is carbon fiber/ fiber glass bonnets legal

[Zacy Slacky]

just wanted to know if carbin fiber hoods and fiberglass bonets are leagle?
do they meet the aussie ADR rules? will you get your car defected if you run with one on?

[Joey_21]

lol they taught u well up in darwin its spelt legal and i wouldnt advise putting a carbon/fibre bonnet on a holden its just not right

[Zacy Slacky]

thanks for the spelling tips.. well its not for a commi but it was some thing that i just wanted to know.

[DUK13Y]

Personally I don't like them but they should meet ADR standards as they are stronger than your standard bonnet I think.

[Joey_21]

Personally I don't like them but they should meet ADR standards as they are stronger than your standard bonnet I think.

no way they are stronger then metal

[Tom_1569]

no way they are stronger then metal

They are in a different way. This was covered not long ago. But some are ADR approved, some arnt.

The problem with them is they dont bend the way a normal bonnet is designed to, thus changing the crumple zone also they seem to fracture and can have worse sides effect if you hit a pedestrian or something.

[vee ka]

they are NOT legal in most states, for the reason above, they do not crumple/bend they shatter and leave sharp edges that can puncture pedestrians etc.

[stocky]

yeah as above. not legal as they wont bend in a crash. will probably just go straight through the windshield into you

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Here ya go another dicussion on it:

fibreglass bonnets has anyone got one?

Check with the manufacturer and made sure it is supplied with PROOF of ADR compliance... Personally don't like the idea of a key crumple zone being made outta something so brittle....

If its not ADR compliant your car can be defected

[Reaper]

Fibreglass as a material per-se for lightweight body panels is fine however the item needs to be constructed in such a way that it will still comply with all the relevant ARD's. All of that can be done and has been for many years. Just buy one with the correct engineered certification and you will be fine.

Please don't fit a cheapie to your car though. I have smashed up enough boats over the years to know that fibreglass and carbon shards embedded in ones limbs and torso will hurt a *lot*.

Reaper

[FusionX]

Please don't fit a cheapie to your car though. I have smashed up enough boats over the years to know that fibreglass and carbon shards embedded in ones limbs and torso will hurt a *lot*.

Can vouch for that. Few times have had something out of carbon explode on a boat, rolls of duct tape work well to remove fine splinters, although have needed hospital once (it was a big bang!)

[vee ka]

big big difference between carbon fibre and fibre glass

[Reaper]

big big difference between carbon fibre and fibre glass

Yeppers. But the shards seem to hurt the same.

Reaper

[Zacy Slacky]

thanks guys for the heads up, now i know lol