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An echo from my build thread, but 3D printed specific: I printed some TPU washers and gave my oil cooler some isolation at the recommendation of someone else. Also printed a quick bracket to help route the fuel cell vent hoses. Attempted a captured nut for threads.

Short weekend with Easter and family commitments, but I was tooling about. Tires arrived. Got 3 mounted of the 4. The 4th one proved to be a problem due to Raceline neglecting to press in the pem nuts on the 4th wheel. Of course I only figured that out after I got the tire on. It's...

I've been using my P1S at home to mockup small sheetmetal parts lately. Really nice to have the multiple iterations a day with no money out but PLA, and no input from me but some time in CAD. Waaay faster than chopping up plate and finding out I have to rework it.

Headlight mounts are done. I added some G8 nuts and washers, after stripping them, to make them easier to service and install. The washers on the back of the headlight brackets themselves were supposed to both add a little more clearance to the PS cooler line fitting and make the easier to...

Thanks for the feedback. Managing the mesh does seem like the hardest part. Friends have recommended Creality products. After fighting an Ender V3 for years, I'm leary :ROFLMAO: I've been a SW user for 20+ years, I guess I will find out the hard way how it manages importing scans.

@Bodj Built , maybe you've answered this, but what are you using for 3D scanning and do you like it?

The oil cooler got kicked out of the front of the buggy a little while ago, just didn't fit behind the grill. The only other place I could find for it is over the motor. That will mean it needs some kind of ducting to drive flow through it, but first it needs to have a solid location. It also...

Thank you. It's been a running joke as people filter through over the last several years and I am working hard on every little detail that needs attention when your building a ground up vehicle that when I'm finally done, I still have to tear it all down to get it blasted and painted. So in...

Plugging away, trying to work on about 8 fronts at one time so I'm not stopped waiting on parts. I had to land all of these ground in the back of the chassis and hated the bus bar solution because of the exposed studs, but the serviceability was nice. I tried to hybrid it and do a ground...

It doesn't seem like it, but I am winning. It will all get tidied/loomed/routed when I'm done adding runs. Just not quite there yet. It's amazing how many zip ties you put on and cut off trying to keep it laying where you want it, especially as you add runs to trunks.

I did a terrible job with pictures this weekend, but it's for the best. It's super tedious pulling wire, welding in zip tie tabs and trying to keep it tidy. I chopped out the oil cooler mount and pulled it so the grill can barely squeeze into place. The fiberglass will need a little kiss from...

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More little bits hot off the printer. The covers on these fuse holders were terrible and not going to work when they were ganged together (oddly, something they were designed for), but I still wanted a insulated cover for the studs, so I gave printing in TPU a shot. Quick designed for a snap fit...

NOS power distribution and relay block mounted. This gives me 4 channels with up to 35a each and then 4x outlets per I can trigger on or off via keypower, etc. to supplement the 12 channel Switchpros panel. Great for all the random items like comms, ECM, interior lights, USB outlets, etc. with...

Pluggin away through the holidays. Hood/grill showed up: Need to move the oil cooler up and in front of the PS cooler a little for the grill. Mounted the disconnect with some 3D printed template help and got a tablet mounted for more guages/nav. After welding in more zip tie tabs than I...

Bouncing around a lot on this project, but among things I'm tackling have been dash layout. Originally I was thinking all glass, touchscreens everywhere, but then I found some sense: tablets fail. I went back to some backup/quick reference guages and a center tablet for Torque to customize what...

Thanks! It is Clear Lake in fact.

Definitely a Rugged Radios intercom, but I think that's the newer 696+ or the STX that has some of the Bluetooth controls in closed loop. I just got the simple 364.

Lots and lots of minutia in the pipe line. It's that part of the build it feels like. Some of the solves and progress: 1350 dual cardans for the front driveshaft and the spare for the front and rear. I couldn't get the combination of tube weld yoke OD and flange yoke pattern/ID I needed so...

Yes, drain holes are going in. Just haven't decided exactly how to do them. Thinking I might weld the bodies up, then drill them in mid span right on the weld so the holes are harder to plug with debris for a given size. Obviously I don't want big holes, or small things fall out so If I can make...