In a message dated 8/5/2004 11:28:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: The reason that NO ONE has bothered to re-make these in the past is because you can not get the material any longer. They are not just plain black, they are textured...sort of like the grip they stick onto metal stairs... or like the vinyl tops you see on cars. _ _ All you need to do is to make a texture wheel at Mold Tech in Youngstown OHIO and take a plain piece of vinyl and roll it. Mold Tech has about 10 embossing plants throughout the world. There is also a place outside Niagra Falls although I forget the name at this point. The cost for the embossing rolls are about $300 to $600 for what is needed here and not a hardened steel roll. Its not a big deal it just takes someone to do it. I make a number of parts but this part is not one that is going to have a quick payback. You can have the vinyl cut easily and you can buy it in bulk and that is where the cost is You need to buy a roll. So there it is how to do it and where to go for the texture anyone out there want more names and locations for people that supply this stuff (vinyl supplieres are all over the internet see vinyl on any search engine) I will give you the leads. Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/