Door Light Cover for Isuzu, Honda, maybe others

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I’m restoring a 1999 Isuzu Amigo (Don’t judge, we all have our esoteric passion projects). But I’m using this restore to hone my maker skills, and rather than just going out to find and buy 20+ year old parts, wherever possible I’m wanting to design and fabricate parts on my own. This is the light cover for the lights on the doors. It turns out that clever engineers who design vehicles don’t create every single part from scratch, there is a lot of crossover between various makes, models, and brands. This little light cover is one of them. I figure back in the 1990s and 2000s there was a manufacturer somewhere in Asia that was injection molding millions of these and selling them to Isuzu, Honda, Acura, and probably several others. In the Isuzu world, the part number is: "8-97178-433-0" (8971784330), which I think is the second generation of the “MU” platform, (UER25FW, UES25FW, UES73FW; 1998–2004) This went buy MANY names across brands, Chevrolet Frontera, Isuzu Amigo, Isuzu Rodeo, Isuzu Rodeo Sport, Isuzu Wizard, Holden Frontera, Holden Frontera Sport, Honda Passport, Opel Frontera, Opel Frontera Sport, Vauxhall Frontera, and Vauxhall Frontera Sport. In the Honda word, the part number is: “34261-sv1-a01” (34261sv1a01), which was used from 1994 until 2008 in the Honda Pilot and Accord. Acura from 1997 until 2006 used these (with the same part number) in the CL and MDX. As I said, It’s quite possible that more manufactures used this part as well with different part numbers. If I find more, or if you know more. Please comment and I will amend this description to help more people find this print. Now, you can buy these for about $6 each online, but why do that when you can spend HOURS with a set of calibers, design software and a 3D printer to make your own! So here is my version 1.0 take on this part. It works for what I need, and if I get around to it, I may swing back and update it with some details to better reflect light. (I need to read more about how 3D printed triangle shapes can do that…) I used a clear/translucent PLA on my Ender 3, at 50% infill to get the diffusion I wanted. (I’ve replaced the old incandescent door lights with LEDs) The shape is such that you don’t need to print with supports. If you are so inclined, I think using different color PLA filaments along with different infill densities could have some nice effects.

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