Thread: Roof Rails mold

Has anyone thought of making a Mold? I'm thinking about it, might take some extra money but hey, It would be made back in almost no time

cant do it gm has patents on them 3 people have done it before and all ended with gm winning a lawsuit against them all

yea thought about it plenty of times. just need to find a way to make the mold, its not as easy as you think because you want the roof rails to fit perfect

I think a noob on here aka Mad Monkey is working on one.
...not for SRS.

hey, if yu have the knowledge to do it.
do it.

ill buy some

Originally Posted by Matt Palm

cant do it gm has patents on them 3 people have done it before and all ended with gm winning a lawsuit against them all

you can always change it up a bit just change the shape a bit on them and use different materiel

use a different color plastic or something there is ways around it im sure

yea im sure there is except GM probably can get a better lawyer then any one of us lol

but if we get oj simpson's lawyers we will win no doubt

ffs lol. does gm even sell them

nope only can get ones off of other cars

"If" i build one, i sure as hell wouldnt tell anyone. Id just start selling them. Wonder if my 15+ yrs in plastic injection molding would help?....

You have to be careful with making a mold, GM has a copyright on these things and can easily sue you. Main reason why the guy who made the new batch of GPO's didn't do roof rails.

edit: guess I should have read the replies first

Hardest part about the whole thing is getting donor/test pieces to base the mold off of, and finding the right material or resin to make it work correctly. Since i dont have a set, those are plastic, right. Wonder if you could make them out of fiberglass instead. Seems like a fiberglass forms would be way easier to make.

its a complicated shape.. trust me.. lol ive got a plaster tube sitting in my kitchen lol

Oh, like i said i dont have a set but what ive seen it doesnt look like much.....def not worth what ppl ask for them, hard to come by or not....its a silly trim piece!! Lol

Originally Posted by LowRidinCrew

ffs lol. does gm even sell them

Originally Posted by Matt Palm

nope only can get ones off of other cars

GM sells only one side, the left side IIRC

its around $175 just for the one side

i went to the dealership and asked about it a while back

Injection molds are stupid expensive. You'd never make your money back.