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Roof Rails mold

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LowRidinCrew

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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
 




"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 :th_depressed:
 
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.
 


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
 
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