Spend 60 seconds in the scorching heat of the desert sun and it's enough to make you break for shade; but imagine spending a few decades in the same open environment and you already know its results ...

Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles ...

Are you looking to replace those beat-up pieces of sheetmetal hanging from your trail rig? Perhaps a complete body replacement is in order. Repairing or replacing those rusty old fenders, panels, ...

A truck's rocker panels are exterior body panels located below the entry doors spanning the area between the front fender and rear of the cab. Their location near the underside of the truck and long ...

CSP, a supplier of composite body panels for the Chevy Corvette, has announced a new ultra-lightweight material for use in ...

Convenience is the name of the game in today's high-tech world, wouldn't you agree? Name anything that requires effort on your part and chances are there's something out there designed to make it ...

Ford is launching a collision repair program that will subsidize body repairs on the new 2015 F-150. Ford’s 2015 half ton uses aluminium body panels which can be costly to repair when dented, which is ...

A sound that a Corvette owner never wants to hear is a siren wailing from behind. Another is the sickening sound of crunching fiberglass. And the latter is likely to be even more painful than the ...

Editor's note: This post was updated on Jan. 30, 2015, to include additional information. What happens when you take a sledgehammer to the rear quarter of the bed of a brand-new aluminum-bodied Ford F ...

In this episode, I begin reassembling the touring after removing the engine for the coupe and cleaning up the front end. What started as a quick clean turned into my first body panel replacement and a ...