| Body kits enhance the style of your car. Some | | | | lightness, ability to make complex shapes and strength |
| components also enhance the aerodynamics of the | | | | in a single material. However carbon fiber is one of the |
| car. Being essentially added on to your car, body kits | | | | best materials if these are the properties you are |
| need to be quite light. Otherwise your car weight will | | | | looking for. It is very light, can be molded into complex |
| go up and that would adversely impact your car’s | | | | shapes and is very strong. |
| performance. Therefore the material of which body | | | | Carbon fiber as used in everyday language is short for |
| kits are made needs to be light. | | | | carbon fiber reinforced polymer. It is essentially carbon |
| Body kits also have elegant and stylish shapes with a | | | | fibers (sometimes called graphite fibers) held together |
| glossy surface finish. The shapes are very elaborate | | | | by a polymer. The most common polymer is an epoxy |
| and full of curves. So their material of construction | | | | polymer. Though individually neither carbon fibers nor |
| should be such that it can be fashioned into complex | | | | the polymer have the desired properties, in combination |
| shapes. | | | | they are very, light, strong and complex shapes can be |
| Body kits are mounted on the exterior of your car. | | | | made using them. Since it is made of two distinct |
| When the car is cruising it experiences considerable | | | | materials it is called a composite material. |
| aerodynamic forces. Body kits need to be able to | | | | Carbon fibers initially found application in the aerospace |
| withstand these large forces. Under high performance | | | | industry where a light and strong material is very |
| driving conditions the aerodynamic forces are very | | | | important. Aerospace being a highly research oriented |
| large. Body kits have to be able to resist even these | | | | industry there has been a lot of research done on |
| very large forces. Therefore the material of | | | | carbon fiber products and the products we now see |
| construction needs to be very strong. | | | | benefit from the refinement. |
| It is not easy to find these three properties, that is, | | | | |