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Not real burl wood?

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#1 · (Edited)
I think Jeep has changed from real burl wood to some other wood like pine. If you look at early overlands they had the burl (swirl) wood the later overlands seem to be shipping with stripped wood that definitely isn't burl anymore.

 
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#2 ·
i didnt know they used real wood....... i thought it was all plastic
 
#4 ·
I think Jeep has changed from real burl wood to some other wood like pine. If you look at early overlands they had the burl (swirl) wood the later overlands seem to be shipping with stripped wood that definitely isn't burl anymore.

What color is the portion above the wood? It looks black which wouldn't seem to be available in an Overland in the U.S. with a beige interior.
 
#8 ·
It must be the light in the picture. It is the brown leather trim of top of the doors. The limited's with the plastic trim all look like burl and don't have grain that looks like mine.
 
#9 ·
That is what is called "crotch" and it is still a desirable cut in woodworking. I cut around burls every day and throw it in the burn barrel lol

It is most certainly not Pine, or any other softwood for that matter. A Burl is a defect in the tree and occurs in almost every species of wood. But you will likely get 10 board feet of tight Burl to every 1000 board feet of lumber, if that..

I wouldn't expect to get a good looking piece of Burl in every Jeep.
 
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#15 ·
Regardless of what theyre calling it, it is for sure Ash, it's a shame that they would stain a cheap open grain species rather than using something that has the shade they want.

I buy ash for 13 cents a bf. I make templates from Ash or MDF, but its usually cheaper to use Ash. It's the spruce of hardwoods. There is probably $2.00 worth of wood in the Jeep.

Thanks for the lesson, and not to toot my own horn, but I make high end furniture for a living, I have studied fine furniture, and worked with some of the most well respected chairmakers in the world. My work has been published in newspapers, magazines, television.

So to me, they really cheaped out on the wood selection in the WK2, although any real wood is better than the plastic "wood" in mine lol
 
#17 ·
I agree. My issue was the earlier builds had the burl wood. I am no wood expert at all, but you can tell production changed and less desirable wood was chosen.

The good part is at least mine is all the same color.
 
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