BMW X5 B-Pillar UHSS – Where would you make your cut?

Where would you make your cut? Take a look at the image below before you answer. If you were to make your top cut on the B-Pillar of a late model BMW X5 a couple inches low you would be cutting almost twice the material thickness of the B-Pillar. Start to consider that UHSS also means that material thickness on a part can vary. Tailored steel is what makes this possible.

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