Fiber composite support for vehicular components

A vehicular instrument panel, comprising:

• a substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin;
• a mounting bracket element defined from the substrate comprising a boundary region having a mixture of chopped carbon and glass fibers within a nylon resin;
• and
• a support bracket element coupled to the mounting bracket element,
• wherein the mounting bracket element further comprises a plurality of chopped carbon fibers within a-nylon resin.

A vehicular instrument panel, comprising:

• a substrate comprising a first fiber material and a second fiber material within a first resin, the first and second fiber materials substantially segregated into respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the substrate;
• and
• a mounting bracket defined from the driver-side portion of the substrate,
• wherein the mounting bracket comprises the first fiber material within the first resin, and
• further wherein a center-stack portion of the substrate comprises a boundary region having a mixture of the first and second fiber materials within the first resin.