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Toobs Forums Junkie I Supported Toymods Location: Sydney Registered: December 2002	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered?? Wed, 27 April 2005 05:42 I doubt it. Changing the material that such a major part of a car is made from will most definately alter what would occur in an accident. I would suspect that if involved in a front on accident carbon fiber would break into shards (most likely rather sharp) rather than just bending and crumpling like metal would. Imagine a nice big shard of carbon fiber coming through the windscreen... Its not a pretty thought. Personally I would stay away from carbon fiber panels... more for my personal safety rather than concerns over the legalities of the stuff. If you want to lighten the car there are heaps of other things you can do whilst keeping the car safe. -Remove the sound deadening material and carpets. -Remove the door trims and replace with lighter material (like those real estate "for sale" signs etc.) -Remove the under bonnet insulation. -Remove un-necessary seating -Remove roof lining. -Remove unnecessary aircon stuff (compressor, receiver/dryer, condensor etc.) -Remove heater box -Drive around with an almost empty fuel tank. -Replace the panels with lighter alloy panels -Swap your rims for something lighter -Remove that un-necessary ABS and associated control equipment -Remove the glass from the doors and put up webbing I'm not saying you should do any or all of the above... just thinking of weight reduction options. Many of the things I mentioned may make the vehicle non compliant with ADR's... but at least as far as I'm concerned they are safe. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	nightdevil	Wed, 27 April 2005 05:08
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	DRFT - 86	Wed, 27 April 2005 05:16
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	ra23celica	Wed, 27 April 2005 05:29
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	Toobs	Wed, 27 April 2005 05:42
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	JFAllen	Wed, 27 April 2005 06:22
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	DRFT - 86	Wed, 27 April 2005 05:44
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	M.W.P.	Wed, 27 April 2005 08:57
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	oldcorollas	Wed, 27 April 2005 09:17
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	toof	Wed, 27 April 2005 10:13
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	xolent	Wed, 27 April 2005 10:22
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	nightdevil	Thu, 28 April 2005 08:08
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	oldcorollas	Thu, 28 April 2005 08:13
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	muaythaiman	Thu, 28 April 2005 09:02
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	brodiepearce	Thu, 28 April 2005 08:51
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	toof	Thu, 28 April 2005 08:57
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	nightdevil	Thu, 28 April 2005 08:58
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	nightdevil	Thu, 28 April 2005 10:22
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	79rollaboy	Thu, 28 April 2005 10:25
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	Allan	Thu, 28 April 2005 11:38
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	ae86drift	Thu, 28 April 2005 13:22
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	nightdevil	Thu, 28 April 2005 13:47
	Re: Can Carbon Fibre bonnets get engineered??	ae86drift	Thu, 28 April 2005 14:24

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