body panels made of ?
I know the hood and trunk are aluminium sheet, but is the rest of the body made of aluminium or just very thin sheet steel? Guess I could try sticking a magnet to it... A couple of guys and I were standing around talking over the engine bay and it was mentioned that you should keep a good hold on the hood because an errant gust could warp the hood (implied because the aluminum was so light.)....so we got to talking about body panels.
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the rest of the body is stamped steel, minus the bumpers and mirrors which are plastic
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dont magnets stick to aluminum? thought it was brass (tin+copper?) that was not magnetic
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Originally posted by MazdaspeedFeras dont magnets stick to aluminum? thought it was brass (tin+copper?) that was not magnetic |
An aluminum magnet works on aluminum. :D :p
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There was an article Buger posted a while back that said our doors were made of a marijuana composite, can't find the thread though.
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Originally posted by epitrochoid the rest of the body is stamped steel, minus the bumpers and mirrors which are plastic Regards, Gordon |
Holy thread revival!
So just to confirm all the panels. Bonnet = aluminum (aluminium in real english :p:) Trunk = steel Front fenders = steel Rear fenders = steel Front doors = steel Rear doors = aluminum Front bumper = plastic Rear bumper = plastic Is that about right? Just making sure as there isnt a huge benefit in replacing an aluminum panel with an FRP or wet carbon one. |
If you could have waited 7 more hours this thread would have been exactly 8 years old
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