If your thinking of buying a new Super Duty

and how many aluminum bodied Jeeps are still around. from the 50's...????

YES, Jeep made bodies from aluminum.. and in Ohio they rotted in 4 to 5 years.. just like steel/metal..

Ohio road salt can and do eat anything riding on the road....

skidooman93 wrote:
Not speculating at all, move to a state that has winters like Minnesota and uses chemicals on the roads like they do here and see what happens I have first hand experience with aluminum body panels that the paint has bubbled and flaked just like steel. Metal isn't effected so much as the paint comes loose because of the corrosion.

OK, I'll bite.


What brand/model and year car or cars?

The aluminum panels you had bubbled and flaked just like steel but you stated earlier:

skidooman93 wrote:
... it carodes just as easy and easier in some cases.

:h

Your Minnesota winter comment is laughable because I'm sure no where compares at all.


What about painted aluminum alloy wheels, how do those hold up? Seems there are a huge percentage of cars that have had those for many, many years. How come there aren't many complaints about those? Again, materials defects and process defects are a different story.


The comment a number of posts ago, "scare mongering" was dead on concerning the paranoia purposely being spread by known Ford bashers with agendas on this site. Not sure why some of you are so hellbent on constantly trashing Ford... except for having that agenda. Why not spend your energy posting positive comments on the brand you support and like best?

You know, a lot of you doing this trashing on rv.net are older... but really, you need to grow up.

minnow wrote:

jtallon wrote:
There are a lot of Airstreams, and a lot of airliners out there using aluminum that have held up pretty well over the years.

It may take the auto manufacturers a few years to work out best practices for preventing corrosion, keeping paint looking good, and making repair more affordable. But I think it's worth the effort for the potential weight savings.

Glad to see Ford make the jump to aluminum, and I hope and expect Ram and GM follow sooner or later. I just hope the transition is mostly painless for the early adopters.

Airstream ? When was the last time you saw an painted Airstream. Paint can't flake off of a metal it was never used on. And Airliners ? I doubt 99.9% of people would have any idea if a painted commerical airliner was having a peeling paint issue. The fact that they fly 600 mph also may be a factor as compared to 80 mph on a roadway for a Mustang.

:) Hi, ARGOSY! Airtreams that were painted.

Not speculating at all, move to a state that has winters like Minnesota and uses chemicals on the roads like they do here and see what happens I have first hand experience with aluminum body panels that the paint has bubbled and flaked just like steel. Metal isn't effected so much as the paint comes loose because of the corrosion.

N-Trouble wrote:

Redterpos3 wrote:
Part of the reason why I jumped in and bought a 2016. Some of the tech is going to be cool though! Love the idea of the 360 sensors, and my saleman was telling me about the joystick device to park your trailer using the backup camera. I'll let a few years go by and hopefully the kinks, and then who knows!

For the soccer moms who don't know how to back a trailer...

Spend some time observing at a boat ramp on a busy holiday weekend, and you might change your opinion of that option.....

And, for the record, I think Ford is ahead of the game going aluminum. Gotta do something to raise CAFE ratings.

minnow wrote:


Airstream ? When was the last time you saw an painted Airstream. Paint can't flake off of a metal it was never used on. And Airliners ? I doubt 99.9% of people would have any idea if a painted commerical airliner was having a peeling paint issue. The fact that they fly 600 mph also may be a factor as compared to 80 mph on a roadway for a Mustang.

If the metal holds up to the weather and abuse of being outside in the elements for decades, and traveling at 600mph, then I'd be happy to have it on my truck, where it'll see far less severe duty.

Perfecting the paint process would be great. But I'll take durable over pretty for my truck pretty much every time. Though I admit I might reverse that decision if I drove a Mustang.

jtallon wrote:
There are a lot of Airstreams, and a lot of airliners out there using aluminum that have held up pretty well over the years.

It may take the auto manufacturers a few years to work out best practices for preventing corrosion, keeping paint looking good, and making repair more affordable. But I think it's worth the effort for the potential weight savings.

Glad to see Ford make the jump to aluminum, and I hope and expect Ram and GM follow sooner or later. I just hope the transition is mostly painless for the early adopters.

Airstream ? When was the last time you saw an painted Airstream. Paint can't flake off of a metal it was never used on. And Airliners ? I doubt 99.9% of people would have any idea if a painted commerical airliner was having a peeling paint issue. The fact that they fly 600 mph also may be a factor as compared to 80 mph on a roadway for a Mustang.

There are a lot of Airstreams, and a lot of airliners out there using aluminum that have held up pretty well over the years.

It may take the auto manufacturers a few years to work out best practices for preventing corrosion, keeping paint looking good, and making repair more affordable. But I think it's worth the effort for the potential weight savings.

Glad to see Ford make the jump to aluminum, and I hope and expect Ram and GM follow sooner or later. I just hope the transition is mostly painless for the early adopters.

I'm all for aluminum... Owned a galvanized boat trailer that was used in saltwater that lasted about 6 years and was toast during a time when most all boat trailers were fabricated out of galvanized steel. Today I currently own an aluminum boat trailer that's used in the salt that's 12 years old and the only parts ever replaced where the axles and leaf springs again galvanized parts. I would estimate that all saltwater boats sold today comes on a aluminum trailer simply because they last.

Also owned a 98 F150 that I sold after 7 years 150k miles with no issues on it's aluminum hood. I still see this truck ~1/year and it still has the original hood/paint with no issues after 17 years and over 350k miles.

It also happened on the old steel bodies, so youst scare mongering.
Frank.