Gauge Of Auto Sheet Metal

20 gauge became common in more recent times and this meant 0 0359 inch thick metal still a lot to work with in bumping and metal finishing.

Gauge of auto sheet metal.

Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal. Crs 2418 g 18 gauge 24 x 48 cold rolled flat steel. Gauge or gage sizes are numbers that indicate the thickness of a piece of sheet metal with a higher number referring to a thinner sheet. This product requires extra support when packed.

Item 168753 model 11786. The restoration pros at auto metal direct produce only premium amd sheet metal parts that are made from proper gauge steel and include all necessary clips tabs flanges bends and seams. Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. Automotive sheet metal once ran in the range of 18 gauge which was 48 thousandths of an inch thick actually 0 0478 inch. Each time a prototype body panel comes off of a new tooling it is test fitted on a car so that the marked up prototype can then be used to change and improve. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.

These are measurements for standard sheet steel like we use in our cars. Gauge thousands fraction 24 0239 between 1 64 and 1 32 22 0299 hair under a 1 32 20 0359 between 1 32 and 3 64 18 0478 hair over 3 64. Sheet steel 2 x 4 18g for cold rolled flat sheet steel part number.