Legalities of Carbon Fibre Bonnet
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Hi all.
I'm new here. Been asking around and no one seems to know whether the Carbon Fibre Bonnet is legal or not? Anyone care to share me some light?
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Why not get a carbon fibre vyinl instead, save $$$... unless, you can't even lift up your car bonnet lol
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just buy the carbon look sticker and do it on ur bonnet.
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If its funtionality, it'll be on the wheels.
If its on a weight penalty, you get more benefits removing the spare tyre from the trunk. -
Thanks for your replies. A friend of mine is scraping her Honda VTi and she's selling me the bonnet for a rather low price (friend's price..hehe)
Actually it's purely for show cause my SiR is rather stock except for CAI, re-chipping & lightened flywheel. Like the look but as I said, concerned if I'll get stopped for having carbon fibre bonnet....
Btw, some of you guys mentioned about carbon fibre vinyl. How much would it be to do a bonnet. Thinking of doing it on my other ride....
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My friend went for inspection with CF bonnet, at first the inspector wanted to fail him, then he 'argued' with the latter that other friends passed with CF bonnet. So the inspector called LTA and in the end let him pass.
I'm not sure if LTA side gave the go-ahead, or maybe the LTA side asked him to do some complex procedure so he decided to let my friend pass.
So its up to you to interpret
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Oic....so guess its still risky then to have it. Tried to ask LTA but haven't got an answer....Thanks...
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its definitely not legal...not becos of the weight...Originally posted by sir2yrv:Hi all.
I'm new here. Been asking around and no one seems to know whether the Carbon Fibre Bonnet is legal or not? Anyone care to share me some light?
Thank you
but its the structure of the bonnet between original n CF...
the structure for original helps to reduce impact during collision...
but the CF ones is not good to withstand collision... -
Base on what I've seen and heard, I'm more inclined towards it being allowed. I'm not sure if I can so surely say, like bro D16Z6 above, that it is "definitely" illegal.
I know some people have discussed that CF bonnets fail to crumple but shatter instead upon impact and thus it is definitely illegal. But although that is logical, it doesn't mean it's the stand LTA takes.
Just like HID. If you buy a DC5R that comes with HID from factory, it is allowed. But let say you get a DC5GSR with no HID and install your own HID, its technically illegal. But not logical what? It's the exact same model of car, just that engine and tranny different.
So it's best to get an answer straight from them than to base on 'logic' and 'hearsay'. Some logical things may be illegal and some illogical things are legal.
I don't wish to guarantee you on it, that's why I told you its up to you. But personally, based on what my friend went through, I believe CF bonnet is allowed and would use one myself if I had the money to spare and even bring it for inspection without changing it back to stock. -
Lta will ask you to write in with stretches of the bonnet, plus whatever spec and things to them...... Call them better, they will reply in the hour. Email, 3-4 weeks.Originally posted by sir2yrv:Oic....so guess its still risky then to have it. Tried to ask LTA but haven't got an answer....Thanks... -
no wad. i thought is if u buy DC5R with HID frm factory its allowed but if u buy DC5R without HID then u install ur own then it's illegal?Originally posted by CryoGenic:Just like HID. If you buy a DC5R that comes with HID from factory, it is allowed. But let say you get a DC5GSR with no HID and install your own HID, its technically illegal. But not logical what? It's the exact same model of car, just that engine and tranny different.
nothing to to do with the car model. any car without HID from the factory itself cannot install HID lights. -
if u r toking abt the inspection,they may pass u or u can even find a mech toOriginally posted by CryoGenic:Base on what I've seen and heard, I'm more inclined towards it being allowed. I'm not sure if I can so surely say, like bro D16Z6 above, that it is "definitely" illegal.
I know some people have discussed that CF bonnets fail to crumple but shatter instead upon impact and thus it is definitely illegal. But although that is logical, it doesn't mean it's the stand LTA takes.
Just like HID. If you buy a DC5R that comes with HID from factory, it is allowed. But let say you get a DC5GSR with no HID and install your own HID, its technically illegal. But not logical what? It's the exact same model of car, just that engine and tranny different.
So it's best to get an answer straight from them than to base on 'logic' and 'hearsay'. Some logical things may be illegal and some illogical things are legal.
I don't wish to guarantee you on it, that's why I told you its up to you. But personally, based on what my friend went through, I believe CF bonnet is allowed and would use one myself if I had the money to spare and even bring it for inspection without changing it back to stock.
help send ur car for inspection...but if a TP were to stop u for having a CF hood,
they have the right to send ur car for inspection n see if its structure is
approved...if not,u will be fine...theer r lotsa things dat are not approved...
but they just close one eye...n they close one eys,does not mean its approved -
there r still lotsa CF GT wing which aren't allowed...
but still ppl put n tp drive pass them without stopping them... -
Guess if I'm planning to have that bonnet, I've gotta risk it but definitely gotta keep the original bonnet. Thanks very much for you help
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wah, 1st time u never put theOriginally posted by D16Z6:if u r toking abt the inspection,they may pass u or u can even find a mech to
help send ur car for inspection...but if a TP were to stop u for having a CF hood,
they have the right to send ur car for inspection n see if its structure is
approved...if not,u will be fine...theer r lotsa things dat are not approved...
but they just close one eye...n they close one eys,does not mean its approved smiley leh. -
I was under the impression that DC5R came standard with HID thus I quoted a DC5GSROriginally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:no wad. i thought is if u buy DC5R with HID frm factory its allowed but if u buy DC5R without HID then u install ur own then it's illegal?
nothing to to do with the car model. any car without HID from the factory itself cannot install HID lights. -
oh ok, sorry for the misunderstanding.Originally posted by CryoGenic:I was under the impression that DC5R came standard with HID thus I quoted a DC5GSR
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Actually, it seems more like a safety issue than anything else. Carbon fibre is known to be harder than steel and whatnot, but the thing is, it also comes in different grades. Without going into the technical aspects of its design and structure, some grades of carbon fibre are better than others. Some might shatter, some will look like it's been torn away. The other thing which might be in LTA's list of considerations is the number of layers that are present in that particular product. The more layers probably = to safer for them cause it's going to be harder.
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heh, no prob la. I'm not fully sure myself, but that was what I was told by a DC5R owner.Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:oh ok, sorry for the misunderstanding.
Anyway, it seems the onemotoring site has removed their mod guide.. maybe to update it. Perhaps they will make a clear stand on CF bonnets if they don't want to get bombarded by mails . -
Carbon fibre should be safe coz most F1 cars are made entirely of CF and i dun think CF is weak then why would the developers want to use CF?Originally posted by CryoGenic:heh, no prob la. I'm not fully sure myself, but that was what I was told by a DC5R owner.
Anyway, it seems the onemotoring site has removed their mod guide.. maybe to update it. Perhaps they will make a clear stand on CF bonnets if they don't want to get bombarded by mails . -
maybe because some manufacturers make the bonnets but they dun fit properly on the cars and that is very dangerous.Originally posted by ceecookie:Carbon fibre should be safe coz most F1 cars are made entirely of CF and i dun think CF is weak then why would the developers want to use CF?