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Fiber reinforced composite-metal hybrids are of great interest in automotive industry because of their excellent mechanical properties and light-weighting potential. Adhesive bonding is a preferred joining technique for manufacturing fiber reinforced composite metal hybrids. Metal surface due to the presence of process contaminants (oil, dirt, oxide layer etc.) is difficult to bond. The surface prior to adhesive application needs to be cleaned or modified using surface pretreatment methods. Especially for adhesive bonding of multimaterial joining, surface treatment is a very important step. In this paper, 7xxx series extruded aluminum alloy surface was treated using different conventional surface treatment methods and bonded with glass fiber reinforced epoxy tape/mat (FRP). The intent is to stiffen aluminum with lightweight FRP for energy absorbing part application.