BMW roof attached with glue?

Using an adhesive to attach the roof of a high-performance sedan requires advanced engineering and a very high level of technical expertise. Ashland Specialty Polymers and Adhesives (SP&A), a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc. met that challenge recently when it helped BMW attach a new light-weight roof to its M3 CSL sport sedan.

The BMW M3 CSL features a roof made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), which is more than 13 pounds lighter than a conventional steel roof. The key to attaching this roof component relied upon a special adhesive to join the roof to the automobile body frame. After testing a number of adhesives, BMW decided that Ashland SP&A’s PLIOGRIP structural adhesive, a two-component polyurethane adhesive, provided the best solution.

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Homer008 - 1/24/2006 1:13:18 AM

+1 Boost

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countach!

Homer008 - 1/24/2006 1:13:18 AM

+1 Boost

It luuks bery bery sexyie yah? Me legs luuks sexie like this BMW? ooohhhh.... ooohhhhhh
Me luv this car sooooooo muuuuucchhhhh yahhhhh
hopefully no one smell glue because it is bery bery bad right? yah!
countach!