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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Which body parts are load-bearing.

I have an idea involving some intense bodywork for a kustom to do sometime far far in the future with my f-body. I'm wondering what body panels are truly integral to the unitized chassis?
  1. Floors
  2. Trunk pan
  3. trans tunnel
  4. firewall
  5. rocker panel
  6. a pillar
  7. b/c pillar
  8. rear quarters?
  9. structure behind tail lights?

If any aren't load bearing, let me know. If I missed something, please let me know. I'm trying to figure out which body work will be metalwork and which can be done with composites.

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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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AFAIK, a unibody constructed car relies on the whole thing for integrity.
Old Apr 28, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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Its safe to say the anything made of metal is "load bearing", and anything made of plastic/composite is not.
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