Front bumper II Mansory Carbon for Lamborghini Aventador Competition

Mansory Carbon Front Bumper II for Lamborghini Aventador Competition

The Front Bumper II is the more belligerent of the two front-clip options inside the Mansory Carbon Body Kit for Lamborghini Aventador Competition programme. Where Bumper I keeps a refined, road-biased silhouette, this second iteration leans into hot-lap proportions: a taller protruding splitter shelf, an enlarged central radiator throat that swallows the V12 cooling demand whole, and a pair of canard-style turning vanes flanking the side intakes. It is engineered around the LP series and SVJ aluminium-CFRP monocoque, respects scissor-door geometry, and never blocks the SVJ ALA 2.0 channel that runs from the central intake to the active flap. Owners specify Bumper II when they want the car to read as a track-prepped weapon at every angle, while still keeping a reversible, OEM-bolted carbon clip rather than a permanently bonded conversion.

Construction & Materials

The shell is laid up as a single asymmetric monocoque skin, then bonded to two internal CFRP stiffening ribs that pick up loads from the splitter mast and the side-intake wings. Mansory uses an autoclave prepreg cycle for the visible outer face, then a vacuum-infused inner laminate for the hidden cavities — a hybrid that controls cosmetic weave alignment without paying for full autoclave on parts no one will ever photograph.

• Outer skin: 3K twill, 2x2 weave, lacquered with UV-stable clearcoat as default; 12K forged composite available on request for a flake-pattern look around the splitter blade.
• Inner laminate: 200 g/m2 plain weave plus unidirectional tape laid along principal load lines.
• Cure: autoclave 6 bar / 125 C for the visible skin; vacuum infusion 80 C post-cure for the structural ribs.
• Average wall thickness 2.4 mm at the surface, locally 4.6 mm at canard roots and splitter mast tabs.
• Mass approx. 8.9 kg fully dressed (vs ~12.4 kg OEM Aventador front cover) — net saving on the nose-end pendulum.
• Hardware kit: stainless A2-70 fasteners, OE-spec rubber grommets, 3M VHB 5952 backing tape strips for the lower lip seam.
• Optional satin or matte 4C lacquer; raw-weave finishes shipped with a thin protective wax that must be removed before ceramic coating.
• Internal heat-reflective foil layer behind the central throat to defend the laminate from radiator-fan exhaust pulses.

Design & Visual Function

The visual language pushes Mansory's Carbonado aesthetic harder than Bumper I. The splitter is a stepped, two-plane blade — the lower face sits roughly 18 mm below the OEM line, while a secondary inner shelf reaches further forward under the radiator throat. That stepped geometry adds local downforce at the front axle and visually elongates the nose, which on the Aventador's already low cab-rearward stance reads as openly aggressive. A pair of canard-style fences sit at the corner of each side intake; they are functional turning vanes that bias airflow outward toward the front fender vents, but they also break the side surface optically and make the car appear wider from a three-quarter angle.

The central throat is wider and taller than the OEM mouth and pulls more flow into the front coolers. Crucially, the inner duct geometry preserves the SVJ ALA 2.0 central channel — Mansory's CAD team kept the upper feed pocket free so the active flap on top of the bumper still operates with no physical interference. On pre-SVJ cars, that feed pocket is left blank as a styling recess.

Brake-cooling ducts on each shoulder are enlarged versus OEM, with a chamfered carbon lip that cleans the entry edge and reduces the small turbulence pocket that plagues the stock plastic moulding under hard braking. The hexagonal Lambo cues from the OEM design are abstracted into sharper hex-frames around the inboard intake corners, so the visual DNA is still Aventador, just dialled to a higher frequency.

Compatibility & Fitment

Bumper II is designed for the Lamborghini Aventador across the full LP family — LP700-4, LP750-4 SV, S, SVJ, and Ultimae — both coupé and Roadster. Pre-SVJ and SVJ chassis are both supported, but the side-intake liner and ALA pass-through are configured at order time because the SVJ uses a different central airbox feed pipe and its radiator-fan exit pulses run on a slightly different vector. Mansory parking-sensor cutouts are pre-cut to OEM Lamborghini coordinates, the radar/PDC harness routes through the existing chassis grommets, and the headlight washer caps are reproduced in carbon as a separately removable trim ring. Scissor-hinge geometry and bonnet release plumbing are untouched. On Ultimae cars with the heritage front camera, the bracket pattern matches the late-production sensor mount.

