ChrisR (04/04/2015)
Just a thought on your idead: Any modification that you make to the car should be disclosed to your insurance company otherwise it will invalidate it... If you are removing crumple zones etc then it will most likely invalidate your insurance AND (if you're in the UK anyway) it will need to go through an IVA assessment at a DVLA test stationForgot to mention. The car is registrered and used in third-world europe - Moldova. So yearly technical assesment is very lax here. I am pretty sure the laws don't even cover my case, so I won't be breaking any.
Brian2fast (04/04/2015)
Are you really going to be removing crumple zones? Will you not just be replacing the outer surface of say the front bumper with a carbon layer or replacing the outer steel wings? What type of car is it? A steel body monocoque or something a bit less mainstream?
It's a pretty usual car in terms of structure - Alfa Romeo 159 Sedan.
Yes, I didn't state that properly - I won't be removing the crumple zones, but I will be repositioning them. Involuntary, just beacuse I don't know the factory-designed spots where body panels are supposed to bend and brake.
So I think that makes a very little difference - they are designed to work all together. If the outer wing panel won't bend in the exact designed line than the inner structure will bend unpredictably too. OR am I wrong and outer panels bear very little load in case of an accident and all the hard work is done by the inner ..... sorry i don't know the english word for it: spars? pillars? frame?
Brian2fast (04/04/2015)
What about covering the susceptible areas to damage with a clear protective film? Iv used it on my car for years and it really works. Before I used the film gravel rash wore completely through my rear GRP wings but with the film they hardly get marked at all.That's what I thought about, glad to hear it works with CF!