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Custom map pocket ideas and pics “ door panels 75”

One option might be to print only the front portion (as a cupholder or speaker pod) and have it attach to just the front 4 screw holes. The carpet panel could be cut there and use the other 4 or 6 of the 8 holes, with the printed part overlapping the carpet. The chrome trim strip complicates things, but I think some panels don't have it(aftermarket?). That could be a portion the user trims with a knife if they have that strip.

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Interesting. I'm shocked people paid so much for it but it's the best idea i've seen yet. The sad economics of it are that PETG is slow to print but can be pretty durable as they suggest. It probably takes most of a day to print those pieces using up $10-$15 worth of filament. I suppose if the infill was cranked up we could be looking at a full kilo of PETG but that's about $25.

Edit to say the only real mystery in that design is how he is attaching the cupholder to the backing plate. Also feel I should clarify. I'm jaded because I also 3d print and will never look at printed parts as having the same value as others perceive them to.
 
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If that $120 price is legit and not just trying to get a huge margin, they need to come up with a better way to make it.

If you're looking to put it on the bottom section of the door, you could look at doing something with magnets. For example, I use these cupholders in the 66 and they work great. Holds more weight that you'd imagine: https://www.amazon.com/Master-Magne...6f-a528-93adc949f6e7&pd_rd_i=B0046AOV8M&psc=1

There were a couple of things I was thinking about that are sold for tool boxes.


 
I think the margin in this case is dictated by the time it takes to print them. On an average printer, that's four separate prints. The backing plates will probably take a few hours each. The cupholder parts could take anywhere from 5-15 hours each depending on the infill percentage and how fast you can get your machine to reliably print PETG. There is probably a double digit % failure rate in printing them too. 3d printers are just barely entering the age of being truly consumer friendly. Prints go bad all the time for dozens of semi-uncontrollable reasons.

If there is really any volume of sales, he should be looking at having that part injection molded in larger quantities to bring the cost per unit down and most likely be able to drop the retail price enough to drive more sales volume.
 
The door pouch item is good, but I don't know if going all the way to a cup holder is good due to the weight. The stock mounting is 2 little screws into the plastic door skin. You'd want to at least put a reinforcement/nut plate on the back. Better yet, make a bracket to the sheet metal to save the plastic skin from creeping/sagging over time.

For $120 I would expect it smooth and ready for paint. Better yet, injection molded with factory-type texture, which end up less than 1/2 the price.

I have my doubts on magnets for the high vibration of running trails and such. If the goal is just to use something universal, it's probably not that bad to drill a couple of holes behind where the stock carpet panel sits for mounting.
 
It's hard to say. The "seal" is against the carpet and there's practically no cabinet volume, but it's not like we have a ton of options.
 
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