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      04-14-2008, 05:37 PM   #7
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Not all plastics are the same

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Originally Posted by BMWMC View Post
yup all plastic! :-(
Sure it's plastic, but, having said that, it is a very high-tech plastic which is supposed to have strength somewhere between aluminum and steel. It is used on the current generation X5 and most owners have no idea. In some of their engineering literature, BMW is very proud of the fact that the fender is a one-piece casting (moulding?) -- apparently very difficult to do, even with plastic.

I have an idea the hood is made of the same stuff, but I wouldn't swear to that. Anybody know for sure? BMWMC?
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