a method for the production of a hollow profile , which is a cockpit cross - member for a motor vehicle , involves braiding endless fibers around a core that forms the inner contour of the hollow profile to produce a fibrous hollow structure . after the braiding , the fibrous hollow structure is , in the elastic state , removed from the core in a non - destructive manner , molded into an end contour by application of internal pressure and overmolded with a plastic .