Front bumper
The full front end. Wider intakes, a hard shoulder line, and the stance the series is named after.
Formwerk Founders Edition · Bulldog Series
Front bumper · Lip · Grille inserts
The X5 front
that looks like
BMW meant it
Most kits shout. This one finishes the car the factory started — drawn in Germany for the X5 G05 M Sport, and for no other shape.
Fifty will be built. $199 holds one, refundable, and it comes off the price in full.
Refundable until the run closes, and it comes off the price in full. No card details stored — payment runs through Stripe.
Group buy open Closes 31 October
41 of 50 left
$2,420 for the front today
1–15
$2,420
−30%
16–30
$2,140
−38%
31–50
$1,900
−45%
7 more reservations bring it to $2,140
Every image on this page is a visualisation of our own design. The parts are drawn, not built — the first fifty reservations put them into production.
01
The parts
German design
Three parts,
drawn for
one car
Bumper, front lip and grille inserts. Side skirts and a rear bumper follow in the same series.
Front lip
Sits under the bumper. The smallest change with the largest effect on how low the car reads.
Grille inserts
The inner elements of the kidney grille only. The outer frame stays as it came from the factory.
02
Does it fit
First question
Made for the
X5 G05 M Sport
Left is your car today. Right is your car with it on.
Made for
X5 G05
Pre-LCI 2019–2023
M Sport package
Bolts to the factory points of the M Sport bumper. No drilling, no cutting.
Not yet
LCI from 2023 · xLine · Standard
X5 M F95 · X6 G06
We build the one most people ask for. Tell us which one you drive.
03
Material
Before you decide
Where cheap
kits fail
Five places an aftermarket front goes wrong — and what we do instead.
04
The price
Group buy
The more join,
the less it costs
One production run. Fifty slots. One price for everybody — and it falls as the run fills.
Nobody is punished for being early. When the fiftieth joins, the first pays the same.
For scale: a comparable complete conversion — front and rear — sells for about $3,400. This is the front alone, drawn for one car, from $1,760.
- 01Reservations 1–15 — 30% off$2,420
- 02Reservations 16–30 — 38% off$2,140
- 03All 50 — 45% off$1,900
Miss the run and this front is $3,200. The Founders rate is issued once, and it does not end when the run does.
Prices shown are for the front. The whole series moves down the same ladder, $5,220 to $3,790.
Group buy open Closes 31 October
41 of 50 left
$2,420 for the front today
1–15
$2,420
−30%
16–30
$2,140
−38%
31–50
$1,900
−45%
7 more reservations bring it to $2,140
05
Hold your slot
One step
Nothing
to decide
today
You save $1,030 on the front today · up to $1,550 when all fifty are taken
$199 holds one of the fifty. Whichever card you press, the deposit is the same and it comes off the price in full.
Refundable with one email until you confirm.
What a slot is worth
Founder
After the run
The front — bumper, lip, grille inserts
$1,900
$3,450
The whole series — front, skirts, rear
$4,100
$7,450
Everything we ever make, for life
−40%
full price
Your number, 01 to 50, cast into the part
yes
—
Signed by hand before it ships
yes
—
A say in the details still open
yes
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First in line on every run after this one
yes
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A direct line to the person who drew it
yes
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Your name on the Founders Wall
yes
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The Founder column shows the lowest tier, reached when all fifty are taken. Today the front is $2,420.
Most will take this
The front
$2,420 at today's tier
Once it closes $3,450
- Bumper, front lip and grille inserts
- A numbered plate on the lip — 01 to 50
Everything, locked in
The whole series
$5,220 at today's tier
Once it closes $7,450
- The front now, plus side skirts and rear as they release
- No extra cost when they do, and serial numbers on all of them
- Payment through Stripe. We never see your card details.
- Refundable with one email until you confirm.
- Nothing else charged. No subscription.
- It fits as specified, or we take it back.
Fits X5 G05 · Pre-LCI 2019–2023 · M Sport package Another X5?
Prices in USD. Shipping is quoted before you confirm, never after. Duty and local tax are due on delivery in your country.
