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Slatelets and headlight covers look pretty easy to design and print. Any info on the dimensions of the area between the headlights? I'm guessing we'll have to break it up into three pieces with seams or something to get it to fit on a normal size printer.
 
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Slatelets and headlight covers look pretty easy to design and print. Any info on the dimensions of the area between the headlights? I'm guessing we'll have to break it up into three pieces with seams or something to get it to fit on a normal size printer.
They will have stl files & design dimensions available. Everything is intended to be open source. You can use a print service to get large prints. Here's one. There are others.

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They will have stl files & design dimensions available. Everything is intended to be open source. You can use a print service to get large prints. Here's one. There are others.
Thanks for the feedback, but I'd rather DIY the whole thing then pay a couple hundred dollars to a print service. Worse case I would buy my own super expensive printer. I'm just trying to get an idea of which way would work best based on how big it is.
 

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Thanks for the feedback, but I'd rather DIY the whole thing then pay a couple hundred dollars to a print service. Worse case I would buy my own super expensive printer. I'm just trying to get an idea of which way would work best based on how big it is.
One issue is materials. You don't really want standard PLA on a car part unless you are just prototyping or maybe putting on a holiday light cover you will be taking off in a few weeks anyway. You need heat resistance, and also UV resistance for parts that will be external.
 

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I believe they also said they will be selling blanks of some parts, presumably the same injection molded plastic and quality as the OEM parts. Then DIY-ers just need to CNC route out their custom designs. Might be a better option than 3D printing the full piece.
 
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One issue is materials. You don't really want standard PLA on a car part unless you are just prototyping or maybe putting on a holiday light cover you will be taking off in a few weeks anyway. You need heat resistance, and also UV resistance for parts that will be external.
Probably polycarbonate or nylon would be the best choices for consumer printing. PEEK would be good for commercial grade.
 

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Probably polycarbonate or nylon would be the best choices for consumer printing. PEEK would be good for commercial grade.
That's the thing, those materials aren't exactly entry level materials in 3d printing. Even ABS and ASA are not printable on all printers.
 
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That's the thing, those materials aren't exactly entry level materials in 3d printing. Even ABS and ASA are not printable on all printers.
I'm planning on doing ASA. I've already setup my air filtration system. It wasn't that hard or expensive.
 
 
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