How to make 3d printed car parts - Auxbeam switch panel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- I designed, 3d printed, sanded, painted and installed an OEM+ quality trim to mount an Auxbeam 8 gang control panel into my Nissan Frontier. Production is still a while away on these but I do have 3d files ready for download if you want to make it yourself.
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/vario...
If you are interested in any of the parts that I make please head over to www.EndMotive.com to purchase!
Here is a list of some of the tools and supplies I used in this video!
Auxbeam 8 gang switch panel - amzn.to/3RDjd9t
My 3d printer (FF G2s) - amzn.to/3xfIOwN
My go-to ABS filament - amzn.to/3DbOGv0
My 3d scanner - amzn.to/3Byf9l8
Interior texture spray - amzn.to/3B5C2Lu
Interior paint - amzn.to/3QArOIs
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If you liked this video make sure to check out my video where I designed, 3d printed and installed a custom intake duct on my 350z! > th-cam.com/video/g51OIcSzgog/w-d-xo.html
this is where truly 3d printing shines.
I agree!
Great idea splitting the design so the tabs are seperate. So much quicker and easier to replace if required.
Exactly! The support material was giving me issues on the main body too, so it was a win-win
Well That's fit like a factory panel
Thank You! and yes it does
Can't even begin to explain how impressed I am. The possibilities for other custom parts (for any car and any purpose) are virtually endless. I LOVE how you made it look factory. Well done sir!
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it!
Very impressive practical use of 3D printing, you should make a video on how you converted original piece into the 3D printed part.
Thank you, I have a video coming out tomorrow going over the process more actually!
This is also what I came to ask. 😊
@@chrisperrywv I will try to make a video going a bit more in depth!
@@EndMotive I just found you and wanted to say the same as Chris. Subscribed!
Where is this video explanation?? I cannot find the video but would love to learn how you did it@@EndMotive
Looks better than anything that could come from the factory! Excellent work!!!
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Amazing Work! Glad you are back!
Great use of 3D printing capability! I love the idea of being able to make things that you can envision, but nobody actually produces. Well done!
Thank you!
I highly enjoyed this!!! Your work looks impeccable and the fitting is *chef’s kiss* like and subbed! Really looking forward to more of this!!!!
Thank you, I appreciate it! There will be more!
Insanely awesome video and workmanship. Wow.
Thank you!
That turned out awesome! Thank you for going through your process! Great video!
Thank you!
I like the way you showed all the mess ups. People always want me to make something they don’t relish how many you have to make to get it right and the time invested.
Thanks, I probably left out a couple of failures as it was lol. Lots of trials and errors.
WoW! incredible engineering. Truely a work of art!
Thank you!
Love everything about this. Best of luck with the sales!
Thank You!
That looks really good! Thanks for the video documenting your process. 😊😊🔥🔥
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incredible print quality!!
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Well done! Finished result looks good
Thank you!
I love it when a plan comes together
Yes, it is nice when it does...but I have just as many failures as successes it feels like lol.
AMAZING WORK!!
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This gave me a lot of inspiration to get goin on a custom cubby mount for my ktuner. Great video!
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great job on the install, nice and clean!
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That's awesome! Love the ingenuity
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Nice design and work!
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Rad video. I like how you show trial and error that came up.
Thanks! New processes always have a bunch of fails lol
Nice fit. great work!
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That looks great, nice job.
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Wow! Impressive. Looks great!
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Very clean! Looks OEM
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Your cad skills are incredible man.
Thanks! I still have a lot to learn!
Nice work bro looks sick
Thank you, I appreciate it!
amazing skills with perfect result.
Thank you! Cheers!
Looking good. Amazing how some videos get huge numbers of views! Subscribed amd will catch up on some ofher videos. Im planning a roof console build in my 51 GMC.
Thanks! And yes the youtube algorithm is a mystery lol
The work is well-engineered ..nice
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Great video!! Thank you for your efforts.
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Excellent job!
Thank you very much!
Nice job man!!
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Looks good! Good job!
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Very nice work!!! Amazing what can be done with at home 3d printing these days.
Thank you, It is pretty crazy...The process I used before 3d printing would have taken forever with fiberglass and body filler.
@@EndMotive It's really amazing. We got our 12yr old son a 3d printer for Christmas, and I am amazed at the quality of things he has been printing.
