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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
As for alu truck bodies, ask anyone who's got an alloy panelled car how easily they dent and how much more panel shops want to fix them. Doesn't seem like an ideal choice for a 'working' vehicle.
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It doesn't cost anything to repair dents if you don't fix them. Trucks are meant for work, and stuff that is used for work get dents. I don't see cost of repair being a major concern regarding the body construction of a truck.
That said, I still think plastic is an ideal material in this regard. It's cheap, light, and resilient. Saturn's had plastic body panels, and a friend of mine showed how it could be severely deformed and still pop back to the original shape. Not only that, but infusing the color within the plastic means that you cannot scratch the color off. What does plastic have going against it?