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Old Dec 9, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Default Re: New fender strakes

Originally Posted by Grumps
I took your advice and air brushed them flat black and sanded the back for a better fit. I believe with better planning and a plastic manufacturers help, he could make a product that the fit and finish are precise. He would only need to worry about a design acceptable to the majority of Crossfire owners. His heart is in the right place, but lacks experience in plastic manufacturing. All his other ideas are either going to be extruded or injected, you can hardly pour side skirts. He needs to rethink his business model and try again. Make a prototype and pass it around to members for comments. This would be a good first start.
The cost of an injection mold to make a few dozen skirts would be prohibitive and make the project unfeasible. Extrusion dies make long sections with a uniform cross section so that's a non starter.
Presumably the skirts would be made like the previous catastrophe and the secret is to make them fit without the use of the hardware section at the Home Depot and skilled body shop workers.
Poured urethane parts are OK for pre-production samples but not for production. When we were told of the material that was to be used I mentioned it was wrong.
I worked in the plastics industry design for forty-five years so I do have an inkling about processes.
 
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