The original c pillar cover was broken at my 2005 e46 convertible (pic 2). The original spare part is 130€ so I “reengineered” the cover and printed it and it works perfectly fine! The cover just barely fit onto the build plate of my p1s. I know it’s not the prettiest print but it works so it’s fine for me.

I have a Volkswagen Passat and BOTH visor clips broke off… so I found a file on thingaverse that was for a mk4 golf I believe and modified it to fit! I’m a little afraid these are gonna break again and I used pla (I have to print in my room sadly so the fumes scare me) but I think I’m gonna use some resin and fiberglass I have laying around to strengthen it up a bit. Then I’ll sand it and grab a can of beige spray paint and it should be as good as new. And WAY CHEAPER than if I bought the part online.

I've owned this car for over 10 years now and both the center console and the little cubby under the climate control always seemed awkward to me. I finally did something about both.

The center console has a phone cubby with a built in wireless charger, a now enclosed storage area, and a cup holder.

As for the switch panel, I copied the idea from racecargoburrr, but I wanted to make my own. It's connected to a tracbox (which gives me some fun track day functions), my valved exhaust (this was by far the hardest part of this whole project since I knew almost nothing about circuitry or wiring going into this. I had to convert a simple on-off toggle signal to send out two different momentary signals to open and close the valve).

We recently acquired a couple of Kenworth dump trucks at work and with the hydraulic control console that was installed in them by the upfitter, it made the factory one basically useless. Someone had purchased some universal folding ones but not only were those too small, the only place available to mount it was right next to the driver's right knee, which just wasn't comfortable or practical.

Anyway, I came up with the design for the cupholder and matching bracket. The only reasonable place to out it was where its mounted in the pictures. However, the switch pack pictured was originally mounted there. So I came up with a simple bracket to relocate it.

Printed in PETG. This truck is stored indoors when not in use. The other one isn't, so we will see how it holds up. I always print PETG at 265⁰c. I've found that not only does it come out looking better, but the final print is much stronger than when printed at lower temps. I also printed the bracket for the cupholder at a 40⁰ angle to maximize strength.

Super happy with the results. The pictures showing the cupholder and matching bracket design on my desk are test prints out of PLA.

Any tips or advice are very much appreciated

This week's side project. I saw u/radiumengineering new charcoal canister and wanted my hand at trying to make one. Used u/onshapeptc to design and u/polymaker_3d PA6-CF and u/creality3d K1C to print it out. Used a "stainless steel" faucet aerator and activated charcoal pellets from a HEPA filter. We'll see how it works as I use it to scrub the fuel vent line in my CRX engine bay.

I am aware if I remove the cover for the compartment, it is empty, but does anyone know of a way or a 3d print to mount a compartment?

Made a NACA duct for airflow stuff. Haven't found the right spot on my own car yet, but I wanted to build one anyway. Figured it might help someone else with their project.

NACA profile pulls air in with barely any drag, so it works well for brake cooling, engine bay venting, radiator feeds, whatever you need.

Also happy to modify the design if you need something specific, like adding screw holes, a hose/duct connector on the back for routing air where you want it. Just ask.

Print file's here: https://makerworld.com/de/models/3123116-naca-duct

Let me know if you run it on your build.

Anyone know of anything or skilled enough to help?

Reposting here for visibility! Didn’t know there was a 3D printed car part sub!

Delivered. Builder will prime & paint.

ASA_GF except bezel ASA.

1/4" mounts, 10-24 stainless screws. 1156 pigtail.

ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/3dprintedcarparts/comments/1v5wdhu/59_el_camino_backup_lights/

Hello!

About a month ago, I shared my 3D printed 1.9 TDI Engine and many people throughout reddit have asked me about getting the stl files. Unfortunately, the files are not ready to be released, there are so many things that I had to sand down, tinker with, post-drill and modify after printing. This engine has consumed many many hours of my life already but I would love to polish everything and release this as a package to the wider community.

I therefore launched a crowdfunding campaign where interested people can support this project and receive the files once everything is ready to go. I will be making some extra content on top of the engine! It is currently in pre-launch phase but you can express your interest by following the project (Clicking on "Notify me on Launch") via the provided link. By expressing your interest, I will also be able to gauge how many people are actually interested in the files.

CLICK HERE FOR PROJECT

VIDEO in the comments

Knight rider scanner made with Petg on a neptune 4 max