Mercedes SL based Piecha Design Avalange RS

Piecha Design Avalanche RS

New look for an old model

By Michael Gauthier
April 28, 2009 12:16 PM
Filed Under: German, Mercedes-Benz, Tuners

German-based tuner Piecha Design has unveiled the new Avalange RS body kit which gives the Mercedes SL R230 roadster an aggressive and ostentatious appearance.

The biggest change comes in the form of a new front bumper (1,985 euros) that features the latest iteration of the SL grille. Constructed from high-strength fiber glass, the front end comes complete with fog lights and LED daytime running lights.

At the rear, the Avalange RS boasts a new rear bumper (1,390 euros) with an optional carbon fiber diffuser. A sporty four pipe QUADRO exhaust system is available as either a full package (1,475 euros) or as a unit which is welded on to the existing Mercedes exhaust (398 euros).

Among the other items offered are chromed bonnet fins (98 euros), larger side vent fins (476 euros), 20-inch dp3 Avalange light alloy wheels, a discreet rear spoiler (275 euros), and aggressive side skirts (1,100 euros).

 

Source: Piecha Design

Press Release (Click to expand)

  • Double headlights and one-lamella grill mark the front
  • Complete aerodynamics kit for all R230 models
  • Perfect fit guaranteed by assembly to original spots
  • Four stainless steel pipes render powerful sound
  • Light alloy wheels dp3 Avalange in 9.5x20 and 10.5x20 inches

Piecha Design combines the best of two worlds. With the SL-Roadster (R230), the Mercedes specialist from Rottweil in Baden Württemberg, Germany brings the classic four-eyed face with the double headlights and the fresh design of the 2008 facelift together. Thereby, the Avalange RS with an own character originates. At the Tuning World Bodensee in Friedrichshafen, the new model celebrates its world premiere at the exhibition booth of Eurotuner’s Best (hall B3, stand 204).

The core part of the new design is the entirely re-engineered front. Piecha Design places its one-lamella grill between the double headlights which is typical for the SL facelift since 2008. But the refiner places the grill significantly flatter. The automobile front with the enlarged Mercedes bonnet star gives the car a much more dynamic look. The entirely re-engineered front skirt (from 1,985 euros including VAT) with the integrated one-lamella grill and bonnet star insert is made of elastomer-modified fibre glass composite material in one piece. Compared to normal glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP), this has three advantages: perfect fit, even higher stability and at the same time a lower weight. Fog lights with chrome rings and black, xenon-bright LED daytime running lights are already built into the front skirt and are included in the delivery. The aerodynamics kit can be optionally ordered for automobiles with or without parking assistant system PARKTRONIC.

The determined design line by Piecha Design does not only show at the new front skirt, but also at the chromed bonnet fins (98 euros) and the SL-R side fins which are extended right to the doors (476 euros). This characteristic style is continued in a striking way with side skirts (1,100 euros) with a reverse air inlet pointing towards the rear. The winding design of the skirts sustainably affects the wedged shape of the side view and gives the Avalange RS additional dynamics.

The rear skirt can be optionally ordered with or without PARKTRONIC (from 1,390 euros) and the continuously embedded grid which spreads over the entire width of the automobile, the design is further enhanced. Piecha design offers the separately inserted diffuser which is limited by the four pipe system of the sport rear muffler QUADRO (1,475 euros) as well as the additional middle front lip optionally in carbon fibre. Alternatively, QUADRO 4-pipe tail ends (398 euros) are also available for welding them to the serial mufflers.

Piecha Design confirms its sense for design vocabulary with further details. A discreet  rear spoiler lip (from 275 euros) on the boot lid, optionally also in carbon fibre, gives the overall appearance a harmonious finish. The Mercedes manufacturer completely refrains from so-called fender corners at the spoilers and therefore creates an aerodynamics kit of one piece.

Except for the front skirt, all aerodynamics components also fit for the facelift of the Mercedes SL from 04/2008 including the AMG models SL 63 and SL 65 whose styling is especially enhanced by the Avalange RS look.

The safety of the component parts perfectly matches the sporty shape. Each attached part has been checked in elaborate tests far beyond the 300 km/h mark.

All aerodynamics parts are delivered with all inner attachments and are manufactured in such a way that they can be fitted to the original spots. This does not only reduce the assembly costs, but also allows selling the entire original parts.

Comments

GRAVE
April 28, 2009 2:00 PM
So they've just fitted the 09 SL AMG kit on this. And the rims looks like it's stolen from Carlsson.

chris25
April 28, 2009 2:14 PM
Uhmmmm..............why? there's already a new car & why go back.

benzboy
April 29, 2009 11:12 AM
I just hate when these guys take a great car and screw ii up with aftermarket body kits. I would never never repeat never put a kit on my SL63 as god as my witness LOL

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