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Re: SVX Carbon fiber hood and trunks!
They are very heavy. Especialy when the gas struts go
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Re: SVX Carbon fiber hood and trunks!
What little I know about carbon fiber came from watching the Discovery Channel, but it doesn't take an expert to know that fabricating a proper replacement for an SVX trunk lid would be no minor feat of engineering.
Y'all do know that replacing the hood and trunk probably compromises crashworthiness while gaining you nothing but a lighter wallet, right? dcb |
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If both a hood and a trunk were offered and were quality fitting products I would be interested in both... (doesn't hold breath)
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Re: SVX Carbon fiber hood and trunks!
Which would give you an immeasurably-small benefit in fuel economy or elapsed time between redlights.
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That must be after applying that Fiber Glass Vinyl!
Our trunk lids feel heavy due to the way they are mounted... the fulcrum point has a deep offset thus makes it feel heavy... Now please strip it down and remove the spoiler... and put it on the scale. Thanks! -Sov13t. |
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Re: SVX Carbon fiber hood and trunks!
Of all the parts on the car important to providing crash protecting, I think the trunk lid is very far down on that list if at all.
And losing nearly 100 lbs would be very significant on a car as heavy as ours. |
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Agreed, the FG trunk is not going to do anything usefull in rear end collisions for these cars especially if you've ever seen pictures of one rearended, and as far as the hood, they don't provide any structural support either-even metal ones will just fold up if you are in a front collision.
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I am not gonna argue with you on the weight thing, I admit you know more than I do.
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The trunk? Well, y'all are probably right. Doesn't change the fact that this is one odd expenditure. Fifty pounds, 100 pounds... and not one microscopic iota of discernible difference unless your doing some serious racing. These cars cost enough to keep on the road as it is. Grumpy geezer advice: Put that dough into a transmission/wheel bearing/head gasket fund. dcb |
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It looks so cool!!!!!
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I do not care about fuel economy one iota in this car.. If I did I would have kept it pretty much stock... Also, only idiots race red light to red light.
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Concerning the looks, one can always paint it black not to look so ricey especially on the SVX. But I guess you will might all loose the "spoiler" privilege, since its weight and the pressure cause by air flow might crack it with time (I might be wrong here, sorry no experience with that material before...).
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If I could find the bath room scales I would weigh the boot lid, spoiler, and bonnet That I have spare. Would give a approxment weight
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1992 NZDM SVX Maroonish Red/Black ( 1st car ive owned with an cd player ) Has been retired 1989 Vortex 6 Maroon 1983 RX Silver Grey 1973 1400 GSR Yelo 2 Door Coupe awaiting Restoration |
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Re: SVX Carbon fiber hood and trunks!
I want a hood that bumps up, instead of dent down. then add air outletts in the rear...that would be worth $600 right there for me.
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