Mansory Carbon Fiber Body kit set for Mercedes SLS AMG soft kit

MANSORY Soft Kit for the SLS AMG C197 — bolt-on carbon for the gullwing

The SLS AMG was the car AMG built when Daimler asked the Affalterbach engineers to deliver a halo that did not borrow a single body panel from the rest of Mercedes' line-up. Sold from 2010 through 2014, on chassis code C197 (Coupé) and R197 (Roadster), the gullwing-doored front-mid-engined V8 was AMG's first ground-up sports car since the 300SL of the 1950s, and the donor that established the engineering pattern AMG carried forward into the GT, the GT R and the GT Black Series. The Soft Kit on this page is Mansory's entry-tier overlay programme for the C197 — carbon add-on panels that bolt over the OEM bodywork and dress the gullwing's already-aggressive aluminium silhouette without replacing the OEM bumpers, splitters or rear apron. It is the route for SLS owners who want a Mansory finish on a collector chassis where every panel-replacement decision compromises future authenticity.

Position this against the deeper Mansory programmes on Stuttgart's halo cars: the SLR McLaren Renovatio is the panel-replacement widebody on the SLR's C199/R199 chassis, the spiritual sibling generation; the AMG GT programme covers the SLS's direct successor. Other Mercedes-AMG performance siblings in the Hodoor catalogue: SL R230, SLC R172, AMG SL 63 R232.

The C197 chassis — what makes the SLS unusual

The SLS sits on an aluminium space frame — the entire body-in-white is welded extruded-aluminium and cast-aluminium nodes, weighing approximately 240 kg before glass and trim. The engine, an AMG-built 6.2-litre dry-sump V8, mounts behind the front-axle line; the 7-speed DCT lives at the rear axle as a transaxle, balancing weight 47:53 front-to-rear. Suspension is double-wishbone front and rear with forged-aluminium control arms. Wheelbase: 2,680 mm. Length: 4,638 mm. Width: 1,939 mm. Kerb weight: 1,620 kg Coupé in Europe specification, 1,660 kg Roadster. Top speed: 317 km/h. 0-100 km/h: 3.8 seconds factory data. The gullwing doors are a structural decision, not a cosmetic one — the door's pivot and the carbon-mounted gas-strut hinge transfer load through the A-pillar's space-frame node, and they bias the chassis design throughout. Mansory's Soft Kit treats the gullwing-door cut-line as a hard constraint; no panel in the kit interferes with the door's aperture, the strut path or the manual-release escape system the C197 carries for emergency egress.

What ships in the Soft Kit

Hand-laid 2×2 twill weave on every panel; lacquered visible-weave finish as the catalogue default; paint-to-sample as a no-cost option specified at order. Every panel bolts on. Nothing is cut. Nothing is bonded. The kit comes off cleanly without paint-line residue on the OEM aluminium, which matters substantially on a collector C197 where the OEM body's authenticity is part of the donor's residual.

• Front splitter in carbon, bolted to the OEM front-bumper undertray with six concealed M6 fasteners — sits below the OEM splitter line, extending the front aero rake by approximately 35 mm.
• Bonnet vane inserts — slip-into the OEM heat-extraction cut-out at the bonnet's centre line; replace the painted-aluminium OEM vanes with carbon equivalents on the same hinge.
• Mirror cover overlays — slip-on over the OEM mirror housings; preserves the heated-mirror element and the OEM signal-repeater.
• Side trim strakes — bolt-on lower-rocker pieces below the door cut-line, dressing the OEM aluminium rocker without changing the donor's track width.
• Door-handle inserts — carbon overlays on the OEM door handles, replacing the painted-aluminium pieces.
• Rear-bumper lip — bolted under the OEM rear apron with eight M6 fasteners; sits below the OEM diffuser line and extends the rear aero rake symmetrically with the front splitter.
• Rear-decklid spoiler insert — overlay piece that bonds to the OEM active rear spoiler, finished in lacquered weave; the OEM spoiler's deploy mechanism is unaffected.
• Fuel-filler door overlay in carbon — the sole interior-cabin-side trim piece in the catalogue, optional.

Ordering, lead time and finish

The Soft Kit is normally specified as a full set, though every panel carries an individual SKU and ships à-la-carte. Production from the workshop runs three to five weeks for a fresh build; in-stock SKUs leave faster. The default lacquered-weave finish takes the same lead time as a paint-to-sample commission — both run through the same paint shop. Right-hand-drive markets (UK, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Australia) take the same SKU set as left-hand-drive cars; the Soft Kit is not handed and the gullwing-door geometry is symmetrical.

