Carbon Fiber hood

[mozzandherb]

I have a carbon fiber hood and I was going to keep my car outside this winter (I live in Canada) but Iwas going to keep it covererd. I was wondering if the carbon fiber hood would crack if I kept my car outside this winter? I am planning on starting the car up every other day, but I'm wondering about the hood? Thanks

[jdm4doorcb7]

im not sure it dont get that cold here but i would put it inside just to be safe

[Bongo]

I was wondering the same thing.

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=60539

not that much help in there...but there's a little lol.

[midnightrayne]

i do not think it will crack, they use cf on air plane wings and they are exposed to some really cold climates. i guess they could do something different to it but i dont think it will crack.

[mozzandherb]

Anyone else have any idea?

[oneoffaccord]

i dont think it crack at alll. cf is a very strong material. your golden

[HondaB18]

It should be fine. Worst case scenario would be the clearcoating.

[Gemini]

shouldnt be a big deal...only if it when from hot to extremem cold quickly which is not the case because Cf dont hold alot of heat.

[KillerCam282]

You do know that some entire cars bodies are built with carbon fiber...

Some more common cars have car parts made of CF...I cant think of any off the top of my head. I wanted to say the M3, but its not the standard M3, maybe the CSL or GTR. There is a GTI based vehicle with plenty of CF bodypanels on it too...I forget the exact name of that one too. I will look it up and get back to you tho. Simply put, CF doesnt even fully break when its involved in an accident. I remember that about my friend's accident with his Civic. So in closing, manufacturers trust its durability, so why shouldn't you?