Question about material

scsi20191 · 11-19-2008, 06:30 PM

Does anyone know why only the front fenders are made of some kind of plastic/compound? Or Am I wrong.

They should have used the same material for the doors. It would prevent dents and save some weight.

!Xoible · 11-19-2008, 06:31 PM

im pretty sure it's done that way to save on weight

scsi20191 · 11-19-2008, 06:39 PM

That’s what I thought, but why only the fenders. They could have save some more weight with the doors and trunk lid.

Just a thought.

spyderco10 · 11-20-2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by scsi20191

Does anyone know why only the front fenders are made of some kind of plastic/compound? Or Am I wrong.

They should have used the same material for the doors. It would prevent dents and save some weight.

Then it'd be a Saturn

samM376' · 11-20-2008, 04:33 AM

I agree things like crumple zones and crash safety could be main factor
But also reducing the weight of the fenders in front especially will lower some weight as the car is obviously more front end heavy
Therefore lowering the smaller portions of the front to save weight will place the M3 closer to the 50/50 weight bias which is BMW's goal with the cars balance

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