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Originally Posted by Igor_M5
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Originally Posted by Artemis
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Originally Posted by e92ben
There ZERO chances it's part of the chassis. It's literally glued on like every other carbon roof Bmw has made.
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As noted in the first post of this thread, the BMW M2 CS features a new type of CFRP roof: "The new roof, with its sandwich design, makes the body more rigid and appears to have been cut from the same mould as the rest of the car; no trim strips are needed, meaning no visible join[t]s either. This has the additional effect of enhancing acoustics, both inside and outside the car. And dispensing with the customary roof bows and insulation also saves weight. Together with the lighter bonnet, this serves to lower the vehicle's centre of gravity, resulting in even better driving dynamics."
(source: BMW press materials - see here) Furthermore, the M2 CS roof features no roof rack anchorage points (roof drip rail with flaps). |
So. Much. Misinformation in this thread, it's unbelievable.
M2CS roof has plain weave on top and bottom, using two different types of weaving structures. Top is a UI tape (unidirectional fibers measured in the thousands) laid in a plain twill weave, bottom appears to be a 3K UI (much finer, denser form, being substituted for the cross reinforcement braces)
M2CS roof is as much part of the chassis as a prosthetic limb is to our bodies. |
Unclear if you referred to my quote: as indicated, it's from the BMW M2 CS press materials (see
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