Sentences with phrase «about aluminum body»

Here is some discussion about aluminum body repair.

If you are concerned about that aluminum body being soft?

It's still ridiculously big, but I have to hand it to them about the aluminum body and the subsequent 600 -700-lb weight savings.

Not exact matches

For three days, owners and operators of the 33,000 autobody shops that populate the continent take in lectures and symposiums — about how aluminum is replacing steel in vehicle bodies, for example — and gawk at computer - controlled cloud - based painting tools and sophisticated Italian - made clean rooms for welding.

The thing is we absorb about 60 - 70 % of everything we put onto our skin into our blood stream, so if your deodorant contains aluminum (which all the non-natural ones do) then you have aluminum pumping around your body and that's kind of gross.

What we loved the most about it was the materials: an aluminum and glass body with a vertical - facing Pakka wood knob.

Ford Motor Co. announced this year it is looking to make the body of its popular F - 150 light - duty truck largely out of aluminum, which would reduce the truck's weight by about 700 pounds and produce about 10 percent in fuel savings.

And what about the aluminum we use to bottle up our hair and body care products?

While some are concerned about the aluminum content in many varieties of bentonite clay, the aluminum has been shown to exit the body along with the rest of the absorbed toxins.

On the next NaturalHealth365 Talk Hour, Jonathan Landsman and Dr. Christine Schaffner talk about the negative effects of aluminum toxicity and, more importantly, how to naturally rid the body of this health threat.

Since all body panels are now made of aluminum, the 2016 Audi TT has shed about 110 pounds, slimming down to 3050 pounds.

The new 2016 Audi TT chassis, dressed in a mix of aluminum and steel body panels, weighs some 3,150 pounds, about 50 pounds lighter than its predecessor.

A snapshot of what's different about the BRZ: updated front end with LED headlights and fog lamps; LED taillights; new wheels; new fender accent, new aluminum rear spoiler, new steering wheel, updated gauge cluster with a color multi-function display, retuned suspension, reworked engine internals and accessories that add 5 horsepower and 5 lb - ft of torque to the 2.0 - liter flat - four, a new final - drive ratio for manual models (4.3:1 vs. 4.1:1 for 2016), a stiffer body, and less aggressive stability control that includes a new Track mode.

All of the SUV's body panels are aluminum, and Bentley set a weight target of less than 2,400 kilograms (5,300 pounds), product chief Peter Guest says — about 550 pounds lighter than it would be without materials and techniques to shave the weight.

It's about 220 pounds lighter than other 599 models, thanks to aluminum body panels that are twenty percent thinner and dozens of other weight - saving measures.

You're probably tired of hearing about how much lighter the aluminum - bodied F - 150 is, but the new Raptor makes it worth repeating once more.

Just as with the 911, an all - new body structure — a mix of aluminum and steel — replaces its all - steel predecessor, helping trim about seventy pounds from the curb weight despite an injection of growth hormones.

A turbocharged four - cylinder mounted behind the seats will produce about 250 hp, which should be plenty to propel the carbon - fiber - and - aluminum body.

Fuel economy improves to 15.7 L / 100 km city, 11.2 highway and 13 combined — about par with Ford's 5.0 - litre V8 in its lighter, aluminum body F - 150 Crew Cab.

Other main options include custom exterior paint, special wheel designs, front and rear parking sensors, a rearview camera, aero body - panel extensions, a six - disc CD / DVD changer, electronic torque vectoring with a mechanical limited - slip rear differential, ceramic - composite brakes with upgraded calipers, variable - ratio steering, a sport steering wheel (with PDK wheel - mounted shift paddles), adaptive cruise control (with frontal collision warning and automatic braking), voice controls and numerous customization options that will cover just about any interior surface you like with leather, aluminum, carbon fiber, wood trim or paint.

Thanks to a body and chassis that are about 50 percent aluminum, you can expect a slight bump in fuel economy as well.

Of course, it's probably not just the powertrain that The Detroit News» readers had on their minds when they voted the SUV «Best Road - Trip Ride» and «Best of Show», nor is it likely they were thinking about the new, lighter - weight aluminum alloy body.

There was a lot of news about the F - 150's switch to an aluminum body when it was introduced in 2015, but the controversy appears to have worn off with the introduction of the Super Duty lineup, which shares most of the F - 150's styling, and its aluminum body.