Nice work!
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seamless nice integration!
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Great vid man 👍
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Wow cool projekt 👌
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awesome work mate ..
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I think, this looks really good.
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Awesome look factory!!!
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awesome work!
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That’s beautiful
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Dude, awesome video.
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This is amazing
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great, great work
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Good work.
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Nice Work !
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This is awesome
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Very nice!
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Sign me up! Take my money!! That looks outstanding!!
Thank you! If you happen to have a 3d printer, you can download the files here and make it yourself, its going to be a while before I have production going on these.. cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/auxbeam-8-gang-overhead-mount-for-nissan-frontier-xterra-pathfinder
@@EndMotive Dang. Sell me that one and you can make another 😉I don't have one but might be able to use a maker center around me. Will see what is available but will keep an eye out!! Killer idea!!
That's awesome!
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Nice work
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Excellent!
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that is nice and neat!
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If not already suggested, bondo is another alternative to the epoxy. Love how it turned out though, nice work.
Thanks, yes that is usually how I finish parts out, I just wanted to test an epoxy but won't be doing it again....it is way harder to sand
I give you 10/10 wow bro that looks like it’s from the factory
Thanks!
That’s an OEM fit 😮💨👌🏼
Very much so! I have had people in the truck that though it was an original piece.
you help alot of people.
Thanks, I try!
This really does show how 3D printing enables rapid prototypes and iterative development. Great job. Do you have a video on the 3d scanning with reference dots?
Yeah, it really speeds up the process. I do not have a video with the dots for this part but have featured a few other parts with the alignment points.
Amazing 👌
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you seem to know how to do this thats amazing
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Simplemente impresionante. Saludos.
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Thats cool, and totally looks factory :-)
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Give XTC-3D a shot for coating, works like a charm and sands easily while adding strength to the parts! (might work out to be overall cheaper than JB weld as well)
Yeah the jb weld was a first test, it was a bad idea lol. Regular body filler is pretty easy to sand and works great, however you are probably right that the xtc-3d would likely add some strength!
I need this done to a 2016 outlander to be able to mount a Kicker KX remote.
Never thought about an JB Weld overlay. Might have to try that.
Don't lol, I thought it would work well....and I mean it is tough, but at the cost of being way harder to sand.
@@EndMotive Understood. I’m trying to figure out a good way of strengthening a polycarbonate/carbon fiber to keep it from splitting across the layer direction. Annealing would be great if it weren’t a curved surface.
Impressive. I sub'd for more content like this!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
practical application of 3d printing; if you can't find a product you need from the store or Amazon, make it yourself.
Exactly, 3d printing has dramatically changed the way I look at most project I do now days!
Looks so good! I wish you would have a 5th gen Ranger!
Thank you, I might be willing to make parts for one in the future!
Some years ago I also made some car accessories like a radio cover and some can holders with different materials.
I spent days of sanding, priming, and painting the parts.
Over the years they all bent by the influence of the elements (heat, cold and humidity).
It was a very painful experience.
I hope it won't happen to you!
Edit: the materials I used were mostly PETG and ABS, but also some in PLA. All the materials behaved the same way!
Yes totally possible. Some just last a little longer than others!
Very good question. So just go to RESIN parts
@@bitosdelaplaya Btw. with Resin parts this phenomen is even worse.
@@DerJohii ??? I talk about RESIN printer. Resin is UV resistant and heat resistant
@@bitosdelaplaya Heat resistant, yes.
Have you ever been putting your curing resin part too long under UV light?
It is deforming and getting extremely brittle and hot because of reactions going on in the part. ;-)
i was thinking the same thing for my Toyota Sequoia. it has a flip down sunglasses holder and i thought how cool it would be if that was for a aux light panel
I love the position of mine, it is a cool spot for sure!
Very innovative use of 3D printing parts otherwise not available. Make some for F150's 🙂
Thank you, I will give it some thought!
That is a good thing about 3d printers you can print spare car parts
Indeed, I am working on a few other replacement style parts right now!
Wish I could design stuff like this lol, I made a rectangle box and still had to cut parts down to fit 😅
Just keep practicing!
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Thanks!
That looks awesome! Minor comment, you said taller folks might have more interference... I would have thought a shorter driver can see better since the mirror would be angled down.
