The myth of the aluminum trunk lid

[KenM]

I reckon the combined weight of the hood and trunk lid are pretty substantial...

Tim

Well you would certainly know better than me TJ, I'll grant you the bonnet would be a different story from the boot lid, what's a steel one weigh, 30 odd kilo?

[TJ 450]

Indeed, I'd say around 30kg would be about right. The boot lid is fairly light though.

The 107 SLs had alloy bonnets and possibly boot lids, along with the C126 SECs if I remember correctly too.

Tim

[WildKarrde]

I stripped the trunk lid on my 300SD down to bare metal a few days ago while refurbishing it. It definitely contains no aluminum, lol.