Installation & Reversibility

Plan on 5–8 hours in a properly equipped body shop. The full sequence: remove OEM nose cover and underfloor splash tray, transfer headlight washers and PDC harness, dry-fit Bumper II onto the chassis crash beam, set the splitter mast height with the supplied shim stack, then torque the structural fasteners to 9 Nm and seat the lower lip seam with 3M VHB 5952. Splitter shimming is the part most installers underestimate — the stepped blade has to sit parallel to the road within ±1 mm side-to-side or the canards lose their incidence target. Methacrylate adhesive is not required on this part; all fixings are mechanical or VHB-tape based, which keeps the conversion fully reversible. The OEM bumper goes back on with no modification to the chassis, monocoque, or cooling pack. Recommended installer is a Lamborghini-certified body shop or a Mansory-trained partner who has fitted at least one Aventador Competition front clip before — the splitter shim work has a learning curve.

Pairing within the Mansory Aventador Competition programme

Bumper II is most often paired with the matching Front add-on lip when an owner wants to push the splitter line even further forward — the lip bolts into pre-existing tabs on the underside of Bumper II's primary blade and adds another visible carbon edge under the nose. Owners after maximum cooling appearance will combine Bumper II with the Replacement Air intake — front, which sits inside the central throat and re-skins the inner duct walls in matching weave, so the eye reads carbon all the way into the radiator face. For owners who want a more theatrical front-corner aesthetic, the Designed big air intake replaces the OEM side-intake mesh with a sculptured carbon insert that matches the canard fences in finish and weave run. All three pairings are mechanically independent, so they can be specified at order time or added later as a phased build.

Maintenance & Durability

The lacquered weave behaves like any high-grade automotive clearcoat — it likes pH-neutral shampoo, soft microfibre, and a two-bucket method. What kills it is alkaline wheel cleaner overspray, ammonia-based glass cleaner running off the windshield onto the splitter blade, and abrasive sponges. Apply a quartz ceramic coating on top of the lacquer once cured (allow 30 days from delivery for the topcoat to fully gas off) — a 9H ceramic adds chemical resistance and makes brake-dust removal trivial along the canards, which sit right in the front-wheel spray pattern. The splitter blade leading edge is the wear point: keep a roll of 200 micron PPF on hand, cut a 60 mm strip, and re-skin the blade every 6–12 months depending on driving style. Chip repair on lacquered carbon is a specialist job — feather-sand the chip, fill with matched-tint clear, flatten, polish. Do not attempt with body filler. The internal heat-reflective foil behind the central throat has a service life of roughly five years before it should be reinspected.

Lead Time & Warranty

Lead time runs 4–8 weeks from confirmed order, reflecting Mansory's bespoke production cadence — each Bumper II is laid up to order, mould-released, autoclave-cured, demoulded, sanded, lacquered, and final-inspected before crating. The warranty is 12 months against manufacturing defects covering laminate delamination, clearcoat failure not caused by impact, and hardware corrosion. Stone-chip damage, kerb strikes on the splitter, and degradation caused by non-approved cleaning chemicals are excluded.

FAQ

Q: How is Bumper II different from Bumper I in real terms?
A: Bumper I is the cleaner road-going clip with a flatter splitter and milder side-intake corners. Bumper II runs a stepped twin-plane splitter, an enlarged central throat, and adds the canard-style turning vanes — visually more aggressive, functionally more downforce-oriented at the front axle.

Q: Will it fit a pre-SVJ LP700-4 as cleanly as an SVJ?
A: Yes — both are supported. The order form distinguishes pre-SVJ and SVJ; the difference is in the central throat liner because the SVJ has the ALA 2.0 feed pocket and the pre-SVJ does not. The outer shell is identical.

Q: Does it interfere with ALA 2.0 on the SVJ?
A: No. The upper inner duct keeps the ALA central channel completely free, the active flap clears, and the ECU sees no fault. Mansory validated this on a fitted SVJ before the part went into the catalogue.

Q: Can I run it without the front add-on lip?
A: Absolutely. Bumper II is a complete part on its own — the add-on lip is a pure aesthetic extender for owners who want a more dramatic chin. Without the lip, the stepped splitter still defines the nose-down look on its own.

Q: How fragile are the canards on a daily-drive car?
A: They are full-laminate canards, not bonded plastic appliques, and they survive normal road use. The risk is parking strikes — they sit roughly 70 mm proud of the side-intake mouth. Most owners apply PPF over the canard leading edges and accept a re-skin every couple of years.

Brief Bumper II together with the front add-on lip and the matching front intake skin to lock in a coherent front-axle aesthetic from the start. Send the car's VIN, build year, and chassis variant (LP/S/SV/SVJ/Ultimae) via WhatsApp +44 7488 818 747 or [email protected] for a tailored quote, lead-time confirmation, and finish-sample selection.