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Originally Posted by Phase
Sounds like a lot of work. Another idea I have is use flat panels for the sides and roof like of the boat rail, and then for the connecting curves at the corners? Use a long strip of abs plastic and just heat mold it it. The boat tail obviously won’t be one solid color or texture, but maybe I could make it have a sport appearance with the abs plastic accents?
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It's intense, but a mandatory requirement if one has any expectation of achieving an 'OEM' appearance.
I recommend against using ABS for anything exposed to compression or tension, and especially if it is 'drilled' for rivets or screw fasteners. It has no 'substance' to it. If it fails, it will fail catastrophically.
I don't know of any adhesive bonding system capable of adhering to ABS either. Only hot-air-welding.
If you had 'tooling', ABS COULD be vacuum-formed into a fine tail, diffuser, whatever. The carmakers already do this.
And a good body shop could show you the modern automotive finishing systems capable of adhering to ABS.