[Obsessive Detail]

Does anyone else make carbon fiber overlays for the front bumper inlets other than IND at a good price point? $800 for overlays seems crazy.

[Ronin76]

Originally Posted by Obsessive Detail

Does anyone else make carbon fiber overlays for the front bumper inlets other than IND at a good price point? $800 for overlays seems crazy.

Not that I know of. What price is reasonable to you?

[BroDoze]

Originally Posted by Ronin76

Not that I know of. What price is reasonable to you?

Well, if they can manufacture high-quality CF rear spoilers all day for ~$300, why can’t they do a high-quality $400 set of inlets? Or $400 CF front-lips?

I had a nice $350 CF front-lip on my 135i - what makes the G87 command $1,200+ front-lips?

[Ronin76]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

Well, if they can manufacture high-quality CF rear spoilers all day for ~$300, why can’t they do a high-quality $400 set of inlets? Or $400 CF front-lips?

I had a nice $350 CF front-lip on my 135i - what makes the G87 command $1,200+ front-lips?

How long ago did you buy that $350 front lip? Play with the cards you are dealt or….don’t play. They aren’t making these pieces to make you or me happy. They are making them to make money…thats it. Don’t like the price don’t buy it.

Anything with the words “carbon fiber” with not come cheap…unless it is not real carbon fiber.

[BroDoze]

You're not getting my point.

Why are the spoilers cheap but everything is isn't?

[Ronin76]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

You're not getting my point.

Why are the spoilers cheap but everything is isn't?

Ah...yeah, not sure why. Maybe easiest to produce?

[Obsessive Detail]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

Well, if they can manufacture high-quality CF rear spoilers all day for ~$300, why can’t they do a high-quality $400 set of inlets? Or $400 CF front-lips?

I had a nice $350 CF front-lip on my 135i - what makes the G87 command $1,200+ front-lips?

Exactly what I was thinking. I got my carbon fiber grill from Kies for like $450, that seems more reasonable for the inlets to me.

[kudos]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

You're not getting my point.

Why are the spoilers cheap but everything is isn't?

Because it's about bulk. It's cheaper when you make 1,000,000 of something rather than 1,000. A lot more people buy a spoiler than inlets.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

Well, if they can manufacture high-quality CF rear spoilers all day for ~$300, why can’t they do a high-quality $400 set of inlets? Or $400 CF front-lips? what makes the G87 command $1,200+ front-lips?

It's brand new. Aftermarket parts for new models are always more expensive upfront. That's the price one pays for having to be the first to have something.

Carbon fiber parts aren't that expensive to make anymore, but people think it is. My guess is these parts offer the largest profit margin, that's why they're the only ones available right now. I don't want cf exterior accessories, but nobody offers anything in gloss black or painted/unpainted. I finally broke down and purchased a cf rear spoiler & dropped it off at the painters to be painted body-color. Would've been much easier, and cheaper, to have purchased a non-cf, unpainted spoiler. But it is what it is.

[M_Power Rob]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

You're not getting my point.

Why are the spoilers cheap but everything is isn't?

Besides spoilers being made in mass quantities (the spoiler for the G87 will fit all G generation 2 series (230, 240 & M2) as already stated, the shape of the inlets are a little more intricate and specific to the G87) and that could add to the cost.

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by Obsessive Detail

Does anyone else make carbon fiber overlays for the front bumper inlets other than IND at a good price point? $800 for overlays seems crazy.

You can usually get them a bit cheaper on sale. I know last year for Black Friday, I want to say I paid something like $500 for the AutoTeknic ones.
Also, if you're asking why it costs more than a spoiler is because the spoiler has
1. More applications (all G bodied 2 series cars), while the inlets are G87 specific.
2. Quantity, they simply make a ton more of the spoilers because of reason 1. So it's vastly cheaper to make the spoiler compared to the inlets.
3. Complexity, the molding for the spoiler is really simple, the inlet parts are different sizes that house sensors and have a uniform weave. It simply is harder to make and to make right.

I would wait for a sale if you're looking at a specific set. Hell, save the money and buy all of the carbon bits when they do go on sale, then you basically get a new car.