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The problem with a lot of this stuff is that the car is basically designed to crumple and shatter when it is hit.
All this stuff is FAR stronger than any of the stock parts, which means instead of the door crumpling when you are hit it will basically come and smack you right in the side, or the CF hood might become a giant razorblade in a collision and end up decapitating you... etc... not pretty... |
Turbo, aren't you the guy who was speeding home to play your newly aquired video game. And you didn't pull over for the cop and got charged with 5 different violations and got off because the officer was fired? Then later got in trouble for street racing??
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Originally Posted by Renesis07
(Post 2204780)
I understand that, but what does it take to make it "shatter". I mean if its rumored to be sooo strong then wouldnt it take like a freight train to make it shatter?!:lol2:
Also, measuring how strong / tough something is, is actually rather difficult. There are different types of stresses that any material experiences, and they react differently to each one. http://www.engineershandbook.com/Mat...mechanical.htm |
in a race car, you'd have a cage inside the car, so the door panels wouldn't be as big a structural requirement. If you're just changing out panels, it would be ill advised.
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Originally Posted by deadphoenix52
(Post 2204523)
yes but when it breaks, it shatters.
heres a link to a place that has CF everything. i wouldnt be interested, my baby is a daily driver. http://www.businessvision.net/edge/M...egoryID=778269 |
Seibon was supposed to make cf doors front and back but it seems like they never got it done. They have it listed on their website, but it has no price nor pictures or a link.
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cf is strong if its made strong like dry carbon, cheap cf is just as brittle as fiberglass, ie the hoods and lips and trunks that we have
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Obviously the OE doors weigh more, but how much more when it's shell vs. shell?
I'm sure when you transfer all the hardware over to the CF shell, it's not going to be light anymore. |
Originally Posted by c0ldf1ame
(Post 2208853)
cf is strong if its made strong like dry carbon, cheap cf is just as brittle as fiberglass, ie the hoods and lips and trunks that we have
If strong how strong compared to metal? If it's cheap, I assume it's basically brittle like plastic or FG? |
Originally Posted by staticlag
(Post 2206777)
http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/
But: http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/pages/membership.html Autocross results work fine. HPDE events don't count. Carbon fiber dash = $1645 Carbon fiber left door = 1064 carbon fiber right door = 981 carbon fiber mazdaspeed front 3413 carbon fiber hood = 2163 carbon fiber rear deck 1045 carbon fiber roof = 4653 carbon fiber right rear door = 1377 carbon fiber left rear door = 1377 lightweight lexan front window = 524 lightweight lexan rear window = 436 lightweight lexan left window = 92 lightweight lexan right window = 92 lightweight lexan LR window = 92 lightweight lexan RR window = 92 do you happen to have part numbers? |
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