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Old 03-23-2004, 03:15 PM
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Because the body of the Insight is aluminum, is it extremely hard to have the body repaired?

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Old 03-26-2004, 10:19 AM
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I spoke to my small town autobody guys. They said it wouldn't be a big deal, since there are other vehicles that are starting to use some aluminum components. He said some trucks even come with aluminum hoods. In many of the cases when the actual skin is punctured, it ends up being more cost effective just to replace the panel rather than trying to repair the one hole.

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