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The future of bumpers and body panels


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I watched a documentary about these new alloys. Many different options are being investigated. Some will recover with heat or cold. I can imagine body shops having a drive-in freezer to straighten sheet metal or park your damaged ride until winter. Self healing crumple zones. I doubt we'll see this in cars anytime soon. Maybe NASCAR could lead the way. It would make interesting pit stops.

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That's an excellent question. Unfortunately, I don't recall the documentary covering that aspect. They did show a car body panel that had substantial damage, repair itself in a sub zero temperature. I wonder if you dropped the temp. too far, you wouldn't end up with a flat sided flat topped vehicle resembling the Cube. :)

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