By RhinoTuning | 19 September 2024 | 0 Comments

Why Don't They Use Stainless Steel to Make Cars?

The biggest advantage of stainless steel is its corrosion resistance. Many car owners may think that the car body is also prone to rust, so why not use stainless steel as a body material?


There are several reasons:

1. Stainless steel gets hotter in the sun. Walking up to your car, you can feel the furnace beside you.
2. This material is too heavy and not light enough, resulting in a heavy body and very slow driving speed.
3. Not enough tensile strength. Most body attachments are made by stamping steel plates into the desired shape, but stainless steel becomes brittle during the stamping process.
4. Stainless steel is too expensive to manufacture cars, and the price of stainless steel is more than three times that of galvanized steel.
5. From the processing process above, stainless steel welding difficulty than steel is more difficult than using stainless steel as raw materials for the body will greatly increase the car's production difficulty, affecting the yield.

Is there no car companies that have tried to use stainless steel caused by?

There are really!

1936 Ford Tudor Sedan

1936 Ford Tudor Sedan

Tesla Cybertruck

Cybertruck

1967 Porsche 911S sports

1967 Porsche 911S sports

Overall, stainless steel is certainly corrosion-resistant, but it may not be too kind to the body as a whole. However, using stainless for certain parts plays a positive role. For example, trailer hub center caps can be made of stainless steel because trailer wheels are the ones that touch the ground the most, and sometimes when you go through a wet puddle, the water splashes into the hub centers, which is where the hub centers tend to corrode and affect the axle.
Rust Push Through Center Caps
Using RhinoTuning stainless steel push through center caps prevents corrosion and improves the appearance of the rims.
Stainless steel push through Center Cap
We carry a range of sizes for trailer center caps such as 4.25“ push-thru center caps, 3.31” push through center caps, etc. 
Stainless Steel Push Through Center Caps
 
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