Thanks!, It doesn't bother me and leaves rear visibility totally usable...I am 6'2". Sitting high enough the mount does block a little, if I slouch and angle the mirror to fit, it does improve visibility slightly.
Absolutely awesome, thanks for sharing.
May I ask you how did you get the texture?, I see the “texture part” but di not understand how did you generate it.
It just a rattle/spray can from SEM. I just followed the directions on the can until I get a texture that I am happy with. Link to exact product I used is in the video description.
Dang!!! I am in Boise. I would love to chop it up with you and see what we can come up with for Ford Excursions.
Thanks, Have any ideas?
@EndMotive a ton!! Let's see here, overhead console is trash often. Also, many people want to move to 08 superduty doors, dash, etc, but the rear doors of an f350 are like 5 inches to narrow versus the excursion. There's conversion kits for everything else.
A lot of parts are pretty easily swappable with the f250/350 models, but if it is excursion specific, it's harder than hell finding parts unless they are being scrapped.
cool!
Thanks
Wow, that paint and texture looked like a factory piece when I saw it on the rag as you assembled it (still waiting to see in the car on the video), but damn that's looking good so far!!!
EDIT: And holy crap!!! That looks amazing!! Did you use the textured paint to get that finish? How did you get that factory texture finish?? I wonder if there is a way to get that in Fusion or something and add that to the print. Just tiny "bumps" to match factory, so your print detail would have to be super fine. but would be awesome to print factory style finished parts!
Thank you, I have played around with trying to add texture into the 3d model but have had very limited success. The texture was added with the SEM texture spray, it works great!
This could be a very lucrative business venture for you!
Thanks!
Awesome can I buy the files to modify in fusion 360? Would love to make it fit my 80 series land cruiser
I have them available on cults3d.com > cults3d.com/en/search?q=auxbeam
Can you make a video explaining how you modeled the part?
Hello, I actually have a video coming out Thursday that goes over a lot of the design process!
Excellent work. Thank you for sharing the materials list. I wouldn't have had any idea about the texture spray.
Quick question, how thick (in mm) did you make the walls of your part?
I'm planning a dashboard-mounted panel, and an wondering how thick I should plan, to make things feel sturdy. (I'm leaning towards 5mm, but I also know I tend to over-engineer parts)
Hey! This part was most a "block" in design and didn't have very many walls. I have since redesigned this part and it is closer to 2mm wall thickness in most areas, but it will be printed out of pa12 nylon. With abs I usually shoot for 2-4mm thickness though.
I wish you could make something like that for the jeep jk that would hold the switch panel.
I might try!
Turned out great!
Did you scan the part it clips onto to help with the design? Or did you just take measurements and go trial and error until it fit before designing the rest of it?
I just used the scan data of the part and that was enough to make the clips pretty close and then did a test fit and made adjustments. Second print was perfect.
looking to do something similar to mount an AuxBeam 8 switch control panel in a 2019 GMC Canyon SLE Extended Cab.
You got it!
Great video. Could you do a video on how to make the tabs?
I will try!
Have you considered using 3d printer resin for the smoothing of and curing with a uv torch
Yes, I have a resin printer and depending on the part use it....but have not had great results with curing uv resin over fdm parts. It ends up being more work that just using body filler and primer.
Was the cable long enough to reach the switch panel when mounting it there, or did you have to get the extension cable for the switch?
I have no idea, I have not hooked it up yet lol. I mostly designed the panel to sell, but will eventually use it.
That's awesome dude I need to learn how to do s*** like that😂
Thanks! I just learned through trial and error....and a bunch of youtube videos lol
Hoping this will go up for sale 🤞
I have gotten pretty good feedback from here and my IG, It likely will!
@@EndMotive i would like to buy one
Will you be making one for the 6 gang auxbeam? I don’t think I’ll ever need the 8 gang version
It is a maybe right now, I am not sure I am even going to produce the 8 gang version.
@@EndMotive well if you produce at least 1, I’ll buy it 😀
Do you print and finish everything yourself for your etsy shop? Or do you print and prototype and then outsource it? Just wondering cause I'm really interested in trying to 3d print some ideas of mine and try to sell them. Really amazing work btw!
I do not outsource any of my products currently, not that I am against it by any means. I have actually tried to minimize the amount of parts that need extra steps after printing. Sanding and painting are very time intensive processes that totally kill my margin.