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      06-21-2023, 09:22 AM   #1
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Where to buy exterior parts for LCI

So I have a 2023 M340i and recently I have been wanting to change the exterior up a little bit. I have a lip currently, but I'm stupid and bought a pre LCI and didn't notice until I finished installing it, so I have to purchase another, but besides that, is there a specific website that sells good quality carbon/gloss black stuff with good fitment for the LCI model? I love the ADRO LCI kit but holy shit is it pricey.
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      06-21-2023, 12:24 PM   #2
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I’m pretty sure Maxton Design has brought a kit out for the LCI
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      06-21-2023, 12:34 PM   #3
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I’m pretty sure Maxton Design has brought a kit out for the LCI
Just checked it out and holy shits it’s exactly what I was looking for, thanks so much.
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How is the quality of the Maxton stuff? I've bought M Perf side skits and rear lip, but they only have a carbon option for LCI front lip, where I want to keep to gloss black. The Maxton v2 lip looks pretty good.
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How is the quality of the Maxton stuff? I've bought M Perf side skits and rear lip, but they only have a carbon option for LCI front lip, where I want to keep to gloss black. The Maxton v2 lip looks pretty good.
Wish I could tell you, every single lci piece they make is out of stock until September.
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      06-27-2023, 03:37 PM   #6
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Wish I could tell you, every single lci piece they make is out of stock until September.
I made an order on day one for lci front lip v2. Estimated delivery time was 2 month, it’s just over 1 month now, hope to get it at some point. At the moment they truly make best looking kits. Also what was very important for me - lip is mounted with bolts, not just glued to bumper, which should be far more reliable.

Only other option for lci now are: oem m performance parts/ China clones of them/China kits of other designs. I don’t like the looks of all these options.

As for fitment - I heard maxton was good on pre lci, will post when I get mine.
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I made an order on day one for lci front lip v2. Estimated delivery time was 2 month, it’s just over 1 month now, hope to get it at some point. At the moment they truly make best looking kits. Also what was very important for me - lip is mounted with bolts, not just glued to bumper, which should be far more reliable.

Only other option for lci now are: oem m performance parts/ China clones of them/China kits of other designs. I don’t like the looks of all these options.

As for fitment - I heard maxton was good on pre lci, will post when I get mine.
As far as I know, almost all lips come with self tapping screws. They may not be oem holes, but I don’t thinks anyone is dumb enough to only use 3m for a lip. I purchased an eBay lip and it looks pretty good, even though my dumbass forgot that I have an lci and bought a pre lci lip. New eBay lip otw, I just wanna go with maxton for their side skirts as well as their rear diffuser attachment. Only lci rear diffuser type thing I’ve seen that looks good.
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Thanks. I did see that the LCI stuff is pre-order but figured there would likely be some with experience on pre-LCI or other models.

As was mentioned above, there is little other option at the moment. The price of the lip is quite cheap, so would be happy to just "suck it and see" based on that alone, but the shipping for me is very expensive at £200 or 230EUR so makes it more of a considered purchase.
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FYI Maxton advised on their LCI side skirts there is no cutout for the welcome light
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FYI Maxton advised on their LCI side skirts there is no cutout for the welcome light
Man that’s an L. Even eBay skirts have the cut out.
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Man that’s an L. Even eBay skirts have the cut out.
Yea it's odd. They said it was "not taken into consideration for this design." OTOH I've been told elsewhere that pre-LCI side skirts fit the LCI, so I'm just waiting for Maxton to confirm as well. Their pre-LCI version looks identical and I think the pic shows a cutout.
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Yea it's odd. They said it was "not taken into consideration for this design." OTOH I've been told elsewhere that pre-LCI side skirts fit the LCI, so I'm just waiting for Maxton to confirm as well. Their pre-LCI version looks identical and I think the pic shows a cutout.
I’ve been thinking the same thing. I’m not sure the side skirts got a facelift at all with the lci. Still probably just gonna wait for the stuff to go back in stop though. I just ordered a AA exhaust yesterday, so I should probably chill for a sec, plus I’m still deciding wether I wanna go carbon side skirts or not. My front lip is, and will remain gloss black with how easy it is so scrape, but I’m not sure it would look good if I had gloss black in the front then carbon right behind.
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FYI Maxton advised on their LCI side skirts there is no cutout for the welcome light
that's crazy how would they manage to mess that up. the pre-lCI is the same car so i should fit, if not i think the lCI side skirt in the picture has an indention where the side light would go, a Dremel should be able to solve that issue or have a shop cut out a section, that will be my plan to do, wont hurt integrity as its bolted all the way to the back

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update on this, the part numbers for lci and pre-lic side skirts are the same
so pre-lci should work perfectly fine as the body is still the exact same
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update on this, the part numbers for lci and pre-lic side skirts are the same
so pre-lci should work perfectly fine as the body is still the exact same
Can confirm LCI side skirts are the same as pre LCI. I currently am running Ninte side skirts and they fit perfect.
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Can confirm LCI side skirts are the same as pre LCI. I currently am running Ninte side skirts and they fit perfect.
I also believe g21 is the same, maxton has one for pre-lci g20/g21 and looks really good. on bmw parts list it doesn't give option for touring so it has to be the same
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Diffuser tips and m4 carbon spoiler from Infinite autowerks. The fitment was perfect on the spoiler and tips. the diffuser took a little work to get perfect but the look is amazing. thier website is a candy store for the M340.

spoiler:
https://infiniteautowerks.com/shop/e...w-g20-g28-g80/

diff:
https://infiniteautowerks.com/shop/e...r-gloss-black/

thier carbon front lip is next on my buy list.


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