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Is it ridiculous to swap out the hood, doors, fenders and hatch with carbon fiber? How much weight would you save roughly?

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Old 10-06-2014, 06:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Is it ridiculous to swap out the hood, doors, fenders and hatch with carbon fiber?

How much weight would you save roughly?

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Old 10-06-2014, 06:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The vast majority of the readily available cf parts are wet cf, so you don't really save any weight over the aluminum used in the panels. Dry carbon would do it, but you better have deep pockets.
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Stillen had some nice Dry carbon items in their online store, but yes - I would be spending 10K on parts alone.
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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.
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I got a chip in my hood today, and I got some crazy ideas. Maybe just the hood.
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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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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?
It just means you will die sooner?
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I got a chip in my hood today, and I got some crazy ideas. Maybe just the hood.
Have you seen the Fujimura carbon fiber hood?

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Let me pay my brand new loan down a bit, and something like that would rock! Only Dry CF need apply...
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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?

Your exactly wright ! Every piece that breaks or shatters away from the car is energy dissipating , instead of going into the driver !! Physics every action has an opposite and equal reaction !
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Have you seen the Fujimura carbon fiber hood?

God I love that body kit.....
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God I love that body kit.....(minus rocket dancer decal...)..
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God I love that body kit.....
Ive actually got a front bumper IN STOCK, believe it or not... PM me if you're interested.
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carbon fiber everythanggggg
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I dont know... i would be paranoid that someone was going to run into me.. Then i would end up in jail for killing that person lol
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