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<blockquote data-quote="BroncoAZ" data-source="post: 1504801" data-attributes="member: 36963"><p>I remember back in 2015 when the aluminum body trucks came out people in the collision industry were saying the same thing about repair costs and insurance rates going up. It really wasn’t a big deal other than having to install a specific aluminum body repair bay to avoid contamination. That setup cost most mainline body shops under $100K to set up initially and are seldom used today. </p><p></p><p>The GMC fold down tailgates are very expensive. When they were first released a customer pulled out of the dealer with their new truck and was immediately rear ended, smashing the tailgate, rear bumper, bedsides, etc. The truck was still there for a second visit of mine (3 months apart) with everything fixed except the tailgate, the body shop manager told me the folding tailgate wasn’t available and when it was the parts alone were going to be $4600. The customer refused to take the truck back until it was completely fixed, he was trying to get the truck bought back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BroncoAZ, post: 1504801, member: 36963"] I remember back in 2015 when the aluminum body trucks came out people in the collision industry were saying the same thing about repair costs and insurance rates going up. It really wasn’t a big deal other than having to install a specific aluminum body repair bay to avoid contamination. That setup cost most mainline body shops under $100K to set up initially and are seldom used today. The GMC fold down tailgates are very expensive. When they were first released a customer pulled out of the dealer with their new truck and was immediately rear ended, smashing the tailgate, rear bumper, bedsides, etc. The truck was still there for a second visit of mine (3 months apart) with everything fixed except the tailgate, the body shop manager told me the folding tailgate wasn’t available and when it was the parts alone were going to be $4600. The customer refused to take the truck back until it was completely fixed, he was trying to get the truck bought back. [/QUOTE]
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