Not sure if anyone has seen this video yet....wowzers!

If that is the type of damage incurred from such a low speed impact, I'm not sure I want the new Alum body Super Duty!

 

Obviously the 2017's are not in production yet - so certainly may be different results with a different class truck...

I did not think the damage was that bad. I didn't see any door damage... These days, no one is going to try and save a bolt-on body part. They are far cheaper to replace than to repair.

 

Yeah, thats true. Just interesting to see how much of the support parts just broke apart. I'm guessing the Alum takes less stress to fracture because its ability to bed is decreased.

It's just a radical change in truck technology.. still need to get use to it. I was a bit suprised at the repair costs still being so much higher.

I'll probably stick with my 2016 until the next gen material (Lexalumipolymer) is released

My term.... Aluminum sandwiched between ultra thin/strong Lexan and Polymer.

 

Never been in an accident (36 years of driving) but I'll let my insurance company and local body shop worry about this.

 

THIS ^^^^^

 

I see what they did there in the video......


If you look carefully, it had nothing to do with aluminum vs steel regarding the amount of damage.


What made the difference was bumper angles. The rear of the 14 hits the front of the 15 slightly higher, shoving the 15 bumper down and allowing the rear of the 14 to go into the headlight more, causing excessive damage.


When compared to the 14 coming up from behind, notice how the rear of the 15 doesn't come up and over the front bumper of the 14, rather shifts to the side causing less damage to the 14.


You can tell by looking at the difference in damage of the two front bumpers.


It's just a test of which bumper had the best angle to deflect that particular hit. Nothing at all to do with strength of body panels. Misleading video title from that YouCar site.

 

Good point Curtis.

 

Also it appears the trucks were not aligned the same either. The 15 hit the 14 a little more to the fender side of the truck but the 14 hit the 15 closer to the grill. Or so it appears to my old eyeballs.

 

Yeah, it's funny on the alignment too... Somebody musta paid off the crash test dummy that was driving!!!!c

 

My reason for not buying a 2017 isn't because its aluminum.
Its because its ugly.

 

Ya ,I'm glad I was forced into a 2016. At least it still looks like a Ford.

 

Perhaps when I'm ready in 4 or so years it will have been restyled.
I do agree with it not looking like a Ford. Looks like a GM to my eyes.

 

Why style yourself as a competitor? Especially one you out sell yearly.

 

I picked up my Focus from the local Ford body shop for a door replacement last week and asked the shop manager what their experience was with aluminum body repairs on the '15 F150s. He said they haven't seen much yet, but what they have repaired, they've been quite impressed by the way Ford has put everything together, and they didn't feel that the aluminum body was any tougher or more expensive to repair than the steel body.

Considering a used door, mirror, and paint on a Focus cost around $2,300, I can't imagine aluminum costing much more. If so, vehicles are going to get totaled out faster than ever, even with minor fender benders. Most of the cost of my Focus repair was in the used parts and paint prep.

 

Read an article a month ago regarding the repair cost/time of the aluminum body F150. The repair time was 3x linger and the cost was nearly 5x as much as previous models. I'll see if I can find it.