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Dzeremijs 10-14-2012 08:19 PM
Roof metal = embarrassingly weak?
 
No joke, my brother threw a sour skittle into the air and it came down on my BRZ's roof. While very very tiny and only seen at an angle, it actually dented the thing. He felt bad, so he threw a couple skittles at his own car's roof with actual force and they didn't do anything. So is the metal really cheap? Or a weight reducing?

Either way, I'm terrified for any size hail. Heck, who knows what a hard rain will do!

OrbitalEllipses 10-14-2012 08:22 PM
How do you think they got 27xx lbs? The body panels are thin and there's not a lot of sound deadening.

ahausheer 10-14-2012 08:23 PM
That would leave a sour taste in my mouth.

Foobar 10-14-2012 08:30 PM
Aluminum is lightweight, but easy to dent as well. Still, a Skittle? wtf.

EDIT: Thought we were talking about the hood at first, then I realized we're talking about the roof which makes this even more of a WTF.

Subie 10-14-2012 08:30 PM
Post a picture. I don't believe for a moment that a skittle dented the roof.

wallace03 10-14-2012 09:13 PM
Skittle of Thor? Or perhaps it was just coincidental and there was already a dent there?

mrha 10-14-2012 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Subie (Post 496622)
Post a picture. I don't believe for a moment that a skittle dented the roof.
Agreed otherwise bird poop would destroy our roofs

azian_advanced 10-14-2012 09:15 PM
didn't think the roof was made of aluminum too.. thought it was just the hood.

DR1FT 10-14-2012 09:35 PM
I think it's made of aluminum like wrx and STIs

Snoopyalien24 10-14-2012 09:41 PM
Skittles.....

DBacon1052 10-14-2012 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mrha (Post 496686)
Agreed otherwise bird poop would destroy our roofs
You should go outside and try it!

Xanatos 10-14-2012 09:56 PM
Negating velocity loss due to air resistance: Speed of Skittles going up = Speed of Skittles coming down. Depending on how high he threw it up theres a pretty good chance it was going faster than you think. Skittles also have the hard shell which takes quite a bit of pressure to crush. If it were M&M's the shell would have cracked to expend the engergy and thus have less impact on your roof.

There have been reports of acorns falling from trees and squirrels throwing acorns at the twins leaving dents too.

grgonium 10-14-2012 10:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xanatos (Post 496764)
Negating velocity loss due to air resistance: Speed of Skittles going up = Speed of Skittles coming down. Depending on how high he threw it up theres a pretty good chance it was going faster than you think. Skittles also have the hard shell which takes quite a bit of pressure to crush. If it were M&M's the shell would have cracked to expend the engergy and thus have less impact on your roof.

There have been reports of acorns falling from trees and squirrels throwing acorns at the twins leaving dents too.
What I got from this ... Eat M&M's

BugeyedWagon 10-14-2012 10:06 PM
My hood was devestated by an acorn falling from a tree. Aluminum dents. Get a carbon overlay. :)


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