A method for producing a component for the outer skin of a motor vehicle

A method for producing a component with high demands on the quality of the surface, in particular a component for the outer skin of a motor vehicle, wherein - a forming the visible side flexible elastic film is drawn over a map used for back-foaming tool; - the tool is then closed; - the flexible sheet is back-foamed after closing the tool in the tool with a plastic and - the flexible elastic film is adjusted by foaming to the shape of the tool.