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Originally Posted by Joakim3
Yeah I read SEMA has manufacturing memberships, but since I'm not with a company that makes parts, I doubt they'd give me access unless I was planning on selling the bumper as a vendor (not that I wouldn't be opposed to it)
In regards to the splash mold, you mean like taking the bumper off molding most of it and then claying the sections that would be different?
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You could do it that way. You could leave the bumper on the car, do your clay sculpting, and then splash it. Either way, you'll need the bumper supported, so that it doesn't deform from the clay, or the fiberglass being used for the mould. Nothing worse than having the weight of the mould itself deform the plastic, and you end up with a big depression in the new part. Some will make the splash, pull a new "heavy" (thick fiberglass with wood supports) part, aka a pattern, so that it won't deform. Then do their clay work, correct any other issues, and pull a new mould (again, heavy so it doesn't deform).