Carbon Fibre

[siki]

Hey i got an r34 with carbon fibre bonnet and wing, just wondering is that a defect?

if so would engineer's certificates get me out of strife because i think i can get my hands on them.

cheers

PS: as much info would be awesome

[Johnny]

Im under the impression that carbon fibre bonnets are way to strong and are not subjected to crash testing like the standard bonnet therefore would just penetrate into the cabin and cut your head off.

Not sure about fibreglass coated with carbon which will crumple but is very sharp and jagged when you break it e.g a fishing rod.

Wings can be illegal too because they can be a risk to pedestrians. Alot of people i know got defective VN for T-wings and had to remove them.

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

know why its defective? cause we want them..

[ras1983]

If carbon bonnets cut your head off there wouldn't be a single manufacturer on the planet that would create cars with carbon bonnets. Seeing as cars from factory tuning shops can come with carbon bonnets I don't think that would be an issue.

Having said that, I'd lead to believe that carbon bonnets shatter into many shards upon impact which can be a health hazard to pedestrians and other road users as well as the occupants of the car.

I've had a carbon bonnet (fibreglass core though) for a year now and have driven past many a cop car and been through several booze bus set ups and not a sinle cop said anything. Does that mean its not defectable? Probably not. I think it means if you drive sensibly and your car isn't over the top the average cop won't give you any headaches.

[Ronin 09]

if it hasn't been crash tested for occupant/pedestrian safety as part of a New Australian vehicle, then it's defectible.

Come on guys, It's not that hard to figure that out.

here's a good place to start with our Vic rules:

Vicroads standards

[mickey]

What Ronin says is right, if it hasn't been ADR approved it's illegal. Even though non-standard stuff may be just as safe, safer, or better than stock the fact that it hasn't gone through all the tests means it cannot be placed on your car.

It's the reason some cars aren't imported into here (or at excessive cost) because manufacturers can't justify the high cost of compliance for a high volume import.

[siki]

im located in NSW

as you can see in my profile if it shows thats the car, im not to sure exactly what type it is and stuff and i was thinking of maybe still getting engineers certificate for them both just to be safe but yeah im not sure.

[some_cs_student]

Illegal in Vic, not ADR approved, same with fiberglass. You may get away with it though, but its not legal...

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Just paint the carbon fibre bonnet the same colour as your car.

[SKY 34]

^^ Carbon fibres are brittle and shatters ^^

I've heard the chop off head version from pit ppl. I always thought that's a rumour they spread to discourage ppl from ahving CF ^^

[MIVEC]

Just paint the carbon fibre bonnet the same colour as your car.

If you do that you lose that street cred!

Heh.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

If you do that you lose that street cred!

Heh.

LOL!

Good old street cred!

[Ronin 09]

im located in NSW

as you can see in my profile if it shows thats the car, im not to sure exactly what type it is and stuff and i was thinking of maybe still getting engineers certificate for them both just to be safe but yeah im not sure.

yes, clearly the link I posted is for Vicroads.

How about you use a search engine such as "google" and find RTA for their regs?

If you can drive a computer to find SAU, you can find *and read* the RTA rules and regulations yourself.

sorry if that sounds harsh, but so many people come to SAU and ask questions that can be researched independently on the internet (in terms of legislation, rules and regs) and get hearsay and rumour based answers such as "my cousin's mate got done by some piggaz for his coolerz and carbon so itz illegalz".

Get the info directly from the source.

[RRB20ASH]

I wish I had cf bonnet its like glass so yeah it would shatter if you crash, so I think to be safe I will stick to my normal bonnet lol.

But if it ever does become legal or if they bring out a safer option ill definately be thinking about getting one for my 32.

[mickey]

on the other hand, you might try putting in a vspec II nur bonnet...aren't they CF? Seems like that may be legal as it is allowed on Nur's.

of course noone will probably know it is CF because it is painted except for the NACA duct.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

^^LOL!

If you know your GTR V-Spec II's, N1's and Nur's, they all came with stock Carbon Fibre bonnets with the NACA duct.

When ppl know that, they will know you gota Carbon Fibre bonnet.

So yeah thats an option.

[R31Nismoid]

so many people come to SAU and ask questions that can be researched independently on the internet (in terms of legislation, rules and regs) and get hearsay and rumour based answers such as "my cousin's mate got done by some piggaz for his coolerz and carbon so itz illegalz".

Get the info directly from the source.

Gold star for you Marcus

[Got Boost?]

Im under the impression that carbon fibre bonnets are way to strong and are not subjected to crash testing like the standard bonnet therefore would just penetrate into the cabin and cut your head off.

Not sure about fibreglass coated with carbon which will crumple but is very sharp and jagged when you break it e.g a fishing rod.

Wings can be illegal too because they can be a risk to pedestrians. Alot of people i know got defective VN for T-wings and had to remove them.

lol! mate your car has a CF bonnet from factory! So they must be subject to testing and be passed originally.. at least in Japan!

[kralster]

how do those stupid pagani zonda's get through.

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

they garggle and swallow to impress