The extensive use of aluminum in the body and chassis contribute to the impressive power - to - weight ratio and taut, sporty handling - and the electric power - assist steering provides confident feedback about what the front wheels are doing.

For 2018, the Expedition moves to an aluminum - alloy body on steel frame construction, saving about 300 pounds in the process.

Jaguar refers to the body and suspension construction as «aluminum intensive,» meaning it contains about 75 percent aluminum content, more than other mid-size premium sedans.

It was more subtle than obvious, but real trend spotters could see it in the form of Ford's much - talked - about, all - aluminum - bodied ’15 Ford F - 150.

About Insight Introduced in 1999, the original Honda Insight was America's first hybrid vehicle, receiving a 70 - mpg EPA fuel economy rating, utilizing a lightweight aerodynamic all - aluminum body and Honda's Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid powertrain.

Any fears about the new aluminum body panels in the Ford F - 150 seem to have subsided for now, at least enough to make it one of the most consistently high resale values in the pickup truck segment.

On top of all of the excitement about the new aluminum - alloy body and steel frame in the 2016 Ford F - 150, this is also the safest F - 150 Ford has ever produced.

The aluminum body is supported by a new chassis with a wheelbase that grows from 95.1 inches to about 100 inches.

Rolls - Royce said the vehicle will be aluminum - bodied to save weight, it will arrive in about three years time (suggesting a 2018 model), it will be built in England, and it embodies the company founders» values in creating cars in the last century «taking top honors in rigorous overland adventures such as the Scottish Reliability Trials, the London to Edinburgh event, and the Alpine Trials.»

And what about that aircraft aluminum body over that rigid steel frame?

In combination with aluminum body panels they are said to bring the production M4 coupe to around 3,300 pounds — about 400 pounds lighter than the current M3 Coupe.

In other words, the driving pleasure increases and the environmental impact decreases,» explains Dr. Thomas Rudlaff about the benefits of the aluminum body.

Automotive News reporter Richard Truett points out that it is too early to know the true cost of repairing the new Ford F150 with an aluminum body despite stories out about the cost being higher, in Automotive News here:

According to Automotive News, Marchionne said that the debates that raged inside Ford Motor Co. about adopting an aluminum body on the redesigned 2015 F - 150 pickup «are going on inside our house now.»

Its elegant and forceful body is an aluminum Audi Space Frame (ASF), weighing about 40 percent less than a comparable steel structure.

Despite the increase in size, weight was reduced by about 200 pounds through extensive use of aluminum in the body shell.

The core of the car is a body - in - white that has steel at its core, but aluminum is so prevalent that it makes up about 50 percent of the external body parts.

Most importantly, when comparing models with the same features, the Toyota was about $ 7,000 cheaper, so even with the slightly better fuel economy of the Ford, the gas savings would never make up for the premium in price (not to mention the increased insurance costs of Fords aluminum body).

The 2019 Chevy Silverado dropped about 450 pounds in its new generation, thanks in part to some new aluminum body panels.

The 2019 Ram 1500 is all about engineering, as Ram scrambled to jump out ahead of the aluminum - bodied Ford F - 150, the brand new Chevrolet Silverado 1500, and the almost - as - new Nissan Titan.

It's allegedly a 10.1 inch device that sports an all aluminum body about 9.2 mm thick, weighs at 1.5 pounds, and has 8 — 10 hours of battery life.

While it feels stronger than the 10.1, I'd still feel much better about this thing if the whole body were aluminum, not plastic.

Cons: not an aluminum body as I have seen stated in reviews slippery body Included charger is usb cable and adapter for home wall plug lacks device specific development and support (it's a Korean product) suggest buying a ADHwarranty) no user replaceable battery (Cant tell battery life yet because not fully charged it yet but with 40 % I got about 3 - 4 hours use.)

Plus, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime is about to come out, which has a freakin» quad - core processor, an aluminum body, and is insanely thin.

The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro has top notch hardware with a sleek and sexy body which is constructed of about 800 individual pieces of steel and aluminum, with six attachment points across the display.

The Fitbit watch is rumored to have an aluminum body, but we haven't heard any details about screen resolution, or even if it'll be a touch screen as opposed to relying on buttons to navigate.

We're most excited about the all - aluminum body on the Deluxe, but we can't wait to put each through its paces.