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Old 12-10-2002, 04:02 PM
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some sort of composite, kind've like fiberglass. Its not carbon fiber. Hood, front fenders, and doors are all the same material.
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Thanks man!
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I believe the hood is fiberglass, the doors are in fact fiberglass and the front fenders are some plastic(y) material. The rear fenders are metal.
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The front bumper and fenders are flexible urethane, kind of like rubbermaid. The hood is fiberglass and the doors are SMC (sheet molded compound)
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Sounds about right. But, there are some companies that offer fiberglass or other composite front ends for the Fbody, one of our sponsers VFN has a 'em.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 2000 Camaro SS:
<strong>Are the hoods or front fenders on a Camaro SS carbon fiber or composite?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hoods are fiberglass, everything else is plastic,except for rear quarter panels, which are steel. If it were carbon fiber, the SS would a lot more, cause that stuff is expensive...
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Are the hoods or front fenders on a Camaro SS carbon fiber or composite?
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The doors are fiberglass.
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This is a little side thing but...
why is it always if someone hits your car its always in the rear panels? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
I got like 3 dents in one panel and then the rest of the car is mint
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Yeah I hate the **** I wish VFN could make just the rear side panel for our cars. So that every time you go to the store you don't come back and find dings on the rear panels. Some kind of bolt on poly would be bad *** and not to mention light.
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Default Re: Camaro SS carbon fiber or composite?

Someone help me on this.My 02 T/A has a metal hood,maybe because it's a stock hood?
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Default Re: Camaro SS carbon fiber or composite?

Hoods on regular Camaro Z28s, TAs, and Formulas are steel.

The WS6/Firehawk/SS are fiberglass.

They all weigh about the same too.

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