I cant even fathom the amount of patience involved! Not sure if there is a mfg/supplier up here in Canada, but Im about 2 hours east of Toronto and 3 1/2 West of Ottawa. Ill help if I can, $10k is ridonculous.
thanks for the offer I'd appreciate any info on the thermoformable vinyl supplies and getting test samples I talked to a few other suppliers and they all said the same thing a minimum 5k to 12k first purchase commitment(that's a whole lot of armrest pads covered to sell). It's not really patience .. it's just that I want to make these parts nicer and better for my car(mine are really bad). I want parts That are done "My" way first and then the stock look with the ashtray and so forth. The thicker vinyl does hold a LOT better grain than the thinner stuff and will cast a much better mold if I can hide the webbing so it only is on the bottom of the mold.
I do have a workaround or 2 that might work for the armrest and this will be the testing grounds for the other way to make them. Where I'm at right now is the thicker vinyl does work, but does not get as tight to the part as I'd like. Now it's just a case of trying to glue the vinyl to the master blank and then making a mold of the part after it is as " perfectl as I can get it" finished. Once that is done then there are 2 processes that might work to make good replicas. it all takes time to get the correct materials and then time to make sure it will work before going to major money outlay of 1500 or more for the rubber materials.
