Ford and Chevy get all twisted up
With Fox off the Dish air, I now have a little time to browse other on-line providers. I've been wrestling with frame twist and how it effects the new Ford all aluminum frame 1 series, and other curre...
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Terryallan wrote:tuna fisher wrote:
Still don't like that idea, dent very easy. Can you imagine what a shopping cart will do? More than a scratch I bet.
Dude. You do know it's NOT beer can aluminum... Right? you do know passenger jets are made of aluminum. and I believe the highest end RVs like Airstream are made from aluminum.
You should not be afraid of aluminum. As for dents. No one fixes dents any more. They just replace the body part with a new one. Less trouble, and less expensive.
It's amazing with how much hype and coverage the alumium BODIED F150 has received over the past two years, that so many people still don't have the foggiest what's going on.
The aluminum is thicker than the steel it replaces, so it is stronger, more rigid, and more dent-resistant, while being lighter.
The only time a body shop fixes dents anymore is if replacement panels can't be sourced. Usually the insurance company totals the vehicle at that point, because the body man's time exceeds the value of the vehicle.
