carbon fibre front lips and their price

hyi1976 · 01-31-2007, 04:02 PM

Why are the carbon fibre front lips so expensive?

I mean you can get black line tail light for $200, and I think that's much more complex product than the lips.

Anyone have any answer to this? Any of you carbon fibre experts?

ZuerstBMW · 01-31-2007, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hyi1976

Why are the carbon fibre front lips so expensive?

I mean you can get black line tail light for $200, and I think that's much more complex product than the lips.

Anyone have any answer to this? Any of you carbon fibre experts?

Because real CF is expensive itself.

FirstClass · 01-31-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ZuerstBMW

Because real CF is expensive itself.

+1 CF isn't cheap.

shragon · 02-01-2007, 05:57 PM

+2 and there's an international cf shortage.

Paul330d · 02-02-2007, 11:32 AM

What I don't understand is why BMW offer them in CF only. I mean, many people - myself included - don't like CF, so why can't we have 'standard plastic' ones in the same material as the bumper itself?

hyi1976 · 02-02-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul330d

What I don't understand is why BMW offer them in CF only. I mean, many people - myself included - don't like CF, so why can't we have 'standard plastic' ones in the same material as the bumper itself?

I totally agree with you. I guess there no vendor who makes non carbon fiber replica lips.

TheDL · 02-03-2007, 02:08 AM

Write a letter to Boeing and Airbus and tell them to quit hoggin all the shit.

In the end of 2005 the price of it jumped up over 300% - Its come down off that high now, but its still way up there.

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