Remember the days when automobiles were built of stamped sheetmetal body panels and chrome-plated metal trim? They seemed safe and indestructible but were heavy and costly to produce and repair. The ...

Mention "fiberglass" and "Chevy" in the same sentence, and most people immediately think "Corvette." It's a natural reaction, since fans of Chevy's sports car have been wrapping their, uh, persons in ...

Ford is launching a collision repair program that will subsidize body repairs on the new 2015 F-150. Ford’s 2015 half ton uses aluminium body panels which can be costly to repair when dented, which is ...

Ever since Ford Motor launched the industry's first aluminum-bodied pickup truck, skeptics have wondered what it would cost to repair damage to the F-150's "military grade aluminum" panels after a ...

Each year, over two billion pounds of plastic auto parts roll off of assembly lines worldwide. With time, many of these items, such as bumper covers, body panels, dashboards, and interior trim pieces, ...

Replacing a quarter-skin is a scary thing. While the more common models have readily available aftermarket quarter-skins, the owners of less popular cars must deal with modifying panels from other ...

Editor's note: This post was updated on Jan. 30, 2015, to include additional information. What happens when you take a sledgehammer to the rear quarter of the bed of a brand-new aluminum-bodied Ford F ...

GM has issued a service bulletin to fix a potential split in an outer body panel for the 2023 Cadillac XT6. The problem: some units of the 2023 Cadillac XT6 may have a split in the outer body panel ...

The Blue Oval's big aluminum gamble paid off in the form of cheaper repairs and no insurance cost increases for owners. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has ...