aluminum body

[lilikoibars]

AFAIK this has been mentioned in the general discussion but not the suggestion box . Title says it all - make the body aluminum. At this point the only truck I trucks I buy are F150's because of the corrosion resistance. The aluminum is plenty strong for the task. Would make the vehicle lighter too. Finding damage repairs are pretty similar with steel with labor rates being so high these days so that's a moot point. I'd gladly pay the price premium on that material (or at least I think haha). Seems most people don't keep vehicles long enough for this to matter but that's never been the tendency of OG scout drivers. The vehicle being marketed as your trusty companion should be ready to go the distance! If you have a million mile motor, a galvanized frame (think I remember reading this last bit), and the ability to swap to a solid state battery when that tech becomes the standard (again, also think I remember reading this somewhere), easy to replace wear items, all we need are reliable electronics and.. an aluminum body.. and we've got a vehicle you can drive your whole life and then some

 

[cyure]

AFAIK this has been mentioned in the general discussion but not the suggestion box . Title says it all - make the body aluminum. At this point the only truck I trucks I buy are F150's because of the corrosion resistance. The aluminum is plenty strong for the task. Would make the vehicle lighter too. Finding damage repairs are pretty similar with steel with labor rates being so high these days so that's a moot point. I'd gladly pay the price premium on that material (or at least I think haha). Seems most people don't keep vehicles long enough for this to matter but that's never been the tendency of OG scout drivers. The vehicle being marketed as your trusty companion should be ready to go the distance! If you have a million mile motor, a galvanized frame (think I remember reading this last bit), and the ability to swap to a solid state battery when that tech becomes the standard (again, also think I remember reading this somewhere), easy to replace wear items, all we need are reliable electronics and.. an aluminum body.. and we've got a vehicle you can drive your whole life and then some

Welcome to the community!

 

[THil08]

AFAIK this has been mentioned in the general discussion but not the suggestion box . Title says it all - make the body aluminum. At this point the only truck I trucks I buy are F150's because of the corrosion resistance. The aluminum is plenty strong for the task. Would make the vehicle lighter too. Finding damage repairs are pretty similar with steel with labor rates being so high these days so that's a moot point. I'd gladly pay the price premium on that material (or at least I think haha). Seems most people don't keep vehicles long enough for this to matter but that's never been the tendency of OG scout drivers. The vehicle being marketed as your trusty companion should be ready to go the distance! If you have a million mile motor, a galvanized frame (think I remember reading this last bit), and the ability to swap to a solid state battery when that tech becomes the standard (again, also think I remember reading this somewhere), easy to replace wear items, all we need are reliable electronics and.. an aluminum body.. and we've got a vehicle you can drive your whole life and then some

Welcome,

The Scouts will be using a mix of material. I advise you to use the search tool, as we have discussed this once before in another thread.

 

[dreamweaver]

AFAIK this has been mentioned in the general discussion but not the suggestion box . Title says it all - make the body aluminum. At this point the only truck I trucks I buy are F150's because of the corrosion resistance. The aluminum is plenty strong for the task. Would make the vehicle lighter too. Finding damage repairs are pretty similar with steel with labor rates being so high these days so that's a moot point. I'd gladly pay the price premium on that material (or at least I think haha). Seems most people don't keep vehicles long enough for this to matter but that's never been the tendency of OG scout drivers. The vehicle being marketed as your trusty companion should be ready to go the distance! If you have a million mile motor, a galvanized frame (think I remember reading this last bit), and the ability to swap to a solid state battery when that tech becomes the standard (again, also think I remember reading this somewhere), easy to replace wear items, all we need are reliable electronics and.. an aluminum body.. and we've got a vehicle you can drive your whole life and then some

Welcome to the Scout community.

 

[THil08]

Thread 'Are Aluminum Body Panels on the drawing board?'

Dec 16, 2024

Do we think Aluminum body panels will be used for the panels? They have great protection against rust and other corrosions.

• THil08
• Replies: 8
• Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION

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It was actually something I brought up a while back.

@Jamie@ScoutMotors what was the final word on this? Why do I feel like it was said somewhere that it would be a mix of materials.

 

[cyure]

Hi @lilikoibars

I heard that it would be a mix of steel and aluminum in the Jay Leno’s garage episode that they recently had, if I’m remembering correctly. @Jamie@ScoutMotors is a good follow. He provides a lot of information from SM and posts videos as they come up as well. Yes the search function is helpful but I find that when I can’t find something or have a question I just ask and usually someone has the answer for me. Welcome again. It’s so nice that our community here is growing!

 

[J Alynn]

AFAIK this has been mentioned in the general discussion but not the suggestion box . Title says it all - make the body aluminum. At this point the only truck I trucks I buy are F150's because of the corrosion resistance. The aluminum is plenty strong for the task. Would make the vehicle lighter too. Finding damage repairs are pretty similar with steel with labor rates being so high these days so that's a moot point. I'd gladly pay the price premium on that material (or at least I think haha). Seems most people don't keep vehicles long enough for this to matter but that's never been the tendency of OG scout drivers. The vehicle being marketed as your trusty companion should be ready to go the distance! If you have a million mile motor, a galvanized frame (think I remember reading this last bit), and the ability to swap to a solid state battery when that tech becomes the standard (again, also think I remember reading this somewhere), easy to replace wear items, all we need are reliable electronics and.. an aluminum body.. and we've got a vehicle you can drive your whole life and then some

ALL ABOARD !!!!! Welcome

 

[J Alynn]

Hi @lilikoibars

I heard that it would be a mix of steel and aluminum in the Jay Leno’s garage episode that they recently had, if I’m remembering correctly. @Jamie@ScoutMotors is a good follow. He provides a lot of information from SM and posts videos as they come up as well. Yes the search function is helpful but I find that when I can’t find something or have a question I just ask and usually someone has the answer for me. Welcome again. It’s so nice that our community here is growing!

