Aluminum panels are making my usual repair jobs take longer

I keep getting cars with aluminum parts now, and the welding is just different. It took me an extra hour last week to fix a hood because the heat settings had to be perfect.

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patriciabaker6mo ago

Yeah, those perfect heat settings are brutal, a small mistake can warp the whole piece.

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kim.joel6mo ago

Remember aluminum needs way more heat control than steel though.

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amy5826mo ago

The shops near me switched to aluminum bodies five years ago without this much fuss. It's just a different type of weld, not rocket science.

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