Engine and DCT — the M159 carries factory

Mansory's SLS programme is body-and-wheels on this product page; powertrain commission runs as a separate quote against the donor's specific build. The M159 6.2-litre V8 in stock SLS spec produces 571 hp / 650 Nm; in the GT trim (post-2012) the same block makes 591 hp / 650 Nm with revised exhaust manifolds and an ECU re-flash; in the SLS Black Series the block is re-engineered for 631 hp / 635 Nm at 8,000 rpm with forged-piston work and a revised intake. The Soft Kit fits all three M159 variants without modification — the bumper geometry and the engine-bay clearance are identical. AMG's 7-speed SPEEDSHIFT DCT transaxle carries factory; Mansory does not catalogue a tuning module for the M159 because the engine's own manufacturing tolerance is at the limit of comfortable forced-induction conversion, and SLS owners who want more power tend to commission an aftermarket twin-supercharger build outside the Mansory catalogue.

Wheels — 20"/21" forged on PCD 5×112

OEM SLS rolls on 19"/20" forged AMG wheels (front/rear staggered) in the standard car, 20"/20" on the SLS GT, and 19"/20" Black Series-specific forged units on the BS. The Mansory Soft Kit catalogue is dimensioned around 20" front / 21" rear staggered forged wheels on the OEM 5×112 PCD with 66.5 mm centre bore. Tyre fitment: 265/30 R20 front, 305/25 R21 rear. Patterns: M.7 multi-spoke, FD.16 dual-spoke concave, YN.5 double-Y, finished in lacquered carbon, satin black, polished face with contrast spoke, or paint-to-sample. The 21" rear shoulder absorbs the 305-section tyre cleanly within the OEM rear-arch geometry; the front 20" runs without flare modification. The complete forged catalogue lives at hodoor.world/collection/forgedwheels. TÜV documentation accompanies the wheel set against the C197's 1,620 kg kerb spec.

Where the Soft Kit ships in 2026

The SLS is now a twelve-to-sixteen-year-old donor and the order book has shifted from the active-use bias of the early 2010s into a collector-and-occasional-driver pattern. Geographic distribution out of the workshop:

• The UAE ships the largest single share — Black Series donors most of all, where the Mansory Soft Kit dresses the OEM Black aero pieces without compromising their collector status. Saudi Arabia and Qatar follow on similar patterns.
• Hong Kong and Japan account for a significant Asia-Pacific collector share — the SLS book in both markets skews to right-hand-drive Coupé donors, often run as garage-stored second cars that see weekend duty rather than commute use.
• Monaco, the Swiss Alpine corridor and the Austrian premium-tuning corridor ship a steady European collector share, often paired with the matching Mansory wheel set on a single freight booking.
• The United Kingdom takes a meaningful right-hand-drive share, particularly on Roadster donors where the OEM soft top adds a Riviera-and-Côte-d'Azur use-pattern overlay; the kit ships through Surrey and Mayfair commission channels.
• The Tsar programme ships into Moscow-region garages on a recurring small share — collector commissions only.

Commission & freight

Email [email protected] with the donor VIN, the variant (SLS, SLS GT, SLS Black Series, Coupé or Roadster), and the destination market. WhatsApp +44 7488 818747 works fastest for landed-quote turnarounds into the Gulf and Asia-Pacific. Black Series donors require a separate finish-spec note because the OEM Black aero pieces are themselves carbon, and the Mansory Soft Kit is dimensioned to overlay the Black's already-extended splitter and rear lip rather than to add visible volume that would compete with the OEM aero language.

FAQ

Roadster vs Coupé — same kit?
The bolt-on geometry is shared between Coupé (C197) and Roadster (R197) for the front splitter, mirror covers, side trim strakes, door-handle inserts and rear-bumper lip. The bonnet vane inserts and the rear-decklid spoiler overlay are Coupé-only — the Roadster carries a different decklid geometry around the soft-top stowage well. Specify the body type at order so the right SKU set ships.

Will the kit fit the SLS Black Series?
Yes, with one note. The Black Series carries OEM carbon-fibre splitter and rear-bumper aero pieces; the Mansory Soft Kit's front splitter and rear-bumper lip are dimensioned to overlay these OEM pieces rather than to replace them. The visible-weave pattern on the Mansory parts is matched to the OEM Black weave at order so the carbon reads as continuous across the bumper face.

Does the Soft Kit affect the gullwing-door geometry or the manual-release escape system?
No. Every panel in the kit is set inboard of the door cut-line and dressed to clear the door's pivot path. The OEM emergency manual-release lever (a cabin-side pull that disengages the door's electric latch in a power-loss event) is unaffected — the door-handle insert is an exterior overlay only.

Can the OEM active rear spoiler still deploy with the carbon overlay piece fitted?
Yes. The spoiler-overlay piece bonds to the OEM rear-decklid spoiler with a structural adhesive that cures rigid in 24 hours; the spoiler's deploy actuator is unmodified, the deploy speed and the down-position rest are OEM, and the additional mass on the actuator (approximately 180 g) sits within the deploy mechanism's design margin.

Will 21" rear wheels fit without an arch flare?
Yes. The 21" rear forging is dimensioned to the OEM rear-arch geometry on a 305/25 R21 tyre. No fender flare is required and no arch-rolling work is done at install. The 20" front sits on the OEM front-arch line with a 265/30 R20 tyre — equally fender-flare-free.