Been here a long time. Best approach is try a search and if you strike out ask the forum. One or more folks can likely answer and if not Jamie follows along so if you stump the circus the ringleader can usually solve the quandary

 

[THil08]

Hi @lilikoibars

I heard that it would be a mix of steel and aluminum in the Jay Leno’s garage episode that they recently had, if I’m remembering correctly. @Jamie@ScoutMotors is a good follow. He provides a lot of information from SM and posts videos as they come up as well. Yes the search function is helpful but I find that when I can’t find something or have a question I just ask and usually someone has the answer for me. Welcome again. It’s so nice that our community here is growing!

I knew it was mentioned somewhere. I just didn’t remember where. I take 100% responsibility for it being a Mix, I brought it up months prior. Lol even before they went to CES I had the idea planned, better yet when I was born I had the idea in mind.

 

[J Alynn]

I knew it was mentioned somewhere. I just didn’t remember where. I take 100% responsibility for it being a Mix, I brought it up months prior. Lol even before they went to CES I had the idea planned, better yet when I was born I had the idea in mind.

I sent a self addressed patent letter to myself 36 years ago when I start driving the first Scout. You owe me some royalties

 

[THil08]

I sent a self addressed patent letter to myself 36 years ago when I start driving the first Scout. You owe me some royalties

aw crap lol.

 

[lilikoibars]

Welcome,

The Scouts will be using a mix of material. I advise you to use the search tool, as we have discussed this once before in another thread.

Sure did. As I mentioned I did read about the mix of materials in a different thread. Maybe Scout scours all threads.. But since I did not encounter it in the suggestion box, I thought I’d do just that and make the suggestion - aluminum please

Lets get this one upvoted

 

[THil08]

Sure did. As I mentioned I did read about the mix of materials in a different thread. Maybe Scout scours all threads.. But since I did not encounter it in the suggestion box, I thought I’d do just that and make the suggestion - aluminum please

Lets get this one upvoted

Okay. Ill hit it with the up. Mainly because your a new member and you haven’t made any trouble here yet…

and bonus points, you might be in a very few members that's from Hawaii

 

[Tyler88]

I’m fine with aluminum or a steel body just don’t do half-and-half where you have steel hinges on aluminum doors for example because Jeep does that for the Wrangler and it causes the paint to bubble for the reaction of dissimilar metals and I have constantly had to have that fixed and it’s one of the reasons why I don’t want to buy another wrangler. So please Scout take note of this and don’t make the same mistake. You can have steel and aluminum components, just as long as they’re not touching each other with no layer of paint for example preventing the two metals from reacting and here is what happens on the Wranglers which is a complete failure in engineering from either an overthought or being cheap

 

[cyure]

I’m fine with aluminum or a steel body just don’t do half-and-half where you have steel hinges on aluminum doors for example because Jeep does that for the Wrangler and it causes the paint to bubble for the reaction of dissimilar metals and I have constantly had to have that fixed and it’s one of the reasons why I don’t want to buy another wrangler. So please Scout take note of this and don’t make the same mistake. You can have steel and aluminum components, just as long as they’re not touching each other with no layer of paint for example preventing the two metals from reacting

Fellow Wrangler owner here. I feel your pain.

 

[Tyler88]

Fellow Wrangler owner here. I feel your pain.

The picture of the silver one isn’t mine but I had it fixed three times on different doors and the hood and it’s just started again and I’m out of warranty and and being nice to Jeep corporate to see if they would fix it for free so it is getting left unfixed for now

 

[cyure]

Fellow Wrangler owner here. I feel your pain.

And I will go one step further. Don’t make anything come off. I didn’t take my doors off for a long time and now 3 of them will not come off. We are down to trying heat or replacing the hinges, but if you do that you have to repaint the whole door. Make the doors normal doors. Please and thank you.

 

[cyure]

The picture of the silver one isn’t mine but I had it fixed three times on different doors and the hood and it’s just started again and I’m out of warranty and and being nice to Jeep corporate to see if they would fix it for free so it is getting left unfixed for now

I have that MOPAR lifetime warranty but it doesn’t cover that. They would put a new engine in for $100 but won’t fix the doors.

 

[Tyler88]

And I will go one step further. Don’t make anything come off. I didn’t take my doors off for a long time and now 3 of them will not come off. We are down to trying heat or replacing the hinges, but if you do that you have to repaint the whole door. Make the doors normal doors. Please and thank you.

Actually, you don’t have to worry about me doing that because every time I take my doors or roof off my seals go bad about two weeks later I get leaks and it costs me $1000 to replace all the seals at the dealership. So I don’t take the roof or the doors off.

 

[Tyler88]

I have that MOPAR lifetime warranty but it doesn’t cover that. They would put a new engine in for $100 but won’t fix the doors.

Yep I have extended warranty still and the seals are not covered