Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Originally Posted By: Ethan1
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
The only downside we have seen so far is body repair. A shop needs proper equipment for working on the aluminium body panels and the repair costs tend to be significantly higher.
That's just people trying to rip you off. Why would it be any harder to bondo over aluminum?
Proper equipment? Please.
If I were a pickup guy, I'd be all over this. I wish they'd make the mustang all aluminum. Are you kidding me? Aluminum for the same price as steel. Its a gift.
LOLOLOL
Pleeeeeeeeease buy an aluminum-intensive car and have it repaired by a shop that doesn't have an isolated aluminum repair area, a complete separate set of tools for working on aluminum panels, access to OEM workshop manuals, et cetera.
The manufacturer will probably fly in, pay you for a day's use of your car, and make a video to educate consumers on how a car can be destroyed by aluminum/steel cross-contamination and improper repair procedures.
Isolated aluminium repair area? Defecation is getting deep in here.
Its true. When these trucks first came out Ford had programs for body shops so their technicians could learn how to properly work with the aluminium panels. There are only two body shops in my area that will work on them, they were the same shops that worked on the Jaguars and Audis with Al body panels.
http://www.autonews.com/article/20150730...steel-iihs-says
https://www.i-car.com/Home/Educational-P...raining-Program