"BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind" (briangriffinsprius)
03/01/2018 at 19:30 • Filed to: None
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"BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind" (briangriffinsprius)
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...on the same day Trump announces new tariffs on steel and aluminum. Hmm....
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
03/01/2018 at 19:35 |
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been in the news for a hile but very coincidental
nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
03/01/2018 at 19:42 |
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Wonder what Mahk thinks.
Spanfeller is a twat
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
03/01/2018 at 19:42 |
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Isn’t carbon fiber sort of... too brittle to be used as a bed liner?
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
03/01/2018 at 19:50 |
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So they pick on Ford for a really tough aluminum bed, but they switch to a carbon fiber bed that will shatter from the same test?
Drugs are bad, mmmkay?
TorqueToYield
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/01/2018 at 20:07 |
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Carbon fiber is just kind of a catch-all term for a composite (aka plastic + something) that has some amount of carbon fiber embedded into it.
Depending on the resin and the construction the material can be as brittle or flexible as you’d like it to be.
That’s the beauty of composite materials is that you can change the properties to suit the application.
Here’s some very not brittle carbon-composite flexing:
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
03/01/2018 at 20:16 |
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Spanfeller is a twat
> TorqueToYield
03/01/2018 at 20:20 |
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I forgot about cfrp for a moment.
I stand corrected. Other than cost, within the life of the vehicle I can’t find a downside.
BigBlock440
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/01/2018 at 21:06 |
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You really think they’d put it in a bed if it’d shatter?
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/01/2018 at 21:31 |
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Some resins don’t do well with lots of UV exposure. I suppose that could be a downside.
Or repair costs. I’m guessing repair steps would be:
1. Throw out the old one
2. Buy a new one.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> BigBlock440
03/01/2018 at 21:51 |
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I’ve worked with the stuff. It shatters. It is quite tough, but if you dropped cinder blocks on it so the impact was a small point, it’d shatter.
I have an RC car with a CF chassis and shock towers. It’s tough, but the towers shatter all the time and the chassis can be damaged by a really bad hit (doesn’t happen much, they are very tough).
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Spanfeller is a twat
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/01/2018 at 23:09 |
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Coatings ought to prevent that.
It might seem cheap, but what about a doubler plate?
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/02/2018 at 00:03 |
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You are right - coatings should prevent UV damage. I’m not sure what you mean by doubler plate though.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/02/2018 at 00:44 |
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When aircraft develop micro tears or normal tears in their fuselage they add plates of aluminum atop the damaged part alongside an epoxy so that they seal.They call them “placa dobladora” in Spanish, though we might’ve been lost in translation. I guess that if a tear is created in the bed you could potentially just glue a patch of carbon fiber on it and maybe sand the edges and call it a day! after all, there’s no rust to worry about and it would increase the strength.
