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Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Mon, 01 March 2004 21:07
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What exactly are the legalities of the use of fibreglass / carbon fibre panels on a road car?
and more along the lines of the removable front end style of body panels and having say a rear hatch made from CF.
I'm trying to work out how to reduce the rusting issues with an up and comming project and the only things I can come up with is either fix the flaws that exist, don't let water near it, or build it out of somthing that doesn't rust.
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Wollongong
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May 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 02:24
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I doubt that either are legal on a road registered vehicle, since they have not passed crash test requirements.
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Northwestern Sydney
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August 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 02:31
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Yeah that's what I figured.
Damn
Track car or road car hmmmmm.....
or build and crash test a few 
Wouldn't that mean that fibre glass bonnets, front guards and even front bars would be illegal? where is the boundary of fibrglass/cf (limited to non-structural/non supporting panels) for road use?
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Ballarat, Vic.
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September 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 02:48
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GZE aw11's come with fibreglass hatches stock from factory. Although after market FG/CF im unsure of, I've heard that its leagal on oldercars if you cna't source orig parts (probably not true!)
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Northwestern Sydney
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August 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 03:19
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If it's from factory it's prolly been crash tested, I'm not sure if fg/cf supporting glass is a good idea unless there was steel involved anyway (which defeats the purpose I'm after) front quater panels/bonnets may be used by some manuf. to reduce impact in a crash where as fg/cf would shatter rather than crumple. depends on weather the car was designed to take impact in the body/chassis or in the panels as well. This I don't know.
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melbourne
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September 2003
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 08:57
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i believe frp/carbon bonnets/doors are illegal on the grounds of structual integrity. bumpers, guards and other panels which do not have underlaying reinforcement have no safety requirements other than to prevent any sharp/protruding objects from being exposed.
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I supported Toymods
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sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 09:44
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cf bonnets are illegal until engineered
which is possible
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I supported Toymods
Banned User
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 10:11
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Mate I'll be speaking to an engineer about fiberglass guards this week. I'll let you know the out come.
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 10:24
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there a R33 GTR in brissie with every panel carbon fibre
EVERY PANEL
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Location:
Northwestern Sydney
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August 2002
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Re: Legalities of fibreglass / Carbon fibre panels
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Tue, 02 March 2004 21:12
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Cheers cool1, I owe you 1 
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