You asked for it, here it is! SleK Designs Carbon Fiber Front Lip Teaser!

[RaihaX]

I hold off on kerscher for this

[Harlequin]

Meh... It'll be twice the price.... and it will take a to be available.... and this thread wasn't here last night...

If it's that good I'll upgrade later...

[RaihaX]

Then you can sell me your kerscher haha

[Chagrin]

eagerly looking forward to updates

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by Harlequin

Meh... It'll be twice the price.... and it will take a to be available.... and this thread wasn't here last night...

If it's that good I'll upgrade later...

It won't take to long to be available. It should be finished this Sunday then it will go out to be molded then when it gets back they can make 1 lip per day I believe. So I would say a few weeks at most.

Could always cancel that order =).

[t02t]

sickkkkkkkkkkkkk

[BahamaBart]

Originally Posted by Harlequin

Lookin good... I just pulled the trigger on the Kerscher lip but I'm very interested to see how this one turns out...

You will not regret your Kerscher purchase, considering value, install and the fact that it looks great on any color car.

I am sure this new splitter will be Top Shelf, price included so it won't be for everyone. Just from the pics, it will be significantly more than iCarbon. Its always great to have options, its also great to be part of the development journey.

Exactly how much is their 1M going for?

[Sylon]

I'd like to see the finished product, but I'm liking the idea so far.

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by BahamaBart

You will not regret your Kerscher purchase, considering value, install and the fact that it looks great on any color car.

I am sure this new splitter will be Top Shelf, price included so it won't be for everyone. Just from the pics, it will be significantly more than iCarbon. Its always great to have options, its also great to be part of the development journey.

Exactly how much is their 1M going for?

The 1M SleK front lip is about 1200$, but this will be cheaper. SleK will try their best to have it come in around the iCarbon MSRP.

[ilikebmxbikes]

looks like it will work on an ER wide body kit... i need this.

[HondaGoneRogue]

Originally Posted by cooler2442

The 1M SleK front lip is about 1200$, but this will be cheaper. SleK will try their best to have it come in around the iCarbon MSRP.

Which is still too much.

[mineo77]

looking forward to updates and pricing

[xerox445]

I hope they consider a FRP option also.

[impulzive]

Agreed! They should make a plastic one, aswell as a CF one. It's cheaper for them than making CFs and it help out reaching an wider audience (those who want the "cheaper" option, or don't prefer CF)

Looks awesome though, I will for sure buy one, plastic or CF.

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by HondaGoneRogue

Which is still too much.

Considering iCarbon was made in China, didn't use high quality clear coat and still sold tons of them at 800$+. Then having a lip made 100% in the USA, 0 fitment issues, better clear coat for around the same price would be a steal.

Originally Posted by impulzive

Agreed! They should make a plastic one, aswell as a CF one. It's cheaper for them than making CFs and it help out reaching an wider audience (those who want the "cheaper" option, or don't prefer CF)

Looks awesome though, I will for sure buy one, plastic or CF.

Problem is iCarbon did this when they released the FRP version of the lip and the CF one. They did not sell anywhere near the same amount of lips in FRP that they did with CF and ended up discontinuing the FRP version.

They may consider a FRP version later down the line if enough interest is generated. But for now CF only.

[fourtailpipes]

+1 for a plastic version!

[xerox445]

Originally Posted by impulzive

Agreed! They should make a plastic one, aswell as a CF one. It's cheaper for them than making CFs and it help out reaching an wider audience (those who want the "cheaper" option, or don't prefer CF)

Looks awesome though, I will for sure buy one, plastic or CF.

Its not just about having a "cheaper version". I would like to have something that I don't have to worry about going off during a race into grass or sand and cracking a $1000 lip vs a $300 peice that I can repair myself.

[HP Autosport]

Once we are happy with the end product a sale thread will be started.

[M3Newbie88]

Originally Posted by cooler2442

Considering iCarbon was made in China, didn't use high quality clear coat and still sold tons of them at 800$+. Then having a lip made 100% in the USA, 0 fitment issues, better clear coat for around the same price would be a steal.

Don't think ANYTHING will be a 0 fitment issue product so that is a pretty BOLD statement especially not coming from SLek.. so I will take that as a claim to show that it will have near perfect fitment.

Originally Posted by xerox445

Its not just about having a "cheaper version". I would like to have something that I don't have to worry about going off during a race into grass or sand and cracking a $1000 lip vs a $300 peice that I can repair myself.

Still think you are dreaming if you expect $300.00 for an FRP version..

Overall it looks nice but I will wait till the actual product comes out to determine if its worth the upgrade or price.. Icarbon sold so many because there was little to no options at the time.. and for 3D lips which are not CF to be $1XXX it was a bargain to some.

[cooler2442]

Originally Posted by 1LazyBmw

Don't think ANYTHING will be a 0 fitment issue product so that is a pretty BOLD statement especially not coming from SLek.. so I will take that as a claim to show that it will have near perfect fitment

You're right, I don't represent SleK and my opinions are just my own. But when I was at the facility we had a long discussion about iCarbon, Scopione, China Manufacturing and etc. The owner of SleK told me that his main reason for keeping manufacturing here in the USA instead of going to China is fitment and quality control.

Once you move production overseas you do not have the same type of control of your products that you would here. SleK is not a new company, they have been making products for the S2k market for years. They just created the SleK brand for the BMW crowd.

Just a small tidbit of information, the facility and employee's SleK is using right now is the same facility that Arkym used to manufacture their CF products in before they outgrew it. Everyone in the E9x community knows how great and flawless Arkym fitment is.

[M3Newbie88]

Originally Posted by cooler2442

You're right, I don't represent SleK and my opinions are just my own. But when I was at the facility we had a long discussion about iCarbon, Scopione, China Manufacturing and etc. The owner of SleK told me that his main reason for keeping manufacturing here in the USA instead of going to China is fitment and quality control.

Once you move production overseas you do not have the same type of control of your products that you would here. SleK is not a new company, they have been making products for the S2k market for years. They just created the SleK brand for the BMW crowd.

Just a small tidbit of information, the facility and employee's SleK is using right now is the same facility that Arkym used to manufacture their CF products in before they outgrew it. Everyone in the E9x community knows how great and flawless Arkym fitment is.

Perfect.. thanks for clarifying and nothing like keeping the jobs in North America.. we need more of that.. will wait to see the final product.

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by 1LazyBmw

Perfect.. thanks for clarifying and nothing like keeping the jobs in North America.. we need more of that.. will wait to see the final product.

If there is any product flaws, it can be dealt with right away.