06
What happens next
What happens next
Nothing but the $199 is charged until you say so. Every range below is counted from the day the run closes.
- 01Today — $199 holds your slot. Nothing else is charged.$199 · now
- 02While it fills — the open design questions come to you first.$0
- 03The run closes — you pick the front or the whole series and confirm. If too few confirm, nothing is built and every euro goes back.50% · or $0
- 04CAD, then the first sample — real parts on a real X5, every gap measured. A second sample if the first is not right.3–4 months
- 05Tooling and production — Founders first, in the order reserved.5–7 months
- 06It ships — the balance is due before it leaves, never above your Founders price.50% · 7–9 months
All of us or none
If too few confirm, nothing is produced and every euro goes back. Your money never pays for a run that does not happen.
It fits or it goes back
Drawn for the X5 G05 Pre-LCI M Sport and nothing else. If it does not fit as specified, we make it right or take it back.
Two sampling rounds
Polyurethane, factory mounting points, and a second sample if the first is not right. We move the date before we skip it.
You hear from us either way
Updates at every stage — including the ones where there is nothing good to report.
Nothing is charged unless the run goes ahead. Hold my slot
07
Who we are
The studio
Almost right
is the whole
problem
A German design studio. Not a factory, not a reseller — the Bulldog front was drawn here, for one car.
The aftermarket for BMW is not empty. It is full of parts that are almost right — and almost right is what makes a car look cheap.
It goes wrong the same three ways every time.
- 01Too much — a kit that shouts over the car it is bolted to. Vents that vent nothing.We hold back
- 02Almost fits — a shape traced from a photograph, sold for four model years at once. Something that fits everything fits nothing.One car only
- 03Almost finished — the shape is the easy part. The gap and the edge are what nobody pays for, and the first thing anyone sees.Two sampling rounds
This front is the first piece of a longer answer. Then the rest of the X5, then other BMWs — one car at a time.
Ask before you decide: founders@formwerk.co. The answer comes from the person who drew the part.
Founder, Formwerk
Group buy open Closes 31 October
41 of 50 left
$2,420 for the front today
1–15
$2,420
−30%
16–30
$2,140
−38%
31–50
$1,900
−45%
7 more reservations bring it to $2,140
Fifty people
decide this
gets built
Be one of them, and the rate you lock stays with you for everything that comes after. Miss it, and this front is $3,450.
Signed on every part, 01 to 50
Limited to 50 · Full refund if production does not proceed · Fitment guaranteed
08
Questions
Questions
What exactly am I paying $199 for?
A slot — one of fifty, in the order they are taken. It holds your Founders rate and comes off your price in full.
You are not buying a part today. You pick the front or the whole series when the run closes and the parts are real.
Which X5 does it fit, and what if mine is different?
The X5 G05 Pre-LCI, 2019 to 2023, with the M Sport package. Not sure? Send us the last seven of your VIN.
LCI, xLine and X5 M need their own moulds. Put your car on the list — that is how we decide which one gets built next.
Are these images AI-generated?
Yes, and we would rather say it than have you work it out. The design is ours, drawn for this car; the visualisation is AI.
The shape is settled. Finish, lip depth and insert pattern are not — and Founders are asked before they are fixed.
What if people reserve and then drop out?
Some will. We take more reservations than there are slots, in order — if someone ahead of you does not confirm, you move up.
Is the lifetime discount permanent?
Yes. 40% off everything we ever make — not just Bulldog — with no end date and no minimum. It is tied to your Founders number, not to a code that expires.
What if I change my mind?
Write to founders@formwerk.co any time before you confirm your order. The $199 goes back to the card it came from.
09
Another X5
Not your X5
Tell us what you drive
The Bulldog front exists because fifty people wanted it. The next one works the same way.
Every variant needs its own moulds, and moulds are the expensive part. We cut the one most people are waiting for.
This list is how we count.
One email, and only when your variant actually moves. No weekly newsletter, no offers for a part that does not fit your car.
10
Talk to us
Direct line
Talk
to us
Ask anything. Or tell us what you would change — the last design decisions get made here.
- Write to us
- founders@formwerk.co
- Follow the build