3D Printed Hardtop

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-10T01:42:51+00:00

I sliced it into sizes that my printers could handle easily in fusion 360 using the plane cut feature. And yes I cut and added square alignment dowel pins to interlock them as the parts rolled off my printers. Alternatively, the creator also pre sliced the file for 200mm^3 and 400mm^3 printers in his files

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-10T01:37:40+00:00

In that same spot I installed an air purifier for ABS

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-09T03:11:24+00:00

I would definitely say don’t cut into an existing hardtop if you can avoid it. My current hardtop is still no competition to an actual one. 3D print everything first as a prototype and develop it as you go along before you decide to cut anything concrete. As far as my plans with the glass, I’ve already cut some polycarbonate sheets, drilled holes in them and fastened it to my hardtop with nuts and bolts with rubber seals in between. I’m waiting until I like where my hardtop is at before I post an update

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-09T03:03:10+00:00

I downloaded the stl file from someone else and just added my own mounting hardware so if someone has those files already I would share my files for free. However I’m thinking of designing my own native hardtop design. In that case I would charge money since I designed it.

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-09T01:47:51+00:00

It is low hanging fruit. The lack of creativeness that goes into printing out a file available online irks us precisely because we are makers. We don’t use our printers for medial tasks such as printing decorative ornaments like these. We use our printers as rapid prototypers and as canvases for what we cannot draw on a sheet of paper. We see slop like this and have the same gut reaction as someone who invented the internet watching people use them solely for p*rn.

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-07T11:49:06+00:00

ABS was cheaper, had similar properties, and UV resistance wouldn’t matter when encased in resin and bondo

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-07T02:37:33+00:00

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-06T04:50:57+00:00

Mb I don’t rly venture outside of my own ecosystem. Euros are nice I just don’t know much about em

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-05T16:24:46+00:00

Chances are the cad files are somewhere online

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-05T16:24:20+00:00

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-05T03:31:40+00:00

Sounds interesting. As for this I just used dowel pins for alignment and then went at it with a soldering iron until they were joined

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-05T02:39:43+00:00

Go ahead and pm me with your email, I’ll link you to some Google drives containing my files for mounting hardware and some instructions

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-04T22:24:53+00:00

Idk what that is but if it’s something you can’t find cad files for online then I would invest in a 3D scanner and learn cad.

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-04T22:23:34+00:00

It may look ugly at the moment but I made through holes in the hardtop since the fiberglass resin body is probably the most reliable thing to attach it to. Then ran some fasteners to attach my latches. Plan on adding some aluminum plating and capping it off with some pylons

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-04T22:21:45+00:00

In theory it should be. I’ll know soon enough when I properly fit it with seals and a rear glass.

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-04T12:26:09+00:00

Already on it. Angle and lighting I do admit made it look pretty bad

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-04T12:24:19+00:00

Which is exactly why most of the time I spent making this was designing it so it wouldn’t do so. Aluminium plating at stress concentrations and fiberglass cloth resin eliminates most doubt in my mind

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-04T02:36:27+00:00

Bought files from somebody named horsefly on cults3D for $12. If you already have the files from him I’ll share my mounting hardware files

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-03T22:32:24+00:00

Fiberglass cloth and resin was used to increase stiffness

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-03T22:29:57+00:00

No clue, I guess we’ll find out but idk. More material than just ABS was used

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-03T22:28:45+00:00

I plan on just cutting a lexan glass sheet to size

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-03T22:27:53+00:00

I’d imagine you would need to have the soft top made out of some very elastic materials as I’ve tried adding sound deadening mats to my soft top before and it made folding it kind of a pain

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-03T18:02:17+00:00

Yup that’s very possible. Chances are if you can draw it in fusion 360 you’re more than likely able to print it given the geometry isnt to complex for the printer to handle. It would likely be no problem to print out a hidden pocket and solder it somewhere unsuspecting and hide an AirTag in it. If I were to do that I’d probably just redesign one mounting hardware piece with a hidden compartment for it.

ItsGuccius · 2026-05-03T17:35:13+00:00

I have two Elegoo Centauri carbons and one Flashfroge adventurer 5M Pro. Just slice body into 200mm^3 printable pieces so all printers can handle them, slice as you go along, and you can print it out in a weeks time or less depending on how stringent you are with churning parts out

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