3D Printed Car Parts

More and more people are toying with 3D printing for car parts. If you've printed any parts for your car, please post some articles in this section describing how you did it. Whether if was for your DSM or not. With more and more OEM DSM parts becoming obsolete (no longer produced) 3D printing will become a popular option in this community.

Here are some resources I found to give people more info on getting started with 3D printing car parts.

7 Best 3D Printers for Automotive Cars & Motorcycle Parts

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3D printing car parts: all you need to know – 3D Solved

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The Free Beginner's Guide - 3D Printing Industry

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[NWHTanK]

That's bad ass!!! I'm definitely looking forward to see how that turns out!! Are you willing to share the file?!

I put alot of time into the parts I 3d make from scan to cad and then into print, and I mean alot. For time consuming parts I won't share the file , but for simpler stuff yes. That part was made with ASA fillement at 100 percent infill, I dint want to mess with chasing walls and infill percentages to have a part crack and fail. Now if thier is interests in the item , then I will make them in batches then sale them . These have time roughly19 to 20 hrs print time between the cup holder and the insert then post clean up and mods. This is not just a simple print and sale, and I only have 1 printer.

That looks great. Nice job!

Thank you sir a lot of time and fillement for protyping has gone into this.

This looks great! What material and printer (nvm: I didn't read far enough back, saw you're on the QIDI Plus4!) are you using?

Also, killer work on the center gauge setup as well. The pleather wrap looks killer!

Thank you

 

[papodsm]

Thank you sir a lot of time and fillement for protyping has gone into this.

What do you use for scanning?

I’m asking because I would like to scan one of the black covers of the front bumper cover, I will add a picture of one a friend sent me that apparently is also 3d printed.

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[NWHTanK]

Right now the Ferrit Pro , Fusion 360 paid subscription, and Qudi plus 4 for printing

And Orca slicer

 

[papodsm]

Right now the Ferrit Pro , Fusion 360 paid subscription, and Qudi plus 4 for printing

And Orca slicer

I just mentioned in other forum that I was making my own but is taking time because I'm not an expert in cad, watching videos and back and forward I guess I will learn. this is what I have so far.

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[BoostedBeaver]

This one isn’t DSM related but hopefully the fuel submersion and testing will be useful in the future.

I have modeled this fuel hat hanger for a Chevy Colorado that I have. Plan is to print it out of PA12-CF (nylon) and use stainless steel zip ties to hold the pumps.

Since wicking can be a problem I’m going to coat the hanger in fuel tank sealer. I also plan to soak several cubes with some fuel tank sealer and soak them in jars filled with E85 and gasoline to see if and when they get soft.

I’ll update this as times goes on especially if they it fails.

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[NWHTanK]

Wrapped

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[CrackedDSM]

Can anyone 3D print or send me a file to 3D print some 1g sunvisor clips? Not the ones that are oblong with three holes(there are billet versions out right now anyway) but the clip that the sunvisor "clips" in to and always seems to break off when you clip the visor into it.

 

[papodsm]

This one isn’t DSM related but hopefully the fuel submersion and testing will be useful in the future.

I have modeled this fuel hat hanger for a Chevy Colorado that I have. Plan is to print it out of PA12-CF (nylon) and use stainless steel zip ties to hold the pumps.

Since wicking can be a problem I’m going to coat the hanger in fuel tank sealer. I also plan to soak several cubes with some fuel tank sealer and soak them in jars filled with E85 and gasoline to see if and when they get soft.

I’ll update this as times goes on especially if they it fails.

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man, this is sick, I hope it works, I quickly search for filament and gasoline test witch I'm pretty sure you did before and every experiment fail but of course it was using common filaments like petg and pla. I did find one in particular where someone print a fuel tank and apparently, they coated the inside with epoxy, what kind, I don't know. I hope it work

 

[92AWDHX40]

This is really sweet

 

[96dsmftw]

This one isn’t DSM related but hopefully the fuel submersion and testing will be useful in the future.

I have modeled this fuel hat hanger for a Chevy Colorado that I have. Plan is to print it out of PA12-CF (nylon) and use stainless steel zip ties to hold the pumps.

