Now available for Pre-Order!

Anticipated ship date for the first 8 front lips is late May! *First 8 SOLD OUT*

Finally, the perfect lip to complement the Highland’s style and performance.

• Prepreg carbon fiber front lip
• Integrates with OEM undertray
• No self-tapping screws!
• Herringbone weave at the center of the lip
• Straightforward installation

Fits these vehicles: Model 3 Performance 2024+ (Highland)

After many months of work – and a lot of requests from you – we finally have a front lip ready for all of our Model 3 Performance Highland-driving MPP friends. This Highland lip is the latest in a totally new aspect to our product line here at MPP, and we’re proud to offer these to our customers with Highland Model 3s who want to take their style up a notch. Designed to slip over and extend the factory lip, this front lip adds downforce, looks and class to your new M3P, all without reducing the ground clearance.

We all know the factory M3P should have come with a carbon front lip rather than plastic, and that was likely the design that Tesla had in mind when they developed the lip! Let’s assume it got changed to plastic by the bean counters at the last minute.

Our carbon fiber manufacturing business is done entirely in-house at our sister company. These are not subbed-out parts to a supplier. In fact, at the time of writing, we’ve just taken delivery of a brand new paint booth to bring all of our finishing operations in-house. Carbon fiber manufacturing is exceptionally difficult, especially when using epoxy-based resins and high-performance construction methods such as using preimpregnated carbon fiber, which uses far less resin. This makes the parts extremely lightweight and strong, but it also means it’s easier to have voids that require more hand finishing.

These front lips are on sale for our first production batch, and the sale price will be adjusted based on the overall quality of the products relative to what we consider to be a “perfect” part. This is your chance to save, but please note that any parts sold on sale have the potential to have minor blemishes or design aspects that aren’t 100% optimised. We sincerely appreciate your support as we expand (the hard way) into this area of composites manufacturing. With that said, please do NOT buy these parts if you expect a 100% perfect, blemish-free part with a totally perfect weave. We must admit that we’re likely not at that level yet, and we don’t want to disappoint anyone.

Concept And Design:

When designing our Highland front lip, we wanted something completely different from what is currently on the market. Most aftermarket lips are wild and what we would consider too aggressive, which we feel doesn’t match the profile or sophistication of the rest of the vehicle. What we have here is a design that we feel complements the Highland Model 3’s stylish and subtly aggressive front end by building out the OE front lip spoiler. Our design builds it out slightly, giving the splitter more area to produce downforce, while respecting the curvature of the bumper and not being too wild for street-driven vehicles. In many ways, the design of this lip is similar to the custom splitter we developed for the MPP.R Model S Plaid.

Being a performance-oriented company, we wanted to ensure that functionality was a major focus 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. You’ll never find us use a self-tapping screw on a vehicle. We like our front bumpers too much to irreparably damage them (unless we’re racing, of course).

 

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. This means 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-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.

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

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 OEM bumper is not required – the lip slips over the top of the existing front splitter and sticks on. Installation is actually very quick!