One other thing, I've been thinking seriously about
:
a) Building the molds I want,
b) Doing 1-offs in fiberglass (or maybe heat-gun formed thermoplastic if the curves are all simple)
c) If there were enough interest, doing short-runs vacuum formed in thermoplastic.
(Assuming I make high-temp molds, see above.)
Does anyone agree that yields the "best-looks, best practice" of bodywork? [Edit: I mean short of $100k-$1M capital for production hydroforming molds.]
I'm also thinking seriously about doing the "minimalist" front-end (grill-blocks+scooped-air-dam) in the meantime - my wife needs to take the kids cross-country next week, and I think "minimalist" is something I might get done before then and she might be okay with it. Who knows, after I do a bumper overhaul I might even do an A-B-C-A test.
(Sorry if it sounds like I'm thinking out loud sometimes.)