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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 Plus, carbon doors on a daily driven car scare me. I wouldn't want to bet on how well they hold up in a side impact. Carbon

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Old 10-06-2014, 07:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Plus, carbon doors on a daily driven car scare me. I wouldn't want to bet on how well they hold up in a side impact. Carbon doesn't bend- it shatters.
As you said, Carbon shatters into many pieces. However, from what I have heard, that actually is beneficial because it disperses and breaks the impact sooner instead of intaking the impact. Interesting theory, anyone else agree with this?
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