Roof metal = embarrassingly weak?

[SeattleJeremy]

Originally Posted by DR1FT

I think it's made of aluminum like wrx and STIs

Originally Posted by blu_

STi and WRX roofs are made of steel as well.

The only body panel that is aluminum on those in the US is the hood on the 04-07 STI. Even the new STIs have steel hoods.

04-07 STI's and 02-07 WRX's where build with Aluminum hoods.

No USDM Impreza has had aluminum roof or trunk.

[BugeyedWagon]

Originally Posted by dwx

Okay I tried this because I didn't believe it. Unless you managed to shoot a skittle out of a gun or your brother threw it 100 feet in the air I don't think it was the skittle. I do have a nice ding in my hood from an acorn which fell from about 40 feet up, but its significantly larger than a skittle...

Another victom of an acorn, I feel your pain....

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by Laika

I petition for more aussie members like this guy.

People who eat vegemite need a sense of humour



(no offense, aussies <3)

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by azian_advanced

The canadian brochure says the trunk is aluminum, unless the brochure is incorrect. Source:e-brochure.

I can't speak to Canadian specs. I know for a fact that USDM is magnetic, and the solid assumption is steel.

[jduffy]

Penske and Mark Donohue had a car I believe in a Trans Am series and they wanted to reduce the weight of the body. So they dipped it in an acid bath and pulled it out paper thin. They kept everyone away from the car for gear of someone putting their hand through the metal it had gotten so thin in places.

Oh yeah, and they won with that car too.

[NOHOME]

Originally Posted by FitchAlcyone

I drove for about fifteen minutes in a hailstorm (gumball size) and only got dents in the hood. Unless I've missed something, which I doubt by how much I looked mine up and down after the incident, the roof didn't suffer any dents at all.

I bet the noise inside was interesting. Even hard rain is kind of noisy.

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by NOHOME

I bet the noise inside was interesting. Even hard rain is kind of noisy.

It sounds like your car is being pelleted by a machine gun. And it makes you cringe wondering what your panels are going to look like afterwards

[blu_]

Originally Posted by SeattleJeremy

04-07 STI's and 02-07 WRX's where build with Aluminum hoods.

No USDM Impreza has had aluminum roof or trunk.

Did not know that the WRX ever had an aluminum hood.

[blu_]

Originally Posted by azian_advanced

The canadian brochure says the trunk is aluminum, unless the brochure is incorrect. Source:e-brochure.

Some early docs for the car listed the trunk as being aluminum as well. Canada usually has poor documentation compared to the US, so I would assume it just hasnt been fixed. It is most definitely steel.

[Dipstik-sportech]

Originally Posted by jduffy

Penske and Mark Donohue had a car I believe in a Trans Am series and they wanted to reduce the weight of the body. So they dipped it in an acid bath and pulled it out paper thin. They kept everyone away from the car for gear of someone putting their hand through the metal it had gotten so thin in places.

Oh yeah, and they won with that car too.

That was the 1969-70 boss 302 trans am mustangs. If you opened the door and shook it it wobbled. If you leant on the fenders they would dent.

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by einzlr

It sounds like your car is being pelleted by a machine gun. And it makes you cringe wondering what your panels are going to look like afterwards

See, I kinda like the sound. After working with metals and hearing them get hit with various things, I can tell when the metal is going to end up deformed vs. just hit. It makes more of a dull "thunk" when it gets dented. Snare-drum type sound is normal.