iCarbon is the past, SleK is the future! SleK Carbon Fiber 1M / 135i Trunk Teaser

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by machiavelli9988

So when is the group buy already??

It is coming soon. I believe SleK would like to catch up on fulfilling the 135i M Sport Front Lip group buy orders and have a fully finished hood.

Maybe as early as next week!

[cooler2442]

Some New Pics:





















Also here is a teaser for the Hood:

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...highlight=slek

[thez99]

Alright, gimme the goddamn trunk and please tell me you can paint it, I dun wanna pay my dealer assloads of money for the same job. Cant you guys have a local shop paint these things oem paint colors and do a clearcoat>?

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by thez99

Alright, gimme the goddamn trunk and please tell me you can paint it, I dun wanna pay my dealer assloads of money for the same job. Cant you guys have a local shop paint these things oem paint colors and do a clearcoat>?

Lol, it isn't released yet unfortunately. Just make sure to add yourself as #1 when HP Autowerks does the group buy and you should get one of the first ones.

But as for painting, I know Harold has a shop that does all of his painting as well as local customer painting. But the problem with that is I think the best painting shops use a machine to scan your cars current paint and then compare it to factory and it determines what it should paint the current piece. Problem would be is that you aren't local so Harold couldn't guarantee how it would turn out.

Harold can correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's why places don't paint parts before shipping them.

If I were you though I would either just post in your local section(here or E90/m3 post) asking for paint shop recommendations or just check yelp. Hope it helps.

[thez99]

Yelp?

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by thez99

Yelp?

Hopefully your city is on it:

www.yelp.com


Usually the good stuff should have 4.5 stars or better. Don't go below 4 stars and make sure there are a decent number of reviews.

[thez99]

Anybody got anything to say about Maaco for painting?

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by thez99

Alright, gimme the goddamn trunk and please tell me you can paint it, I dun wanna pay my dealer assloads of money for the same job. Cant you guys have a local shop paint these things oem paint colors and do a clearcoat>?

we don't plan to sell them painted. You can never get the paint to match without having the car there, especially on something this big.

[thez99]

Originally Posted by HP Autowerks

we don't plan to sell them painted. You can never get the paint to match without having the car there, especially on something this big.

I still dun understand this thou..I mean how many diff variations of Deep Sea Blue BMW oem paint are there??? Its not like im driving some 1960 who the hell knows car without even a paint code listed on the model..is it so difficult for paint shops to get these bmw paints?

[///Machiavelli]

Paint fades variably due to exposure to environmental factors like UV. How could they match your unique variation of DSB over the Internet?

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by thez99

I still dun understand this thou..I mean how many diff variations of Deep Sea Blue BMW oem paint are there??? Its not like im driving some 1960 who the hell knows car without even a paint code listed on the model..is it so difficult for paint shops to get these bmw paints?

It's hard to match with your car in the shop...imagine trying to do that without seeing your car.

If your body panels were painted in a differnt day or location at the BMW factory than your bumpers or rocker panels...you will notice the color is slightly off.

[thez99]

Hmm, well im having a ruff time finding any real auto paint shops in my area. I tried that Yelp shit and ive only found a few possibilities, otherwise its all sleezy "body shops"

[MPBK]

Originally Posted by HP Autowerks

It's hard to match with your car in the shop...imagine trying to do that without seeing your car.

If your body panels were painted in a differnt day or location at the BMW factory than your bumpers or rocker panels...you will notice the color is slightly off.

Maybe his confusion comes from y'all's use of the term "match".
Say his car is faded. You're not changing your paint's formula slightly, right? You still use the formula specified by the color code.
What you do is to spray over adjacent panels (either entirely or partially) to make it blend in, right?

[cooler2442]

Bam!

[oman135]

love The Trunk !

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by cooler2442

Bam!

Should we start a count on who is interest in this trunk?

[FOACAD]

Really wish there was a decent way for it to be color matched with out having the car there.

Looks like ill just wait till i get back to the states before i get either this or the hood as i want both in AW.

[cooler2442]

Some trunk pics at the beach:



IMG_0048 by baldadar, on Flickr

IMG_0038 by baldadar, on Flickr

[///Machiavelli]

Any updates?

[HondaGoneRogue]

Originally Posted by FOACAD

Really wish there was a decent way for it to be color matched with out having the car there.

Looks like ill just wait till i get back to the states before i get either this or the hood as i want both in AW.

You can send in your fuel door, and they can match that. If they are competent.

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by machiavelli9988

Any updates?

Trunk pricing will be announced at the same time as hood pricing and the rest of SLeK's 1M kit. That is the hold up atm since they want to announce everything at once as a full 1M kit.

[///Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by cooler2442

Trunk pricing will be announced at the same time as hood pricing and the rest of SLeK's 1M kit. That is the hold up atm since they want to announce everything at once as a full 1M kit.

So, likely not going to see this offered until the new year is what I'm guessing

What else is going into the 1M kit?