FS: Carbon Trunk Lid
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E...23679309QQrdZ1

Does anyone have this and does anyone think that it is worth the cash???

Ok, how do I insert links to auctions?? (yeah I am a noob, everyone starts somewhere:eek:)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...123679309&rd=1

it's only for a coupe anyways

Unless you have a coupe that wont work. I think there was a group buy here a long time ago where some of the guys got VIS to whip up a special batch of carbon hatches for $500 each.

do you think VIS would be willing to do it individually, granted far greater costs for said individual? I don't have the moolah now, but I really want to know where to find one. Also, anybody know how much a carbon hatch weighs?

Try getting another group buy together. Find a contact number and tell them that you are organizeing a group buy for 318ti.org, they will give you a minimum number of people needed and you get them all together. Then you could get it for $500. Sorry couldnt tell you how much it weighs though.

Thanks. Does anyone here have one on their 318 now? I would like to see what it looks like. I just don't want my car to look "ricey". I guess that if all else fails there is always paint.

I thought the reason for CF was to lighten the car. Since there already is a weight bias towards the front on our cars (moreso than almost any modern BMW), why make the bias even worse by making the rear even lighter?

simple, you buy a CF hood first:cool: And according to the 318ti info brochure, it has a near perfect 50/50 weight distribution. I believe it.

That group buy never went through before... I don't know of anybody on here that has a cf hatch. I think they needed atleast 10 confirmed buyers, and it was going to take a few months to get them all made. I think they also needed somebody to take a Ti to them so that they could get everything made perfectly.

So, this would fit on the ti wouldn't it?

/Derrick

We have compacts, not coupes. That would not have fit your car.

Buy it and tell us how the install goes...

Honestly, I doubt there would be a large weight savings from a CF hatch. You would lose a little bit of weight by switching to CF, but most of the hatch weight is in the glass.

we got a BIG window back there :)