Carbon fiber bed for GMC
This article on the coming carbon fiber bed is interesting. Car and Driver on the carbon fiber bed I was surprised to see how much the bed flexes under impact. That is actually a good thing as ...
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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Not sure what video you were watching but the one in the Car and Driver article clearly shows the cider and landscaping blocks contacting the bed with the edge of the blocks.
My point was is that none of those cinder blocks had anything close to being a sharp point on them that hit the truck bed. Yes, they do show one block hitting on the edge... but again, that is different as the impact force is spread out quite a bit and not sharp. CF usually doesn't hold up well to pointy impacts. The other block that does hit on the corner appears to not be sharp or pointy.
The other thing, which I didn't mention about the video, no way to tell how high up the block are falling in that video so the impact force could be less. That is strictly a guess though.
But I'll give credit to GM's marketing department as they certainly have tailored the minutest of details to their favor without it being obvious.
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
However you can clearly see what looks like a chunk missing in the center of the bed after the landscaping blocks and during the first portion of the cinder block section. So this bed does not look much better than Fords box to me.
And that is where CF is prone to fail. Usually starts with something that is small and doesn't look so bad. Think of it in a way like a windshield rock chip. That usually leads to spider cracking. But again, a heavy duty rubber protective bed mat would probably more than take care of anything causing issues.
