Slonik (Slon) Carbon Fiber CSL Trunk Review

[jet_dogg]

I believe all 3 did though! And I know it's difficult, of course. I'm just surprised that the 3 "best" makers can't get it right.

Probably because they don't have an original mold.

My slon stuff came exquisitely packaged and I don't believe any of the group buy carbon wall guys had qc issues otherwise they would have chimed in to this thread by now. A guy I know got a trunk that fit perfectly so who knows what's going on.

The karbonius fender guy (i think wernd) said he had to massage the fenders to fit despite their claims of perfect fit as well (not to mention common airbox filter gap issues and one guy's valve cover they forgot to put washers in).

[Tbonem3]

It is by no means easy especially if you don't start with an OE part.

I believe all 3 did though! And I know it's difficult, of course. I'm just surprised that the 3 "best" makers can't get it right.

[old///MFanatic]

Short version: Don't buy a Slonik carbon trunk, fitment is completely off and communication is lacking.

When the trunk came in, I could hear the trunk rattle around in the box. When I opened the box, I found a trunk that was wrapped in gift wrap style paper, it would easily move 6-8" from one side of the box to the other. I found a chipped corner and later after more inspection found that the chipped corner actually had a crack on the other side so carbon was broken.
And the problems begin..
I test fitted the 2nd trunk and found that the fitment was complete garbage. The trunk would not follow the body line of the glass(touched the glass) and also did not follow the body line at the bottom(near bumper).

A company that’s in Moscow and that ships their large CF product international like that tells me they care very little about how it arrives to the customer. That’s about saving money and being lazy or pure incompetence.

I would say your problems actually started then and piled up from there.

[Sharocks]

At this point, if you're not buying a Karbonius part, you're not modding the car.

Sucks but it is what it is.

[bigjae46]

Amazing, not one of the big 3 e46 csl style parts makers can get it right (Mile end, Slon & Karb).

Good thing the stock trunk looks great as is (lci esp).

Sorry op.

It is by no means easy especially if you don't start with an OE part.

[pawa_k2001]

Amazing, not one of the big 3 e46 csl style parts makers can get it right (Mile end, Slon & Karb).

Good thing the stock trunk looks great as is (lci esp).

Sorry op.

This is interesting. Does anyone have pictures of Karbonious CSL trunk to see fitment by rear glass? My brother has a OEM CSL trunk and fitment is spot on, no issues.

Edit: This is the picture of claimed fitment of Karbonious, they sent me a few pictures via FB. Would like to see what people running Karbonious trunk have for fitment.

[usdmej]

Have you seen any karbonius trunks that touch the rear window?

No, I was just answering your question and replying to your sentiment, Karbonius is a far from perfect manufacturer

[antknee]

I’ve had both Vorsteiner and now OE csl trunk and both come close to touching the rear glass in the middle. Wasn’t that bc the CSL had a different rear windshield?

[Wernd]

pics of the Karbonius trunk fitment has shown to be not OE level, Slonik is also claimed lighter weight

I've been wanting their cf hood but dealing with any Russian sourced product now is sketch

Have you seen any karbonius trunks that touch the rear window?

[jet_dogg]

My apologies didn’t realize we had a composites savant on here.

Who was that one guy with the lsb who had the flawless slon trunk on his lsb?

[Tbonem3]

Amazing, not one of the big 3 e46 csl style parts makers can get it right (Mile end, Slon & Karb).

Good thing the stock trunk looks great as is (lci esp).

Sorry op.

[bigjae46]

This is the first issue I've ever heard of with slon. I doubt the trunk left Russia with a warped window line like that so I would assume shipping damage.

I would not hesitate to purchase any more slon parts, dude makes high quality shit and is a perfectionist so I'm surprised to see this.

Sipping Russian Standard as I type this.

Uhh.. carbon fiber in a cured epoxy matrix doesn't just warp. Most plausible explanation is their mold slightly buckled under vacuum and heat during the infusion and/or vacuum/cure process in the autoclave. It is on a long flat span which requires a significant amount of reinforcement on the mold.

[usdmej]

Why would anyone that's considering going with a karbonius piece or a brand x piece ever go with brand x?

pics of the Karbonius trunk fitment has shown to be not OE level, Slonik is also claimed lighter weight

I've been wanting their cf hood but dealing with any Russian sourced product now is sketch

[Epoustouflant]

Dude, I am so sorry you’re going through this. I’ll help you torwards a Karbonius trunk at a discount if you’re looking to switch.

My feelings for Mikhail are known in the E9X communities. He has lost credibility with V8 guys after numerous failed BBK offers and price gouging the entire community selling 650$ VANOS covers.

He price gouges and overhypes all his products along with consistently under delivering on customer service & delivery time.

To make matters worst, he uses PayPal accounts of some of his “influencers” and US customers to gather payments in the US.

The risks for anyone buying from him are immense and the consequences for any little thing going wrong is a lot of wasted time and money.

The reason shipping is taking forever is because he uses EMS; dirt cheap method to avoid using UPS / DHL and paying premium prices. It’s slow, unreliable, uninsured and can barely be tracked.

He does this to make more money at the expense of service.

There’s little point to it as we have quality product alternatives from companies that back their brand for everything he makes - a mission I’m personally involved with considering my history with the guy.

I don’t even have to mention the obvious about Mikhail to make my personal case against buying anything from him - but I’m glad repoman89 did.

[jet_dogg]

This is the first issue I've ever heard of with slon. I doubt the trunk left Russia with a warped window line like that so I would assume shipping damage.

I would not hesitate to purchase any more slon parts, dude makes high quality shit and is a perfectionist so I'm surprised to see this.

Sipping Russian Standard as I type this.