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**Halon** · 01-26-2017

So I started a 'file sharing' thread over on the Lexus forums. It's been mostly just me posting up some of the things other than the cooling plate design I sold. Today someone else actually posted up their Solidworks file of a gauge mount for under the stereo. Theses cars are double din, but if you switch to a single din then you can put this under and fit two gauges!

I'm only going to be running 1 gauge now, so I played around and lunch and tweaked his design so it looks like this, with a cubby hole in place of the 2nd gauge hole. And some embossed lettering for the gauge. Kinda cool that more people are sharing now, hope it catches on!

Then you basically just find yourself a 3D printing guy on CL or something, hand em the file, and bam you got yourself a part!

Mark, you asked where the market is going. Just seeing this right here, shit I think if stuff like this started coming out then 3D printing of stuff like this for the aftermarket car world is probably still in the infancy stage. I could see in 5 years people doing things like this regularly. Talk about a potentially professional thing, being able to label gauges or whatever with a factory embossed look. Very cool potential there I think!

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Halon Pewp Champion Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blaine Drives: Teh Bean Posts: 12,309	Re: Playing With SOLIDWORKS So I started a 'file sharing' thread over on the Lexus forums. It's been mostly just me posting up some of the things other than the cooling plate design I sold. Today someone else actually posted up their Solidworks file of a gauge mount for under the stereo. Theses cars are double din, but if you switch to a single din then you can put this under and fit two gauges! I'm only going to be running 1 gauge now, so I played around and lunch and tweaked his design so it looks like this, with a cubby hole in place of the 2nd gauge hole. And some embossed lettering for the gauge. Kinda cool that more people are sharing now, hope it catches on! Then you basically just find yourself a 3D printing guy on CL or something, hand em the file, and bam you got yourself a part! Mark, you asked where the market is going. Just seeing this right here, shit I think if stuff like this started coming out then 3D printing of stuff like this for the aftermarket car world is probably still in the infancy stage. I could see in 5 years people doing things like this regularly. Talk about a potentially professional thing, being able to label gauges or whatever with a factory embossed look. Very cool potential there I think! __________________ B-Man - FlexFuel Mafia 1991 TSi AWD E85 - BEP S362, DSMLink V2, Built 2.0L Idle Vid 628hp Graph 541hp Vid 10.93@137 Vid 1992 SC300 E85 - BW 84-75, Vlad Infinity, NA-T, 6spd Idle Vid 709hp Graph 709hp Vid 11.1@131 Vid 2006 Bayliner 195 - Carbed 5.0 Top Speed Test Last edited by Halon; 01-26-2017 at 03:40 PM..