Built by an Enthusiast, Not a Corporation
R26 Automotive isn't a large aftermarket manufacturer with a team of engineers, a marketing department, and a warehouse full of stock.
It's just me – a car enthusiast who enjoys modifying his own cars, creating new ideas, and bringing products to life through 3D printing.
Every product you see here has been designed, tested, and refined because it's something I genuinely wanted on my own car. That means you're not buying a polished, mass-produced product developed in a boardroom – you're supporting a fellow enthusiast who spotted a gap in the market and decided to build a solution.
Every order, message, photo, and piece of feedback genuinely means a lot and helps shape what comes next.
R26 Automotive started with a simple problem.
On my F80 M3, I ran a set of LED rear reflectors that completely transformed the look of the car. They were one of those subtle modifications that fellow enthusiasts immediately noticed, and they always seemed to attract compliments & interest at shows.
When I upgraded to a G80 M3, I wanted to do the exact same modification. To my surprise, nothing existed online for the G8X platform.
I contacted multiple manufacturers and suppliers to ask whether they had plans to produce a version for the newer cars, so that I could buy it. Every response was the same: no plans, no interest, and no product in development.
Rather than accept that it wasn't available, I decided to create it myself.
With a passion for modifying cars and a love for DIY projects, I started learning CAD design and 3D printing from scratch. What began as a personal project quickly turned into countless hours of prototyping, testing, redesigning, and refining until I had a product I was genuinely proud to run on my own car.
This is what led to R26 Automotive. The goal is simple: create functional parts we wish existed and bring new ideas to the automotive community, that larger manufacturers overlook.