Just received my Karbonius bootlid/strut bar today~

[chalaka]

sorry for the late reply

getting myself a DD subaru lately ..
M3's been parked due to SMG issue (garage is far from where i live)

- the off line could be my quarter panel ? or the light .. i'll take bright pictures soon .. (car got rear ended before... still working on saggy bumper per speaking)
- in person, i didn't recall seeing that line been this "obvious" :P so .. still giving the vendor credit on fine piece of product (my personal opinion)

[Casa de Mesa]

Got my Karbonius boot lid / deck lid / trunk this week. Quality is top notch. It's with the paint shop currently who rolled their eyes and smirked when I said I have a carbon deck lid. "Those things never, ever fit well" was their reply.

Turns out fitment is spot on. They were extremely impressed with the quality and fitment. As am I.

This is an extremely complex piece. I'm diggin their take on the CSL deck lid.

Some not-so-great photos:














Regarding this next photo, it looks like it's not lining up. It isn't. There is no latching mechanism in the trunk or my car at the moment and so the trunk is lifting up just a little bit. The Karb trunk is so much lighter than stock that the gas-pressurized lifters fling this thing open pretty quickly. In this state as pictured, they are lifting the trunk up ever so slightly. Also, this is an INITIAL FITMENT and it was pretty bang on bolting it right up to the existing latches.




The shop is going to paint the hinges satin black. Should look pretty awesome.

[staylurkin07]

Thanks for the update 🤘🏻 Can’t wait to see the final results

[r4dr]

Probably a stupid question, but did it come pre-primed?

My CF trunk also gets flung open by the struts. I wonder if there's a way to run lower-pressure alternatives.

[Casa de Mesa]

Probably a stupid question, but did it come pre-primed?

My CF trunk also gets flung open by the struts. I wonder if there's a way to run lower-pressure alternatives.

Not a stupid question. Yes it did. They come in either full gloss, or matte on the inside + primed.

[Tbonem3]

Probably a stupid question, but did it come pre-primed?

My CF trunk also gets flung open by the struts. I wonder if there's a way to run lower-pressure alternatives.

I just used one strut with my old cf boot.

[Casa de Mesa]

I just used one strut with my old cf boot.

Might give that a go!

[antknee]

I just used one strut with my old cf boot.

Same. My Vorsteiner used one strut which was more than enough. My oem csl one i had to revert to both since it felt as heavy as stock

[WestBankM4]

Oh yes, it's a beauty. I have two parts on order with Karb currently, patiently waiting. I still haven't pulled the trigger on the CSL trunk, waiting for the GB to get setup first before proceeding. Looks great in matte the inside, I'm going with gloss but the matte is really attractive and makes me contemplate things. Congrats, are you going to install the E46 M3 emblem? It's the same size as the beauty cover emblem I take it?

[zzyzx85]

I'm all for keeping things as OEM as possible but the Karb trunk keeps making me think I should go that route instead of OEM CSL lid. just looks so good in CF, especially with that top notch fitment and quality.

[sina]

Did the CSL delete the toolkit from factory?

[zzyzx85]

Did the CSL delete the toolkit from factory?

Yes, OE CSL does delete the trunk tool kit

[cbean]

I'm all for keeping things as OEM as possible but the Karb trunk keeps making me think I should go that route instead of OEM CSL lid. just looks so good in CF, especially with that top notch fitment and quality.

Me too

[jet_dogg]

Oh yes, it's a beauty. I have two parts on order with Karb currently, patiently waiting. I still haven't pulled the trigger on the CSL trunk, waiting for the GB to get setup first before proceeding. Looks great in matte the inside, I'm going with gloss but the matte is really attractive and makes me contemplate things. Congrats, are you going to install the E46 M3 emblem? It's the same size as the beauty cover emblem I take it?

Nice man, I can't stop collecting karb stuffs.

[maw1124]

Nice man, I can't stop collecting karb stuffs.

I that why so much is out of stock?

;-D

maw