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paint can be filled and repainted, bare metal cannot without exposing fillers and ruining the finish. realistically no one is blending the metal during most re
by serf 7y ago
paint can be filled and repainted, bare metal cannot without exposing fillers and ruining the finish.
realistically no one is blending the metal during most repair jobs; the panels either get replaced or bondo'd, sadly -- unless we're talking about vintage or nostalgic cars that have inherent issues with panel supply.
- mikepurvis 7y agoSounds like their plan for this is just that the panels are super thick and therefore really hard to dent, though I don't know what that means for crumple zones and safety. Perhaps there's an argument here that the bare metal will acquire a kind of patina, that the accumulation of small blemishes will over time contribute to an attractive worn look? That's certainly not how cars conventionally age, but it will be interesting to see what a Cybertruck looks like once it's got 200k miles on it.