What I find incredible is when somebody thinks a valid complaint or annoyance = saying the whole vehicle is crap.
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I will NOT hand wash my stuff, so the paint is just going to have to take it, brushes, hurricane dryer winds, and all the other no-nos.
Oh, there would be a thread with excellent photos and an incredible diatribe if that had happened
Thinner metal and more plastic == lower weight. The "skin" is not a significant part of the safety of the vehicle. I do see the hood flex (bounce up and down) a bit as I drive on occasion, but it does not bother me. I know folks have shown dents with pretty minor force, so that is not great. I think that, overall, it is adequate. Weight reduction is a good goal for many reasons.
The plastic versus metal (or whatever) is a common argument over many products. Plastic is not always worse, and is often better. I recall one such statement from someone about cameras years ago--when they started to make camera bodies from plastic (usually polycarbonate, which is a very strong plastic) where they had been made of metal (usually brass with a black coating). He said "Yeah, my old camera was made from metal--it has some small dents and the paint is worn in spots, but man it held up well and works great. My new plastic one also works great--and still looks brand new." I always liked that viewpoint (and agree). In this case the new plastic cases are better in many ways. Of note, the internal frame is still metal--often magnesium or another very lightweight metal.
Everything will have downsides, just depends on how bad and what you feel is important. I love my ORP, but of course I have some complaints. If we don't have something to (legitimately) complain about we are probably not looking closely enough!
The plastic versus metal (or whatever) is a common argument over many products. Plastic is not always worse, and is often better. I recall one such statement from someone about cameras years ago--when they started to make camera bodies from plastic (usually polycarbonate, which is a very strong plastic) where they had been made of metal (usually brass with a black coating). He said "Yeah, my old camera was made from metal--it has some small dents and the paint is worn in spots, but man it held up well and works great. My new plastic one also works great--and still looks brand new." I always liked that viewpoint (and agree). In this case the new plastic cases are better in many ways. Of note, the internal frame is still metal--often magnesium or another very lightweight metal.
Everything will have downsides, just depends on how bad and what you feel is important. I love my ORP, but of course I have some complaints. If we don't have something to (legitimately) complain about we are probably not looking closely enough!
I think the illuminated badge looks cool. I wish had it on mine.FNG here just bought my new rig with 4K miles and saw the illuminated badge for the first time. I will build this rig slowly but first impressions great bones with shitty skin. Thankfully I have the 4 aux switches. I will probably delete and sell here this vanity logo and reroute power elsewhere. Anyone here have the same experience?
As for the shitty skin, I put a dent in my RF quarter panel on the 3rd day of ownership merely by lightly leaning/resting on it while climbing up and down an elevated platform to wax the hood. It was bad enough that no PDR guy would touch it, and ended up requiring a body ship to repair it ( took a week ).
I even almost ripped an amazon delivery driver a new one when he showed up at 5 am while I had my dog out. I told the guy to just leave the package on the ground where he was since I had my dog there and the guy ended up putting it on the hood of my TRD ORP.
It 100% does not take much to damage the panels on these vehicles and there is a reason my dealership and others offer a year of free PDR with a new vehicle purchase.
