a_j_mair
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is it possibile to make a mould of my bumper so i can make another to adjust make fit better and generally tidy up make lighter changelights etc
realise it costs lots or a company to do it, but is there a way you can make a cheap mould for yourself just to make 2 or 3 bumpers?
cheers
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boyracer2002
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yup i could get you this done if your interested? will have a word with my mate 
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a_j_mair
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i no a plave that could probably do it but i am just wanting one mould made so i can modify/change the spot light and make it fit better and have stronger mounts at arches along with some sort of mounts like standard along the bottom of the bumper. it also weighs a ton 
not really wanting to give it to someone to make a mould give me a bumper then in 2 months time see lots of corsas driving round with my bumper 
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boyracer2002
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nah he wouldnt do that he will give you the mould back if you wanted, i made my 2 piece slit bonnet, someone tried to copy the vents out of it so he took the one they made off them and drove over it making sure they didnt copy again
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Greasemonkey
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Surely you have to take at least 2 moulds, if you take one off the outside you get a slightly bigger version, if you take one off the inside you get a slightly smaller one!!? Then there is the problem of getting the moulds apart, ya might have to sacrifice a mould to take the mould?!!! Am i talking pish
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Sidesport
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
Surely you have to take at least 2 moulds, if you take one off the outside you get a slightly bigger version, if you take one off the inside you get a slightly smaller one!!? Then there is the problem of getting the moulds apart, ya might have to sacrifice a mould to take the mould?!!! Am i talking pish
Nope, take it on the outside then do your moulding on the inside of that it will be a perfect copy.
Getting it apart = Release Agent before the mould goes together.
[Edited on 10-01-2006 by Sidesport]
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boyracer2002
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i know what ur saying, i dont know how he does it but they coem out fine, he used to make shit loads of kits at work and sell them on for people, makes bad boy carbon bonnets too
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a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
Surely you have to take at least 2 moulds, if you take one off the outside you get a slightly bigger version, if you take one off the inside you get a slightly smaller one!!? Then there is the problem of getting the moulds apart, ya might have to sacrifice a mould to take the mould?!!! Am i talking pish
this is the kind of thing i want to know 
and how much it would be because ideally i would like to take a mould of my bumper just now, then modify it slightly then get a mould made of that to use so it is as perfect a fit as possibile and as strong as possibile 
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a_j_mair
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would it be possibile to make a home made one from the likes of expanding foam and some filler 
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Greasemonkey
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Sidesport thats what i meant, to get a perfect copy ya gotta take the outside mould then take a mould of the inside of the bigger mould hence at least 2 moulds, lol
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Sidesport
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
would it be possibile to make a home made one from the likes of expanding foam and some filler
I would say no, it takes alot of work and skill to even get a mould looking like the product.
Why not just modify the origional bumper?
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a_j_mair
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it has been modified alot already then crashed and repaired. it is therfore heavy and doesnt have any real great strength would like to have one made that i could work on so that i dont have to remove my bumper for ages and et it all painted again etc
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