream, Great pics as usual
I knew most of the extended features, but have never seen them in pics like that.

I'm actually surprised how few cars even have EL, it seems like no-one wanted it!

I'm a little miffed as to why the M roadster was $1000 more than a Z4 roadster but I'm guessing its those $1500 roll hoops,

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