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As I swapped out the winter tyres for summer ones today, I checked out the hubcaps I made last fall and they all were in perfect shape.
I replaced my pinball hauling vehicle last fall and I had gotten used to the Volkswagen T5's minimalistic hub caps. Ford Transit had had those at some point but all that was sold these days was beaten up ones for very high price on eBay.
So I recreated the hubcaps in FreeCAD and printed them out of ASA. They're soft enough to snap on without violence, but they also stick on just as well as the Volkswagen version. I stole the wheel bolt attaching design from them.
@apzpins ha ha, nice! I can honestly say, that is something I never would have expected to see being 3d printed.
@lps To be honest, I didn't see myself printing hubcaps either when I bought my printer back in the days, but since then I've just had so many "You want HOW MUCH for that? I'll make better one myself"-moments, including my arcade hobby. Although I don't just do clones, I always try to make things better where I can.
@apzpins like they say, necessity is the mother of invention:)