Stupid Question...What is the Prius' body made out of?

It's mostly steel, with some special high-strength steel in critical
places like doors and pillars. The front nose and rear bumper
cover are pretty much all plastic. The hood and hatch are
aluminum. Where are you trying to stick a magnet? The doors
should do fine; the screens I use when camping are stuck on
with flexible strip magnets around the windows...
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_H*

 

I have a magnet stuck to my gas cap.

 

lies.

 

Whats that supposed to mean? Care to enlighten us?:couch2:

 

you can figure it out.

 

It was metal, all right, it just wasn't ferromagnetic - you need iron, nickel or cobalt if you want a magnet to "stick" to the metal.

 

...k.. i'll talk...

this is one of the reasons i love this car. Door dings don't rust.

*cough* aluminum *cough*

 

Wait...I don't think the doors/body are made of Aluminum....that would be so darn expensive. Only the Hood and Hatch are Al.

 

The rear spoiler is plastic, as is the small plastic panel just below it (the one with the Toyota logo on it and the black lock button. The rest of the hatch is steel, as is most of the car.

I stand corrected, the rest of the rear hatch is aluminum, not steel

 

The hatch is not steel, its a lightweight metal most likely aluminum as mentioned prior.

 

OK, you haven't given us enough clues for this one.

 

hood = aluminum
side fenders (along with the top and bottom "trims" around the doors) = steel
doors = aluminum
roof = steel
hatch = aluminum
bumper covers = plastic

I've scratched just about every part on my car... the steel rust.. the aluminum oxidizes

 

OK, I just tested all the panels with my trusty Wile E Coyote fridge magnet and we were both wrong.

The door skins are in fact steel, or at least some ferrous metal. Definitely not aluminum, at least not on my 2008.

 

There is no way the hood is aluminum.

My 2009 hood is so badly rusted it needs to be replaced

 

i know the hatch is aluminum, because i had to have it replaced. can't attest for anything else.

could your hood have been replaced?

 

I suppose it is possible it's an aftermarket hood but I think it's unlikely given the information I gathered about the previous owner.

 

what's a "hatch" btw?

 

the rear door, w/ window and spoiler. i got hit, and the body man said you can't repair aluminum. $850. for the part, paint it, swap the glass, spoiler, interior, latch, windshield wiper and etc., all to save a couple pounds.