Middle console and Dashboard trims Mansory for Mercedes G-class G500 / AMG G63 W463A

Middle console and Dashboard trims Mansory for Mercedes G-class G500 / AMG G63 W463A

This Mansory carbon trim subset is the targeted, high-impact slice of the W463A interior programme — six pieces that cover the centre console and the horizontal dashboard plane, exactly the surfaces that front-seat occupants look at and reach for every minute of every drive. The set complements the wider Mansory Carbon Body Kit for Mercedes G-class W463A G500/G63 and is engineered specifically for owners who want signature Mansory carbon up front without re-skinning every door card and pillar. Position-wise the kit replaces the satin-aluminium or open-pore wood pieces that ship from Mercedes' factory configurator on the G500, G550, G400d, G350d and AMG G63 W463A — and it keeps every electronic feature behind those panels working exactly as Daimler intended.

Construction & Materials

The kit is built from real prepreg carbon-fibre, not vinyl wrap or hydrographic film. Mansory uses 3K twill cloth — the 2×2 weave with three-thousand-filament tows that yields the classic small-cell carbon look at close range, the kind of weave you actually want to see when your eye is twelve inches from the surface during gear changes. Resin is an interior-grade epoxy with elevated glass-transition temperature so the lacquer does not soften when the cabin bakes after a summer afternoon parked in the open. All six pieces in this kit are poured from a single resin batch and cured in the same autoclave run, which is the only reliable way to get colour and gloss to match across panels that sit literally inches apart in the driver's eyeline.

• Weave: 3K twill 2×2, 200 g/m² cloth, oriented at 0°/90° on the dash strips and at 45° on the rotary climate ring for a chevron flow into the vent
• Cure: prepreg + autoclave, 6 bar / 125 °C cycle, single-batch resin pour for cross-piece colour match
• Wall thickness: 1.6–2.0 mm depending on piece — thicker on the gear-selector surround (it gets touched), thinner on the instrument-cluster surround (purely visual)
• Combined weight: 0.65–0.85 kg for all six pieces, replacing OEM trims of similar mass
• Mounting: original Mercedes plastic clips reused on the dash strips; 3M VHB foam tape backing on the climate ring; metal spring clips on the gear-selector surround
• Finish: semi-gloss UV-stable polyurethane lacquer (60° gloss meter ~70 GU) — chosen over high-gloss because the centre console catches windscreen reflections at every dawn and dusk drive
• Edges: hand-radiused 0.5 mm, weave wraps the visible edge of every piece (no painted edge on show surfaces)
• Capacitive transparency: the MBUX touchpad bezel is moulded with a non-conductive resin variant and verified at < 0.1 mm proud of the OEM glass plane so capacitive sensing is preserved

Design & Visual Function

The reason this six-piece subset exists as a stand-alone product is geometry. The centre console and the dashboard horizontal plane are the only surfaces in the W463A cabin where the driver's eye lingers for more than half a second at a time — every other panel (door cards, pillars, headliner) is in peripheral vision. Mansory's industrial-design brief on these pieces is simple: make the carbon read as carbon at glance distance, and make the gloss match a piano-black piece next to it without becoming a fingerprint magnet. Semi-gloss lacquer at roughly 70 GU does that — it has enough depth to show the weave under cabin LED lighting but it diffuses skin-oil prints rather than holding them as starkly as full high-gloss would.

Weave alignment across the six pieces is the second pillar of the design. On the passenger-side horizontal dash strip the tows run perfectly parallel to the long axis of the panel, so the eye reads the strip as a continuous ribbon rather than a stitched-up patchwork. The instrument-cluster surround uses the same 0/90 orientation so when the driver glances down at the binnacle the weave aligns with the gauge needle's rest position. The climate-control rotary ring uses 45-degree weave because rotary motion needs a visual that suggests rotation — the chevron flow that the diagonal weave creates does that without resorting to a printed graphic. The gear-selector surround uses 0/90 again to integrate visually with the touchpad bezel that sits an inch behind it.

Colour matching across pieces is the third pillar. Carbon lacquer panels sourced from different resin batches can drift in tone — one slightly browner, one bluer. Tooling all six pieces in the same week and lacquering them in a single pass eliminates the drift that ruins piecemeal trim builds.

Compatibility & Fitment

This trim subset fits Mercedes-Benz G-class W463A — the 2018-onwards 4th-generation G-wagen platform, Mercedes' internal model code W463A. Confirmed fitment across the G500, G550, G400d, G350d, AMG G63 (M177 4.0 V8 biturbo) — all use the identical centre console and dashboard architecture. The kit is supplied in matched LHD and RHD variants because the passenger-side dash strip changes side and the instrument-cluster surround is symmetric. Pre-2018 W463 (the original 1979–2018 boxy G-wagen) is not compatible — that car has a completely different dashboard architecture, no MBUX touchpad, a square instrument cluster and different climate-control geometry. The W463A Gronos limited edition uses the same dashboard as standard W463A so this kit fits Gronos cars too, though Gronos owners typically specify the full Gronos interior package. W464 and W465 future generations are not compatible. Within W463A itself the kit accommodates both the standard centre-console layout and the AMG G63 layout (the touchpad and rotary ring are physically identical between G500 and G63).