Since wicking can be a problem I’m going to coat the hanger in fuel tank sealer. I also plan to soak several cubes with some fuel tank sealer and soak them in jars filled with E85 and gasoline to see if and when they get soft.

I’ll update this as times goes on especially if they it fails.

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Could also just try good ol' PETG. Nylon will actually absorb moisture after printed as well and will lose some of its mechanical properties

 

[papodsm]

some progress today... after thinking and thinking I realize how to do that "angle wall" I know it sounds stupid, but I'm not engineer and not a cad person neither... so just did the wall straight and bigger and later give the angle I want.

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[BoostedBeaver]

man, this is sick, I hope it works, I quickly search for filament and gasoline test witch I'm pretty sure you did before and every experiment fail but of course it was using common filaments like petg and pla. I did find one in particular where someone print a fuel tank and apparently, they coated the inside with epoxy, what kind, I don't know. I hope it work

PA12 is less hygroscopic than PA6 and has high resistance to ethanol and gasoline. I’ll keep an eye on it since it’s submerged.

I’m more worried about the long tube and the leverage the pumps will have on the support at the base of the stem. I assume it will fail due to sustained vibration at some point but at least I’ll have a model to fab one up from some metal.

Trying this for testing sake .

Could also just try good ol' PETG. Nylon will actually absorb moisture after printed as well and will lose some of its mechanical properties

Thought about petg-cf…. I’ll print some cubes and soak them to so if/when this fails I’ll have some data.

 

[davhaa]

That's the final version of the trim. I also improved the geometry after some tests on my car. This should do it

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Are these available anywhere? I'm modeling/printing some covers for this part to hold tweeters but unfortunately both of my base pieces are broken. Looks like you already did what I'm trying to avoid

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[19Eclipse90]

3D Part Files

 

[davhaa]

Thanks! I'll post the tweeter cover files once I get there.

 

[NWHTanK]

No modifications needed just snaps in place.

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[AgntorangeDSM]

No modifications needed just snaps in place.

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I suppose there's no file for this for others to print?

 

[NWHTanK]

No Sir. This is months of work and protyping, just to get the right setup on the print bed was a nightmare fighting z layer. This is just raw plastic. Still needs sanded, vape smoothing, wrapping, tpu bottom insert, top insert and assembly. Solid ASA fillement. 100% infill. I will be selling these when the time comes. Thier will be 2 variants this one and one with 3 16mm switch holes.

Bottom cutaway.

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[trogador2005]

No Sir. This is months of work and protyping, just to get the right setup on the print bed was a nightmare fighting z layer. This is just raw plastic. Still needs sanded, vape smoothing, wrapping, tpu bottom insert, top insert and assembly. Solid ASA fillement. 100% infill. I will be selling these when the time comes. Thier will be 2 variants this one and one with 3 16mm switch holes.

Bottom cutaway.

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I will buy one! Great design and engineering!

 

[Stapl3]

I have a car with no plastics around the timing belt. Was someone making a small part that bolts to the block and shows only the ignition timing part by the crank pulley? I feel like I saw that - maybe as a freelancer part, but I cannot find it.

 

[FIBA M - EC17PSE]

I have a car with no plastics around the timing belt. Was someone making a small part that bolts to the block and shows only the ignition timing part by the crank pulley? I feel like I saw that - maybe as a freelancer part, but I cannot find it.

It was rix racing. They dont show anything on the site now but you can likely reach out and ask them for one

 

[NWHTanK]

Using solid ASA constuction and installing sealed air pockets in certain areas and lowering the drink 50 mm , to keep a drink cooler, longer.

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[NWHTanK]

Also in development I'm redoing the center console lid to incorporate a phone holder with wireless charging capabilities.

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[Justin DuBois]

Has someone created a 2gb fog light bezel that works as a cold air duct intake?

 

[miliman13]

Has someone created a 2gb fog light bezel that works as a cold air duct intake?

I think someone has posted the STL file for the fog light bezel , you could modify it to your preferred needs.