Body Panels

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Body Panels

While consumers are demanding more distinctive exterior styling, automakers are searching for solutions that address production concerns. To help you achieve maximum styling flexibility while minimizing weight and costs, Dow Automotive's application development specialists for body panels can help you improve functional performance, reduce weight, cost, and investment capital, reduce your part count and inventory, simplify your assembly process, and differentiate your offering through innovations in integrated designs. Specific applications include: door panels, roof panels, decklids, fenders, quarter panels and tailgates.

The GMT 800 is an example of the first one piece dually fender. SPECTRIM™ RRIM PU was the product used for the GMT 800. Design innovations include:

First time for a dually truck side (plastic or steel)
Biggest RRIM panel ever produced
By-passed prototype tooling
Eliminated two-piece assembly including no seam, no joining, no secondary operations and improved quality of assembly (Fit). In addition, paint advantages including reduced porosity, paint pops and no paint / finish issues at the seam were recognized
Weight savings

For a listing of materials used in these applications, follow this link to Dow Automotive's Materials Finder.

For additional information on how Dow Automotive can meet your specific vehicle application needs please contact the Customer Information Group (CIG):

	CIG North America		800.309.0988
	CIG Europe		800.3.694.6367
	CIG Pacific		603.7958.3392

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