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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
I think that’s an urban legend. I have yet to come across a W126 that you can't stick a magnet to the hood and trunk. The SD's are both rusty.
Lets see the 82 SD's are rusting so most certainly steel.
The 87 SDL's you can stick a magnet to, and the ones off the 88 or 89 420SEL that are in my basement are magnetic as well.
So when where they aluminum? MB also makes no mention of this in any of the W126 literature I have.
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Tap on a body panel then on the hood or trunk, most definatley aluminum. A bit of paint flaked off my hood by a headlight, and it was shiny and never rusted (after months and months) then I painted over it. A magnet will stick because the underframe of the hood and trunk is steel.
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