How do we Dent?

[Inferno]

I hope I never find out the hard way, but I was wondering how our cars handle being hit by another door or something. Do they dent and scratch pretty easily, or would it take a good solid hit. Are they easily repaired, popped out?

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

We dont dent dip$hit, we crack. I'll explain the physics of non flexible composit resins vs sheetmetal if you like.


Ball Hanger

Jon

PS. That being said, the viper does very well at taking a door or impact about better then any porsche I have ever own, or any car for that matter.

 

[jdoc7]

We dont dent dip$hit, we crack. I'll explain the physics of non flexible composit resins vs sheetmetal if you like

You're either best friends or best enemies. In any case, thanks for the info.

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

lol, nah me and inferno are cool, we just raz each other a bit. It is true though, the viper will not dent, it cracks. And even when/if you get a chip, it wont RUST !! so thats super cool, you just hit it with a little touch up paint, and no worries about a rust spot starting.

Jon

 

[Inferno]

We dont dent dip$hit, we crack. I'll explain the physics of non flexible composit resins vs sheetmetal if you like.


Ball Hanger

Jon

PS. That being said, the viper does very well at taking a door or impact about better then any porsche I have ever own, or any car for that matter.

lol...thanks for the clarification meat-whistle. Hmmm...flexible composite resins.....isn't that the stuff your new brokeback saddle thing is made up of?


p.s. you forgot the "e" on composite you gerbil garage.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

You can brush up against a tire wall at a pretty good speed and not worry about body damage. Just a few scratches...ok, lotsa scratches but no body damage.

 

[Saint_Spinner]

Is the material the same as the Corvette's? I know theyre some type of composite platic material as well (similar to fiber glass if I'm correct). If they're not the same, what are the differences between the Viper's and Vette's?

 

[Inferno]

Is the material the same as the Corvette's? I know theyre some type of composite platic material as well (similar to fiber glass if I'm correct). If they're not the same, what are the differences between the Viper's and Vette's?

From what I have heard I believe both cars are made from basically the same stuff. Except the hood, I think the hood is carbon fibre, if not it should be for 20g's or whatever it is to replace them.

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

HAHAHAHA.. INFERNO WITH THE MISS INFORMATION..

[******] ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT .. carbon fiber.. hahahah..


We are SIMILAR to the vette, but the vette IS fiber glass, we are composite resin, but we are NOT carbon fiber ANYWHERE. The hood is so expensive because it is ALL one piece, on a normal car, you bang up a fender, its 1/4 of the cars section at worste (aka 1/4 panels), but on our car, if you do damage to the hood, its basically 1/2 the car.

Anyways, our material is slightly better then the vettes, but can be repaired identically as fiber glass (aka the vette), but its not the same thing.

My work here is done.

Jon, the Inferno corrector.

 

[BadVenm]

We dont dent dip$hit, we crack. I'll explain the physics of non flexible composit resins vs sheetmetal if you like.

Just hope we never park next to a car low enough to hit our side sills!

 

[PDCjonny]

Just hope we never park next to a car low enough to hit our side sills!

I've been there, dented three feet of mine going through a toll both.
They are aluminum and can be reshaped if not too bad, mine wasn't.
New ones? Forget about it the are like 3k...EACH!

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

Good point, yep side sills are sheet metal, not alumn (alumn doesnt bend much either, it would crack too) But if you do dent one beyond belief, switch to after market Fiber glass ones which I think are readily available by some of our prefered vendors.

Jon

 

[AMong]

some [******] banged his door into mine intentionally about a month ago (some of you might remember the thread) , but it didnt do any body damage, you could see where the door flexed or gave to the impact of his door, just some minor scratches...

 

[Saint_Spinner]

Good point, yep side sills are sheet metal, not alumn (alumn doesnt bend much either, it would crack too) But if you do dent one beyond belief, switch to after market Fiber glass ones which I think are readily available by some of our prefered vendors.

Jon

Why were they metal? Is it because of all the heat passing though them? Would the aftermarket fiber glass ones be able to take that amount of heat?

 

[Inferno]

HAHAHAHA.. INFERNO WITH THE MISS INFORMATION..

[******] ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT .. carbon fiber.. hahahah..


We are SIMILAR to the vette, but the vette IS fiber glass, we are composite resin, but we are NOT carbon fiber ANYWHERE. The hood is so expensive because it is ALL one piece, on a normal car, you bang up a fender, its 1/4 of the cars section at worste (aka 1/4 panels), but on our car, if you do damage to the hood, its basically 1/2 the car.

Anyways, our material is slightly better then the vettes, but can be repaired identically as fiber glass (aka the vette), but its not the same thing.

My work here is done.

Jon, the Inferno corrector.

JON YOU ARE A KNOB ..... silly man...the vette isn't fiberglass anymore, hasn't been for a long time. They too are a composite with fiberglass and plastic,(hence the tupperware handle), in it. I know, I had an 04. The reason corvette stopped using fiberglass is because of the spider-cracking problem.

Correcting the Corrector....again


p.s. what is worste?

 

[GR8_ASP]

Good point, yep side sills are sheet metal, not alumn (alumn doesnt bend much either, it would crack too) But if you do dent one beyond belief, switch to after market Fiber glass ones which I think are readily available by some of our prefered vendors.

Jon

Nope, and I will leave off the ILL friends dig. The sills are aluminum and are very bendable. Most aluminum grades have a yield point near half of their tensile point, and elongation in the 1 to 5% range. Therefore they "bend." You may be thinking more like aluminum castings which generally have lower elongation (1 - 2% and less).

I know ... damn engineers.

 

[BACKNBLACK]

Inferno...you made me crack up brother.Don't you know the Viper is made out of cardboard?

 

[Purdue_Boiler_Viper]

I've had a bad week with a bad case of the flu. Reading this thread, I damn near coughed up my liver. LMAO

Gerbil garage?!