Body panel imperfections
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Body panel imperfections
Every Superduty I look at has some slight crease or imperfections on the body panels, specifically the doors, this is beside some sort of door misalignment. I went to the lot last night to make sure this wasnt something that was only on the truck I'm interested in. It seems like the door handle area and where the window line on the front doors come down are places that have a slight crease or wave. Is that just something that goes along with having aluminum body panels?
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Every Superduty I look at has some slight crease or imperfections on the body panels, specifically the doors, this is beside some sort of door misalignment. I went to the lot last night to make sure this wasnt something that was only on the truck I'm interested in. It seems like the door handle area and where the window line on the front doors come down are places that have a slight crease or wave. Is that just something that goes along with having aluminum body panels?
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I'm surprised I haven't been able to find more posts on this. I did find one thread in the F150 section except there are some that claim their panels are perfect. I started to worry about mine, from the rear looking down the side, both sides, I can see wave/crease on the bedside, before the wheel well towards the front, around the door handles and toward the mirrors. Looking at dealer stock, every one seems to have these waves or creases to a certain extent in the same areas. Some trucks and some colors show more and some less. They dont currently have one in the same color and configuration as mine.
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They are a mass-produced vehicle that uses thin aluminum body panels. Imperfections are to be expected.
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I didn’t look that close at mine. It will have many, many more “imperfections” when I trade it in after 10 - 15 years.
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Why do you say that? Aluminum has exactly 0.0% to do with that kind of issue. Perfect parts can be made with aluminum. See it all the time in my industry that is very tightly controlled, military aerospace.
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I was starting to wonder if it was the 19s that have a bit more waves, I can spot these imperfections to greater or lesser degree, on every Superduty on my local dealers lot. That's not where I got mine. White seems to be less noticeable but still can be seen when trying to.
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