# Carbon Fiber Parts/Accidents **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517 "2024-12-27T22:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/21 "2024-12-29T02:24:10Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > Are you telling us that the engine heat is discharged into the cowl for the air conditioner to ingest? Along with all the fumes from the engine. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/22 "2024-12-29T02:32:42Z")
Is that humor? Engines aren’t allowed to leak hydrocarbon fumes. Also, there is a barrier between the engine and cowl: bulkhead or firewall. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/23 "2024-12-29T02:37:33Z")
Vehicles with front splitters and ground affects added on make setting the lift for service a challenge. I wish those vehicle owners would perform their own maintenance. Does that carbon fiber splitter really affect the air conditioning? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/7/773480e08e6b74736fec85fc3a579fce1db2e1f9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![samhodjat\_192324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samhodjat\_192324](https://community.cartalk.com/u/samhodjat_192324)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/24 "2024-12-29T02:42:53Z")
This is actually the exact car and lip in question ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/25 "2024-12-29T03:06:52Z")
> [@keith](#): > > The air that the lip directs up into the engine compartment exits just behind the hood at the base of the windshield Have you not noticed there is a seal either on the hood or on the cowl to prevent this? The air is directed out the bottom of the engine compartment not into the air that finds its way into the cabin. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/26 "2024-12-29T12:46:08Z")
2023 Supra engine bay… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/f/7fca62c373c54192bf8617920983f39866e74d76.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/27 "2024-12-29T13:33:19Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > the air dam might help provide down force, keeping the car on the road. I really doubt that there is any appreciable down force at highway speeds. Just my 2 pennys worth. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/28 "2024-12-29T14:12:51Z")
BTW, the OP added an aftermarket lip. I suspect the stock splitter provided more than adequate downforce. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/29 "2024-12-29T14:58:22Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > **BTW, the OP added an aftermarket lip.** I suspect the stock splitter provided more than adequate downforce. Yes that 👆, I think most everyone seems to have forgotten that part of this… ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/30 "2024-12-29T20:24:46Z")
There are no other vents in the hood. I see those seals in all my vehicles any yet leaves and pine needles manage to get under them so a few nano sized particles should have no trouble getting by. > [@samhodjat\_192324](#): > > do you think I would also be experiencing itchy skin/eyes etc? Because I havent had any of that. These are much smaller than fiberglass particles. They probably would not cause any issues on skin. In large enough quantities they would irritate eyes but in your case, the exposure is so low that your tears will wash them away. Your lungs are more enclosed and the little air sacs can trap the particles, but unlike asbestos which is the ideal size to get lodged in place and remain there, the carbon fibers will eventually escape. They are only a problem for long term continuous exposure. But again, your quantity of fibers will be very low. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/31 "2024-12-29T20:32:16Z")
Painting the scraped edges would solve this, as others have mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/32 "2024-12-29T20:50:58Z")
Well we all have some “quirks” but we’ve also established that the added Lip provides no real benefit, that it can be a PITA when servicing the vehicle and that the airflows are directed away from the fresh air intake so the question is whether the drawbacks of the mod outways the benefits? Don’t want to get all New Age but the simple question is does the aftermarket Lip make you feel overall happier or worse? ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/33 "2024-12-30T13:40:07Z")
I’m having a hard time believing anyone is actually entertaining this idea, especially some of the more reasoned people on this board. Consider the statistical possibilities- exactly how many of those particles do you think might be liberated from the damaged area and for how long? How many of those do you think can make their way inside the cabin given the circuitous path and mitigations put in place to limit anything from the engine compartment- even gases! from making their way into the cabin while moving. Now consider the air volume in the cabin and the potential to inhale even one fiber. Then, it has to make it past the nasal defenses- mucous membranes, designed to trap such things and into a lung. (you’re not a mouth breather are you OP 🙂 ) The odds of even one fiber under those conditions is astronomical. How many fibers do you think it would take to initiate a respiratory reaction? Gimme a break. The possibility of a mold or mildew growth in the A/C ducting is orders of magnitude more likely a cause than this far flung idea… ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/34 "2024-12-30T14:56:16Z")
I doubt there’s a problem, but a coat of paint is a simple way to guarantee there isn’t one. And calms the worries. ---
**Author:** ![samhodjat\_192324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samhodjat\_192324](https://community.cartalk.com/u/samhodjat_192324)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/35 "2024-12-30T16:04:55Z")
To be honest, these are the types of responses that I am looking for. this helps a ton because it makes me realize how ridiculous my worries are. So i do appreciate the note. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/36 "2024-12-30T16:47:54Z")
Oh no! Must use Duct tape! ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/37 "2024-12-31T15:19:47Z")
I have some past experience with this kind of thing. A girlfriend of mine started feeling the same way about various things and some relatives thought they were helping by entertaining ways to alleviate the concerns but at the same time they were reinforcing those fears. So the situation escalated for her and got really bad at one point. So I do understand the anxiety and sincerely glad if I helped to redirect your concerns to some degree. I would never call them ridiculous fears as I know how real they can be to the person that has them. What helped her was a bit of tough love and to put things into context so the fears would be tamped down by scientific reasoning over “theories of what could happen”. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517/38 "2024-12-31T23:37:50Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > scientific reasoning over “theories of what could happen”. Stop bringing facts and logic in to confuse things. Remember the car talk motto “unencumbered by the thought process” 🤣 😂 [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-fiber-parts-accidents/198517.md?page=1)