Some vehicles have aluminum body panels which present challenges that don’t exist with common steel repairs.
Steel generally bends back and forth easily without failure (there are exceptions). When aluminum alloys bend, they more rapidly fatigue toward the point of failure. This doesn’t mean that repairs aren’t possible, but they can be more limited.
Below is a repair of a small ding in an aluminum hood – if it is done right the first time, often repair is possible.
“Sandal Wearing Windsurf Hippie” is not used as a prejudicial term, but as a descriptive comment…
Sometimes I wonder how a car got “a dent like that”. Well, I was at the beach recently and saw this – that’s how.
This is how the previous owner may have treated the used car you just bought…
I was too slow with the camera phone to capture the fellow walking up the hood of the car, but you get the idea. There has been speculation about what type of bumper stickers I might have found on the back of this unfortunate Toyota…
