At long last! MPP Prepreg Carbon Lip!

Now on sale!!

• Prepreg carbon kevlar front lip
• Integrates with OEM undertray
• No self-tapping screws!
• Made in Spain.
• Herringbone weave at the center of the lip
• Straightforward installation

After years and years of work, we finally have a front lip ready for all of our MPP friends. This has been a long road because we have literally built out the manufacturing capabilities in-house from nothing. Everything from the design to the manufacturing process has been slow and painful – but it’s a journey that we are very proud of. This lip is the start of a totally new aspect to our product line here at MPP, and we’re so excited to add these capabilities to make our own products and not be reliant on overseas suppliers.

That being said, making carbon fiber parts is exceptionally difficult – especially when using prepreg carbon fiber. We’ll explain more about the difference below, but the point is that we’re not professing that we yet have the expertise to make an absolutely flawless part. You’ll see in the dropdown above that you can select a “grade” of part, and the price will change accordingly. As we’re new to this and we want all of our customers to be 100% happy with what they are getting, we will be sending photos of any imperfections of each individual part prior to shipping, so that if you’re unhappy you can cancel your order prior to shipping.

This allows us to offer the best possible pricing to our customers who aren’t concerned with minor imperfections, and who don’t want to wait any longer for our new MPP lips!

At this time we will only accept orders for lips that are in stock, so email us if the finish you’re looking for isn’t available and we’ll notify you as soon as we have more lips ready!

The good news is that this means that when you place an order you can rest assured that your lip will ship out from Canada within a few days!

Concept And Design:

With our front lip, we wanted something totally different from what is currently on the market. Most aftermarket lips are wildly too aggressive, which we feel doesn’t match the profile of the rest of the vehicle. What we have here is a design that we feel compliments the Model 3’s blunt nose by building out the area below the radiator opening. This gives the car a very tough looking front end, without looking like its something out of the Wings West catalogue from the early 2000’s.

The number of inquiries and looks we’ve gotten from our prototype lips has been downright astonishing. Initially our feeling was that because the lip is so subtle it wouldn’t raise a ton of attention – but the fact that it has been so noticeable both online and in person shows that despite being a subtle design it has a major impact on the appearance of the front end of the Model 3.

Being a performance company we obviously wanted to make sure that function was a major aspect of the product. For that reason we’ve designed this lip to integrate with the OEM undertray so that the airflow under the car is uninterrupted. There are no major steps that the airflow will become turbulent over, and no self-tapping screws are used here. In fact, you’ll never find us use a self-tapping screw on a vehicle. That’s just plain wrong!

The lip is slightly lower at the front, but the overall ride height remains the same. In every day driving the height is very manageable. However, for those times you do rub the lip worry not – we’ve reinforced the lip with a layer of Kevlar on the backside of the carbon. If you manage to rub through the carbon you’ll have a very tough Kevlar layer to work through. This is taken straight out of motorsport where Kevlar is used on high-impact areas, and we wanted to give our lips the same motorsport treatment to make them as tough as possible.

Testing:

Our prototype lips have run at tracks throughout Spain and even at Laguna Seca for Gridlife. They have taken a beating and never complained. Because they are held on with more than just double sided tape and self-tappers, they become part of the front bumper assembly and are quite tough.

A noticeable amount of front downforce is created with this lip, and our Model 3 which is usually manageable with the OEM rear spoiler now has become noticeably loose at high speed corner entry. A strong rear spoiler or wing is highly recommended for track work if you’re running an aggressive setup!

Efficiency is slightly improved, however your aftermarket wheels and tires will make far more of a difference than the lip can recover. That beings aid, this lip helps with aerodynamics especially with wide wheels as the lip helps divert air around the bottom of the wheels that would otherwise directly hit the front of the tire.

Understanding Different Types Of Carbon Fiber:

There are some ridiculous names for Carbon Fiber in the automotive aftermarket. You may have heard terms such as “Wet Carbon” and “Dry Carbon.” In our industry, “Wet” carbon is typically referred to as a part that is made entirely of fiberglass with a polyester resin, finished with one layer of carbon on the visible surface for aesthetics only.

Dry carbon, on the other hand, is usually what our industry calls “Prepreg”. Prepreg is pre-impregnated carbon fiber. What this means is that the rolls of carbon fiber have the resin already built into the fabric, and only by heating the fabric to a high temperature does this resin flow out through the part.

Prepreg is the lightest and strongest way to make carbon fiber parts because:

• You’re not making a part out of weak materials with a single layer of carbon for appearance only
• You don’t have a weaker resin such as polyester which isn’t nearly as strong as epoxy
• You don’t have excessive resin in the part, which adds weight and no additional strength
• You achieve the ideal carbon/resin mix

There’s a reason why all high-end structural and weight-conscious carbon fiber products are made using epoxy-based prepreg. F1, aerospace, lightweight racing bikes, etc.

However, it’s not all good news. Making prepreg epoxy-based carbon parts look good is MUCH more difficult than the “fake” fiberglass/polyester carbon approach. And yes, we’re going to call it fake because it is not real carbon fiber unless it’s ALL carbon fiber.

Some of the downsides and challenges with an epoxy-based prepreg part are:

• Potential for yellowing due to UV exposure over the long term
• Possibility to get “pinholes” in the part where there are minor areas where the resin doesn’t quite flow to the surface
• Increased cost

Most motorsport parts will suffer from the above downsides. We are working very hard to address all of the downsides above by using the highest and best quality sealers and clear coats (the same finishes used by Singer, makers of the finest Porsche restorations in the world), working diligently with our prepreg suppliers to ensure we have materials that result in zero pinholes, while also optimizing for cost by not using more carbon than the part needs.

That being said, as we are still very new to carbon fiber production many of our parts will have imperfections. As mentioned above, we are grading our parts and offering less-than-perfect parts at a discount. In the future, our plan is that all parts will be A-grade and there will be no other options, but there also won’t be any large discounts. So if you don’t care about minor blemishes, you may want to buy now, before we get better!

Thanks for your support while we learn this new craft and improve our offerings. While it’s much harder to scale up and do everything in-house, we are confident that this will allow us to offer the ultimate quality and value in the future!

What’s Included:

• MPP Prepreg Carbon Lip with pre-installed 3M VHB adhesive tape
• Adhesion promoter
• Mounting hardware

Installation Details:

Installation is straightforward, however requires an experienced installer as some finesse is required with any double-sided tape installation. A full installation video and installation instructions are provided at the time of purchase. Removal of the front lower undertray is required, along with slightly opening some holes in the OEM lower undertray.