Installation & Reversibility

Estimated fitting time is 90 minutes to two hours for a careful installer, working at a clean indoor bay with the cabin at room temperature so the 3M VHB tape on the climate ring reaches its full bond strength. The dash strips and instrument-cluster surround unclip from the OEM plastic carrier with the same plastic spudger you would use for any modern Mercedes interior trim — no fasteners are drilled, no panels are cut. The gear-selector surround removes by lifting from the rear edge once the leather boot is unclipped at four points. The MBUX touchpad bezel and climate-control rotary ring are the two pieces that demand care: the bezel uses VHB tape and must be aligned exactly so the capacitive sensing area is uncovered, and the rotary ring must clear the rotary travel of the climate knob with a 0.4 mm gap on every side. Fitment is fully reversible — original satin-aluminium or open-pore wood pieces can be re-clipped at any point with no trace. We strongly recommend a Mansory-trained installer or a competent independent Mercedes specialist for the touchpad bezel; the dash strips are within DIY reach for an experienced owner.

Pairing within the Mansory G-class W463A G500/G63 programme

Buyers who choose this six-piece subset usually pair it with siblings in the same touch-zone family rather than with exterior aero parts. The most natural companion is the full Interior trim set Mansory for Mercedes G-class G500 / AMG G63 W463A for owners who later decide to extend the carbon programme to the door cards and pillars — and because both products are sourced through the same colour and weave specification, the additions match the original six pieces. Steering-wheel families pair particularly well: the Steering wheel panel Mansory for Mercedes G-class G500 / AMG G63 W463A brings the same 3K twill into the column area so the driver's hand-and-eye field reads as one continuous carbon environment, and the Airbag cover Mansory for Mercedes G-class G500 / AMG G63 W463A finishes the centre of the wheel so the line from instrument-cluster surround through wheel hub reads continuously.

Maintenance & Durability

The lacquer is interior-spec polyurethane — the right chemistry for cabin life. Daily cleaning is a slightly damp microfibre — no glass cleaner (ammonia clouds lacquer), no silicone dashboard sprays, no abrasive sponges. For deeper cleaning use a pH-neutral interior cleaner sprayed onto the cloth (never the carbon) and wipe in straight lines along the weave. The dash strip catches direct sun through the windscreen, so a quarterly carnauba-based interior wax keeps UV inhibitors topped up. Avoid acetone or solvent thinners — both can micro-craze interior lacquer. Realistic lifespan with this regime is the lifetime of the vehicle. Scratches from rings on the gear-selector surround can be cut and re-polished by any carbon repair specialist.

Lead Time & Warranty

Lead time is 3–5 weeks from order to dispatch — a compact subset like this one moves through Mansory's interior production cell faster than a full interior set, but the single-batch resin and matched lacquer pass mean the kit cannot be split or expedited from existing stock. All six pieces ship together. Warranty is twelve months against manufacturing defects: lacquer delamination, weave voids, dimensional non-conformance, mounting-point failure. The warranty does not cover damage from non-approved cleaning chemicals (anything containing ammonia or strong solvents), abrasive scratches, or installer error during fitting. Capacitive-sensing performance of the MBUX touchpad bezel is verified before dispatch and the bezel is replaced under warranty if sensing is degraded out of the box.

FAQ

Q: Will the MBUX touchpad still respond to gestures with the carbon bezel fitted?
A: Yes. The bezel is moulded from a non-conductive resin variant and sits flush with the OEM glass plane, so capacitive coupling is unchanged — every swipe, pinch and click that worked on the factory bezel works identically on the carbon one.

Q: Does the climate-control rotary ring restrict knob travel?
A: No. The ring is dimensioned with a 0.4 mm gap on every side of the rotary knob throughout its full rotation range, so detent feel and rotation torque are exactly as Mercedes calibrated them.

Q: Can I order just the centre-console pieces and skip the dash strips?
A: This is sold as a matched six-piece subset. Splitting the order risks colour and gloss drift between later-ordered pieces and the originals — the whole point of the single-batch pour is to keep every piece consistent. We recommend the full kit.

Q: I have an AMG G63 with the carbon-fibre interior package from the AMG factory option list. Is this kit different?
A: Yes — the AMG factory carbon trim is a coarser weave with high-gloss lacquer and slightly different pieces. Mansory's kit replaces the AMG package with finer 3K twill and semi-gloss lacquer that is more aligned with current Mansory cabin language. Many G63 owners specify the AMG package from new and then swap to this kit later.

Q: Will fitting trigger any dashboard warnings or affect the airbag system?
A: No. None of the six pieces touch the airbag deployment paths — the passenger airbag deploys through a separate concealed seam ahead of the dash strip, and the kit has been validated to leave that seam unimpeded. No SRS warnings are triggered by removal or refitting.

Pair this six-piece subset with a Mansory steering-wheel panel and airbag cover for a complete driver-zone carbon refresh, or extend later to the full interior trim set when the project budget allows. CTA: WhatsApp +44 7488 818 747 or [email protected].