# Molding in Urethane Bumpers to Body? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 26, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042 "2006-09-26T10:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/1 "2006-09-26T10:38:26Z")
Here is how a stock supra is, there are urethane side skirts and front and rear bumpers, you can see the gaps in this pic ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/95jza80tt/Car%20ForSale/1af557b2.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/95jza80tt/Car%20ForSale/1af557b2.jpg) This guy molded in the rear bumper and skirts… I think this would be extremelly prone to cracking at the mold since urethane is somewhat flexible and the body is steel. Is this just done for showcars only or something or can you actually expect the mold to hold without any issues? I think it makes the car look alot cleaner, especially on a white car. ![http://www.vtg35.com/my%20car%20035.jpg](http://www.vtg35.com/my%20car%20035.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/2 "2006-09-26T10:40:48Z")
Generally, I hate it when people mold body parts together. I like body lines, gives a car charecter. It also makes things a bitch to repair, and I tend to take things apart… a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/3 "2006-09-26T10:42:26Z")
Spencer, why don’t you spend more time making your car go fast and not such a show piece… :lol: ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/4 "2006-09-26T10:42:54Z")
urethane is decently strong, but as will any kind of “molding”, you must be sure to reinforce the mold like the body. otherwise anytime pressure is put on the mold, “new body part” it will break apart at that mold. boat fiberglass is nice and strong, its what i used to put together my subarus front airdam when it get ripped off by a truck tire. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/5 "2006-09-26T10:43:32Z")
if you have money to piss away for the fun of it … go for it iff you have money to piss away, ill do all the work for the bargain price of $35,000 🙂 to be honest, its a showcar only mod … it cracks realy easy, sometimes within a few weeks or days… ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/6 "2006-09-26T10:43:58Z")
I would probably only do the skirts, bumper is a little extreme since theres a high probability that you might have to take it off sometime ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/7 "2006-09-26T10:45:20Z")
^^^ do the skirts, dont do the bumpers ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/molding-in-urethane-bumpers-to-body/18042/8 "2006-09-26T10:46:03Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > if you have money to piss away for the fun of it … go for it > iff you have money to piss away, ill do all the work for the bargain price of $35,000 🙂 > > to be honest, its a showcar only mod … it cracks realy easy, sometimes within a few weeks or days… Any money spent on modding a car I would consider to be pissing it away.