Hey Guys,

I'm not into street racing or racing modding... but my neighbor has his car with both CF Hood/Trunk/Wing... I just saw the CF Doors/Hood/Trunk for my 03 Coupe.

My real question is What is the real purpose of the CF??? is it just looks? or does it make a "Significant" difference in weight??? I know CF is lighter than Aluminum or metal... that's why I said significant....

Thx guys.

 

wat ive always wondered is wat happens when someone crashes with cf door, hood or trunk when it gets hit. instant death?

 

Most people use CF on there vehicle for looks. Looks great with almost any color.

I don't really think people use it for weight reduction.

"Bling Bling " for your ride

 

Yea its Def moreso for looks unless you track your car and CF EVERYTHING. But if you bap, its done deal esp if you have CF doors and get T-boned. Best upgrade for weight reduction is to lose weight fat boy! lol

 

I just wanted to shine on this and tell you know. My last vehicle before the G was a 2000 Celica GTS. My whole front end was CF except the bumper. I took a front end hit and I will tell this much, I swear I felt no impact because the CF seemed to take it all. but the damage is unbelievable to look at. I have the pics to prove it. This is from October 8th of this year. The only injury I sustained is a broken hand from the airbag.

 

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To top it off the bitch was wearing a Clown suit. (NO KIDDING!!!)DOMO

 

WOW! Great pics! I am glad you were not seriously hurt.

 

Thanks. I took those as I stood outside laughing at what the lady had on that hit me with my coworkers who came to assist. I am a Officer in my city so I got to be up close and personal.



EDIT- On a side not believe it or not that CF lip survived it all only obtaining a scratch on that side.

 

Carbon Fiber was first put on race cars to naturally make them lighter. If you're building a track car lighter parts will help or if you want a hood with ducts C/F makes that possible. What you'll see normally is someone adding C/F parts to their ride because they think it's cool.
Gary

 

CF is usually done for looks but it is infact lighter and stronger than the OEM material used. To answer your exact question it is not a significant amount of weight saved or increase in strength. Most racecars and hi-end exotics use exclusively cf for body panels, like the new Corvette z06. IMO the cost for the CF parts is not worth the minimal reduction in weight or strength unless you are completely gutting the g/z for the track...

 

Carbon fiber is 5x stronger than steel for equal amounts of volume. So probably not.

 

I can attest to that statement, I didn't feel a thing when I got hit. My broken hand came from the deploying of the airbag.

 

The weight difference is not significant for the average daily driver, so in that sense, it's mainly for looks. If you plan to be serious about making a track car, then yes, it CAN have a significant difference.

 

Just because its stronger doesn't mean that it will be safer in a crash.. actually most body panels are designed to crumple on impact to reduce the g forces involved in the crash and protect the passengers. So technically carbon fiber would cause slightly higher g forces on impact due to its higher strength. But I think the difference would be negligible vs metal in a crash for body panels.

And to answer the original post, the original purpose of carbon fiber panels was for weight reduction of body panels. But since i think most of the metal on our cars is fairly thin and aluminum (i might be wrong, just guessing) the weight loss from going to carbon fiber wouldn't be too large unless you replaced all the panels.

 

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Dang!!!! that's huge damage.... or at least it looks huge.