martinopy

After looking at those pics I think the Lumma is a lot nicer.

redEYEjedi

Hm... looks like its going to be a close one between Lumma and Ericsson.

Please keep in mind, these will NOT be exact replicas... for obvious reasons... so certain dislikes can be adjusted. ie if the Ericsson is too short, we can make it higher. if it's not wide enough, that can be slightly adjusted as well.

Regardless, an OEM trunk will be used as the base.

IndyRedBeast

I love this Ericsson Trunk

redEYEjedi

Seriously though guys, can I get 5 people interested in a GB for the Ericsson trunk in CF? No FRP available. Once we get this developed, more will be made, but will be sold at a higher price as an incentive for the first 5 people to jump on this.

I consider you serious IF:
1. You have $300+/- cash to pay as a deposit (this will be about 50% of the final price)
2. You can pay immediately

If this happens:

- I'll buy the OEM trunk
- I'll work with the factory to develop the trunk (Ericsson style first)
- I'll test fit a prototype on my car for fitment and provide photos
- I'll organize payments
- I'll make sure you get your product or make sure you get your money back

If I can get this rolling with the Ericsson style trunk, I'll move on to a Lumma trunk and/or hood.


Hopefully there are a few people that want this as much as I do.

redEYEjedi

Looks like this project is going down the drain.

nomis_nehc

Melvin, I think you should jump back onto the hood project. Not sure why you wanted to move forward with the trunk first when we have easily over 10 people wanting the hood in the other thread.

I message that Socal vendor a few times, and they still haven't gotten back to me. From the original message I received from them, the latest until the next shipment comes in should be two weeks from now. I guess if somehow you can rein in the project together before or around then (but then it'll be Christmas, busy time for everyone), I would rather be part of it than buying from that vendor. Their lacking enthusiasm for responding to messages has really turned me off.

Obviously this is my guess, but if people were to choose just thing to mod between the hood and trunk, I bet most people would pick the hood.

socale39

I think the other issue is your trying to develop a product and have customers put down deposits on something they haven't even seen yet. If you were doing a Lumma Trunk I'd be tempted but at $300 I'd still pass. Just saying.

redEYEjedi

Indeed. Was probably having one of my ADD moments, but also because I found the OEM trunks first is all.. lol.


Actually that may have been a misrepresentation on my part. The manufacturer said we would need to give a 50% down payment but I would only do that AFTER he made a prototype, test fit, and provided photos.

That still doesn't change the fact that money needs to be put down to buy the OEM hood to use as a base to make a protoype, which would still be a few hundred off the bat.


Also, regarding the price, all the 3 series (e9x) guys are paying $600+ for their replica trunks unpainted, I don't see how 5 series guys can't justify a similar price for a trunk that is bigger and for a more expensive car!

naj155

how much for the trunk?

socale39

redEYEjedi,
No doubt that the trunk would be $600+ and I would have no problem paying that if I knew the fitment and quality was good. I'm just saying it would be hard to put the money forward without knowing. That's all.