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Holy cow! So sorry. Glad you’re ok. I see passenger airbag I believe,-I assume driver’s bag deployed as well? Did you feel like it performed well and was solid? How about auto emergency braking?
All four front bags went off, it stopped immediately right in the middle of the road. Thankful we are alright, dialed Rivian immediately and they transfered to local 911, and the wait begin again
 

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All good, hit a black cow at night about 45 or 50 mph,
Been there, done that! in a 96 F-150....many many moons ago...
 

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Have we got steel or aluminum here? Aluminum you don't repair (I don't think that many repair steel that much anymore either).
The body panels are aluminum. It'll be interesting to see what the repairs entail, especially with those side panels spanning from bumper to bumper.
 

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thanks for the tip
Unfortunately you can't claim diminished value in California. I think its only possible to do that in a few states.
 
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Agree if this happened to any other truck that a body shop would pull that dent and repair it easily. The hardest part of the repair would be just matching the paint job.
 

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All good, hit a black cow at night about 45 or 50 mph,
I amost did the exact same thing a few months ago! There's a farm about a mile from our beach house. The cows are always getting out - daytime, night time. Black cow at night, ugh!
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The body panels are aluminum. It'll be interesting to see what the repairs entail, especially with those side panels spanning from bumper to bumper.
The quarter panels are steel, all the other panels (hood, tailgate, front fenders, doors, gear tunnel doors) are aluminum.
 

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The quarter panels are steel, all the other panels (hood, tailgate, front fenders, doors, gear tunnel doors) are aluminum.
Not to quibble, but according to the Service Team, all outer body panels, including the side panels in question, are a composite of aluminum and carbon fiber. That jives with my memory from visiting the factory last Summer.

After the sheets were stamped into full side panels (four pressings for each), they were easily handled by two people. When examining the panels as they hung on the racks (as pictured previously), they seemed to look and sound like aluminum, as well.
 

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The quarter panels are steel, all the other panels (hood, tailgate, front fenders, doors, gear tunnel doors) are aluminum.
Nope. The body is all aluminum, and the entire side is one stamping. There’s a picture in the thread here.

curious to see what the repair will be like
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