HEY! I didn't know the hood was aluminum!

[Surly Old Bill]

What other body panels are aluminum?

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[Cancunbadlands]

Only the hood
Nothing else

 

[Surly Old Bill]

note: I discovered this testing out places to put a hide-a-key magnetic box under the lip of the hood.

 

[MichaelG]

What other body panels are aluminum?

The tailgate.

 

[Tmurfet]

The tailgate.

Where is that documented? Never seen that mentioned before anywhere ...

 

[Cancunbadlands]

The tailgate.

#IDK for sure...

 

[MichaelG]

Where is that documented? Never seen that mentioned before anywhere ...

I am wrong.

 

[MichaelG]

#IDK for sure...

I'm incorrect.

 

[floridamanaaron]

Test it with a magnet haha

 

[Chops]

When I first lifted the hood I thought “nice…it’s light”. Grabbed a magnet to check. Yep, aluminum.
Prop rod is steel though. I imagine the aftermarket hydraulic prop rods are “tuned” for the lower weight.

 

[Prickly Pear]

I love the lightweight hood, but it makes me uneasy in that I have to raise and lower it at least once a week to "plug in my hybrid". If I try to baby it when closing it won't latch, and I keep having a visual of slamming it down and having a big dent pop up!
When I permanently attach my charger leads I'll try to adopt one of the solutions that lets me plug in with the hood down.

 

[John R C]

I'm out of town for a while and attached my battery tender directly to the battery under the rear seat. Where are the jump connections under the hood?

Thanks,

John C

 

[dochawk]

When I first lifted the hood I thought “nice…it’s light”.

Kind of the opposite of my '72 EldoradoQ


It's a couple of hundred pounds. I've been told (but haven't confirmed) that it's the longest hood Cadillac ever shipped.

One day as I was putting my body weight into lifting it, it occurred to me, "wait a minute--most women were driving in 1972! How did they check oil & water?"

And then it occurred to me: self service wasn't a thing yet!

 

[BLUEOVALRACER]

I love the lightweight hood, but it makes me uneasy in that I have to raise and lower it at least once a week to "plug in my hybrid". If I try to baby it when closing it won't latch, and I keep having a visual of slamming it down and having a big dent pop up!
When I permanently attach my charger leads I'll try to adopt one of the solutions that lets me plug in with the hood down.

I'm out of town for a while and attached my battery tender directly to the battery under the rear seat. Where are the jump connections under the hood?

Thanks,

John C

Why are You having to plug in Your Hybrids?

 

[John R C]

Plugging in only to maintain the 12V chassis battery.

John C

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