So what kind of materials are Jaguar using?

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:09 pm

Saw this article about a Jaguar being melted in the sun in London....

Melted Jaguar

The materials must be of a strange type as the paint is unmarked but the panel material has given up. Both steel and ali have to get to several hundred Deg C for them to distort, so are Jag using plastics?

Richard

Black X5 · Post by **Black X5** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:21 pm

Wow! Going by the £900 odd repair costs I'm guessing it is a door mirror assembly and possibly a plastic A post trim. Being a black car also did not help either. The building must concentrate the light and as the sun moves the location of the 'hot spot' moves and conveniently melts Jags!

A bit like as kids we used to roast insects using a magnifying glass!

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jaynana · Post by **jaynana** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:52 am

guess TATA forgot how they deal with the sun out there lol

jaynana · Post by **jaynana** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:56 am

to be fair, the walkie scorchie could be good free source of fuel to fry eggs!! could be of help to those 'international campers' who live in the city :crazy1:

Imy · Post by **Imy** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:27 pm

I work next to the walkie. There are loads of tourists with thermometers etc seeing how hot it can get. Someone recorded close to 90'c!

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