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So what kind of materials are Jaguar using?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:09 pm
by X5Sport
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
Re: So what kind of materials are Jaguar using?
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:21 pm
by Black X5
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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Re: So what kind of materials are Jaguar using?
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:52 am
by jaynana
guess TATA forgot how they deal with the sun out there lol
Re: So what kind of materials are Jaguar using?
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:56 am
by jaynana
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:
Re: So what kind of materials are Jaguar using?
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:27 pm
by Imy
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!