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What if I were to start making fiberglass skirts? what would you like to buy them for per set? just throwing an idea out there to make them more available. have a set to make molds out of

Might talk to Lee from Northwest Composites. He has an operation going and he might be able to produce if you make molds.

I would be in for a set depending on the price. If the rear lip could be made as well that would be pretty kick ass and I don't see why sedan owners couldn't just shorten the sides of the rear lip to make it fit.

i would basically (if i could) make a mold of the wagon lip, get it operational, and then trim the orig to fit my car, and make a sedan mold... but i need to see... may have to look into this. I'm used to be an injection mold maker so it's gonna be a bit different >.>

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well the side skirts should be the same as sedan correct? the doors are interchangebale

Yes they are

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Going to move this to the Body & Chassis forum

I want a set

Idk what i want to do yet, have an offer for 350+shipping... Still can't decide if i wanna keep them and mold them up or not...

It's up to you, but it would be cool to get a good mold of them and to find a shop that would be willing to make them to sell to us folks in the US.

The thing I've seen in the past from group buys and other type of things is that when an individual member tries to sell or get folks together it can be a bit difficult, especially for continued production. So in your case, if you can make a mold and turn it over to a shop that would be willing to make these either in a limited run or on an as-needed basis, that removes some of the burden from you on an on-going basis.

Would i see a cut of the profit for the mold making effort?

That most likely depends on what kind of deal you strike up with the shop. As mentioned earlier, there are vendors on this forum that are working on making parts as we speak. If you're going to sell it for 350 or whatever, isn't there a possibility you could sell it to a shop for 350 and have the best of both worlds? I don't know what it takes to make the molds, but is it possible you could get the molds made and then sell the parts? Or maybe even make the mold, sell the parts then sell the molds? Granted, letting a shop make the mold might provide a higher level of accuracy and quality (I'm not calling into question your ability, apologies if it sounds that way). Having to manufacture all that yourself if you're not setup for it sounds horrifying.

I admit, it would be a stone cold bitch to do... And anyone know of a cf or fiberglass shop in the NE? Pref in a 2 1/2 hr radius from boston?

You know I'm in for a set.

Lol

I have a set of the rear sedan lips, in case someone wanted to do a whole set. ( I could offer them for the mold)

i have the full wagon package and the sedan lip would be friggin awesome.... i need the sedan lip actually...

you can trim the ends off the gd impreza front lip and it will fit with some ideal screw placement
I have a set of 96-99 LGT side skirts and a sedan rear lip I'm going to install in the spring
I'll post up pics when its done

i would be very interested in the side skirts and the rear lip also

Honestly I think they should at least start making replica body panels for first gens like the turbo hoods and SS front bumpers and glass headlamps too and all the stuff people actively look for. I just recently got an SS front bumper for my 90 wagon from my buddy who works at pacific import auto in parkland idk if any of you know jake15 on nasioc but he's red sedan with full sti swap.
And on another random note I got my wheel bearing fixed

Oh yes we know Jake haha. He shows up every now and then on here. Good guy and beautiful car.

I want a set of skirts all the way around for my 91 wagon

I'd buy a set, even though I already have a set of gen 3 skirts I was going to shorten to fit.