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Mosby

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12. No one uses SS for body panels besides Tesla

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 3, 2025, 12:59 PM

Feb 2025

And it was a dumb choice, but the panels cost substantially more than the galvanized crap that the other auto makers use. Road salt doesn't destroy SS like the other shit, it just discolors it.

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Not In Florida ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #9

Why would Tesla use it? Disaffected Feb 2025 #10

No one uses SS for body panels besides Tesla Mosby Feb 2025 #12

OK, but I was wondering Disaffected Feb 2025 #13

Tesla is using 301 ss. Mosby Feb 2025 #17

OK, thanks. nt Disaffected Feb 2025 #28

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OK, thanks. Disaffected Feb 2025 #29

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