Introducing myself & my lancer - Shannon from Sydney

[Mystique]

Welcome!

[babylancerx]

thank you !

[Truefilo]

welcome to the club!

regarding carbon fibre hood - i think they're not legal. i think it has to do with the weight and installation issues, wether they are safe for high speed driving, in cases of accidents, crashes etc etc..not sure about the whole thing..so ill BUMP on this topic. im pretty sure there's someone in the club who knows everything about this.

" any bonnet that has not come from a car manufacturer and has not been subjected to crash testing will require an engineers certificate to demonstrate that prototype bonnets were tested to meet with ADR rules and designs."

carbon fibre wrap - they are ok..ive seen many on the road, so i guess they are alright.

[Truefilo]

hey guys, how do you put your car's image on the bottom of your message? sorry, still a newbie here

[Truefilo]

regarding carbon fibre hood - i think they're not legal. i think it has to do with the weight and installation issues, wether they are safe for high speed driving, in cases of accidents, crashes etc etc..not sure about the whole thing..so ill BUMP on this topic. im pretty sure there's someone in the club who knows everything about this.

" any bonnet that has not come from a car manufacturer and has not been subjected to crash testing will require an engineers certificate to demonstrate that prototype bonnets were tested to meet with ADR rules and designs."


just wanted to re-phrase that..i THINK, it can be legal IF, and only IF it has been approved and comes with an engineers certificate demonstrating the bonnet meets the said rules and regulations.

just my two cents..i may be wrong, or i may be right.

[babylancerx]

Ohhh thats why ahhaha thanks for the explanation and yeaaa how do I add pictures to my profile and stuff like that? and also onto the forum. AND my avatar won't let me upload ANY photos. It keeps saying file is too big when its not ):

[Zaphod]

[Kal777]

All carbon bonnets are illegal, not because of crash testing or lack of but because of the way the carbon fibre its self behaves as a material under a crash situation. Alloys like steel and aluminum will bend and give under an impact, carbon fibre and fibre glass will shatter and splinter under an impact.

Carbon fibre when bent will simply shatter apart like wood creating very sharp splinters, thus causing increased risk of injury to anyone involved in a crash. That is why it is illegal.

[Metalstrix]

In addition to Kalums 100% correct explaination, Insurance companies can use it against you when making a claim.

[babylancerx]

ohhhh okay i understand think i better just stick to the 3m wrap stuff haha. thanks everyone xx