Got to love GM’s paper thin sheet metal

[Gray Ghost]

Originally Posted by cjracing15

I hear ya about the thin sheet meatal on the new chevy trucks. I had a 07 gmc service truck with my old company and I loved it except for the body. The inside was nice and the 5.3 was awsome but, the body was beer can thin. I could not lean on it when I was putting gas in it because I was afraid of denting the side.

I have been a chevy man for a long time but THey are going to have to do better with there new truck or I think that they are going to be left in the dust.

I am with you Larry chevy has the BEST drive train out there bar-none but the truck (in my opion) it self sucks and looks awfull.

I guess I will just have to keep my old ones untill they build a better truck.

I hate to scatter all hopes to the four winds, but there's never been a time when any automaker put thicker sheetmetal on a newer vehicle. We can only hope the additives they put in the steel will get better over time. I venture to say with the economy lagging for the immediate foreseeable future, ya better keep your current truck for awhile, I sure plan to.

Looking back on my last driver, the old '70 was a tank compared to this one.