Looking for the ultimate exterior upgrade for
your 1-Series coupe? The Evolution Racewerks Front End Widebody Kit is sure to
turn heads, and increase the handling
potential of your vehicle exponentially. The widebody kit is 2.5" wider than
stock on each side, for a total of 5" of increased
track width, easily accommodating 10" wide
wheels up front. No body modifications are required to install the
widebody making this kit 100% reversible. The Evolution Racewerks
Widebody kit is available three materials; fiberglass (FRP), wet carbon fiber,
and ultra-lightweight dry vacuum carbon fiber.
Apart from improving the appearance of your
1-Series the widebody kit will also allow for improved
handling. Through testing and development on Evolution Racewerk's own
racecar they discovered the 135i had a tendency to oversteer when pushed to the
limit. They determined the cause of this to be the small stock tires on the
front of the vehicle (215/40/18). To solve these handling issues on their
racecar they built the widebody kit. Running a square wheel setup (18x10" wheels
all-around with 285/30/18 tires) the car now exhibits neutral handling
characteristics, with understeer virtually eliminated.
Evoultion Racewerks noted that with the main issue of the traction up front
taken care of modifications to the suspension such as thicker sway bars,
spring/shock stiffness were more drastic, allowing the car to show its true
handling potential.
Many will ask, why is there only a wide body kit
for front available. The main reason is simply for function over appearance. By
increasing the width of the rear a bigger wheel and tire setup would be needed,
this in turn would decrease the handling capabilities of the vehicle. At the
moment Evolution Racewerk's racecar has 400 horsepower, and currently has enough
rear traction to handle that power.
Key Features
- 2.5" wider fenders on each side (5"
wider total)
- Allows for 10" wide wheels up
front (10.5" max)
- Includes 5 pieces (Front bumper, 2
front fenders, 2 side skirts)
- Available in 3 materials
- Compression type plug molds used for
production
- Includes all hardware needed
- 100% reversible
- Does NOT alter the factory
panels
- Allows for
improved handling
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(FRP shown) |
Materials Available
The Widebody Kit is available in 3
different composites. The Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) is the most
economical of all the versions. It has a gel coated and then pre-primered for
paint. Next up is the wet carbon fiber which traditionally is the process which
all carbon fiber hoods and body kits are built. It is produced the same way as
FRP except with carbon fiber sheets instead of fiberglass sheets. It is
slightly lighter than the FRP. It comes gloss clear coated to show off the
exposed carbon fiber weaves. Last, is our dry vacuum carbon fiber, which is
lighter and stronger than the traditional wet carbon fiber. Resin is used to
glue the layers of composite together and is heavy and brittle. The part is put
into vacuum which pulls all the excess resin from the part. This allows the
bare minimum of resin needed, making these parts super lightweight and strong.
Below are the weight of all the composite parts versus the prototype part (which
is modified OEM parts).
| |
OEM prototype |
Fiberglass |
Wet Carbon Fiber |
Dry Vacuum Carbon
Fiber |
|
Front Bumper |
17 lbs |
14 lbs |
12 lbs |
7 lbs |
|
Front Fender (each) |
9 lbs |
4 lbs |
4 lbs |
2 lbs |
|
Side Skirts (each) |
7 lbs |
5 lbs |
5 lbs |
3 lbs |
|
Total |
49 lbs |
32 lbs |
30 lbs |
17 lbs |
Applications
Installation
The Evolution Racewerks Widebody kit is 100% bolt on. The kit can be be
installed with basic hand tools at home, and does not require a professional
body shop.
