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Do you make a carbon fiber piece just to go over back diffuser in front bumper for 2013. Not the full long one just enough to to convert the black plastic piece to carbon fiber? If so please pm me price.
Do you make a carbon fiber piece just to go over back diffuser in front bumper for 2013. Not the full long one just enough to to convert the black plastic piece to carbon fiber? If so please pm me price.
We don't make that peice. However earlier in the thread you will see member BLKROKT sourced it for his FL C63.
2012 P31 C63 Coupe Trackrat, 2019 GLE63S Coupe Beast
Finally got the V-style side skirts on. Great fit and finish. The pic doesn't do them justice, but this is the best angle IMO. Makes the car look much wider. Love it, thanks again!
Finally got the V-style side skirts on. Great fit and finish. The pic doesn't do them justice, but this is the best angle IMO. Makes the car look much wider. Love it, thanks again!
Thank you for the kind words!!
Originally Posted by Asher4799
pricing on arkym front lip and dtm trunk spoiler? with shipping to 55431
and do you have hood options? 2009 c63
No hoods at the moment. Sent you a PM regarding the lip+spoiler.
I spent about two weeks looking at diffusers from various vendors. Modecarbon, vorsteiner, Renntech. Went to the next step down at RWCarbon and VFR Tuning. Even looked at some ebay ones for about 1 hour. In the end I didn’t go with the premium guys because I just couldn’t afford it – out of my budget. I spoke with Nick at modecarbon. Very friendly and very helpful, but I just don’t understand why, if all your company does is make carbon component, it would take 4 weeks turnaround!!! Seems like something they should have an inventory for. Imagine if each time you ordered tires you had to wait for Bridgestone to make them. I went with RWCarbon over VFR Tuning because THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PHONE NUMBER and a person you can talk to. VFR never responded to any email. Couldn’t find a phone number anywhere else where you can talk to a real person. Even modecarbon I basically had to convince them to call me back and only after I asked them kindly to send me pictures of the diffuser tabs.
BTW, I had the install done by European Collision Center in San Francisco. They are certified by Mercedes to do all repairs for Mercedes models. So any issues they faced were unlikely due to lack of experience.
Pros: FINISH and APPEARANCE Layup: was very impressive overall. Weave pattern was slightly bigger than the OEM carbon spoiler on the trunk. The corners of the fins had one spots where the carbon layers were stretched funny – so the weave looked warped. Would need to be within 3 feet to see or notice.
Shape: The diffuser is basically the same dimensions as the OEM and the top fit spot on with the bumper. No big gaps or tight spots. Nice and tight all around.
Finish was the same as the OEM trunk spoiler. Smooth clear coat gave it a deep 3D finish. It had a consistent clear coat depth from top to bottom of the diffuser.
Cons: TABS TABS TABS!!! SIZE: The tabs on top were not long enough either to connect to the bracket AND to the bumper panel. The installer got the top tabs into the bumper panel, but they needed to be at least another 1cm to connect to the L-shape mounting bracket. Some of the tabs were too thick to go in without “impacting” he size of the OEM mounting points. They had to “modify” the mounting points (widen or cut).
SPACING: The tabs along the top were not spaced correctly. When you start from one side, but the time you get to the other side you are about ½-1cm off and the installers had to widen (ie. Cut extra space) the last 3 tab holes to get them in. It was a four guy job for my installers. Two guys would hold the bumper and bend/twist the right direction as the other two guys pushed/pulled the diffuser to get it into the hold. This could be resolved with thinner tabs and thicker tab-ends.
MISSING tabs along the bottom of the diffuser. The bottom of the diffuser (the side that goes underneath the car) did not have tabs to connect to the OEM L-bracket that holds the OEM diffuser to the metal frame. The bottom is just smooth all the way across. See pictures
There are no installation instructions so I am not sure if they are supposed to be missing or if RW Carbon does not want us to use the OEM brackets, but if I didn’t use it the diffuser was too flimsy and I would not feel save driving with it. Installers had to build an epoxy bond to “glue” the bracket to the rear of the diffuser. It is now SOLID, but if I ever need to work on the bumper (repaint, replace, re-use OEM diffuser) it will be a pain in the butt to do! Needed to drill some holes on the ends (down behind the tires) to secure it to the bumper panel like the OEM diffuser.
I don’t know how I feel about the diffuser being semi-permanent or having to alter the OEM mount points. Perhaps I received a faulty one….perhaps you aren’t supposed to use the OEM bracket. At the end the diffuser fit and looks awesome as you can see in the picture and got tons of complements. I’ll probably forget all about it in a few days…but for now I do kinda wonder if the $650 (w/tax+shipping) I paid was any different that an ebay one.
2012 C63;1971 280SE 3.5(Sold);2023 EQS 450 SUV 4 Matic (Wife's)
Thanks for posting this review. I have one I bought this summer but will be installing over the winter layup. Thanks for the heads up as I will now be expecting a challenge and I kind of guessed it would be when I looked at the tabs.
I expect there will be lots of blue air to disturb the otherwise peaceful ambiance of my basement garage. My wife is used to it by now...LOL.
Matt if your ears are burning over the winter you will know why...LOL
09-01-2015, 02:03 AM
