I 3D printed a thing - e30 Center Vent Gauge Pod!

[Mr Two]

I picked up a fucking cool looking Stewart Warner oil pressure gauge and decided to make a mount for it.













https://instagram.com/p/3AoiniFD6j/












This was printed out of nylon, which is a real pain in the ass to work with sometimes. I have a spool of black ABS coming in today. Provided I can get my settings tweaked and get the ABS printing smoothly, I can get a much better surface finish and hopefully no warping.


I'll probably end up doing something like this for my brother's e36 and my e82 as well

[boarder2k7]

You did a really nice job on that. I don't think I'd chose to block the air rather than get a column mounted one, but if I did, that's a really clean way to do it.

You're right the ABS should come out a bit better (watch the fumes) and you can acetone polish it when you're done to smooth it out further.

What printer are you using?

[Maad325]

That's much better than all the other vent gauges since it still allows the vent to function. Finally a vent that won't be floppy either

[AusE39er]

Interesting, that is one "cool" pod. Ra ha ha