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  1. 4th August 2021, 08:05 AM #1
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    Speedo housing

    Every time I touch the speedo housing on my 2-door a bit more plastic chips off it. As it is not intended to be a concours vehicle, just a presentable one I’m not afraid to drive, I was thinking of ways to tidy it up. Probably most second hand ones would be just as brittle as mine after 40-50 years. My question is would it be possible to reproduce the outer parts with a 3-D printer and if so, does anyone here have the facilities and expertise to try it? Any alternative thoughts are also welcome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woolly View Post
    Every time I touch the speedo housing on my 2-door a bit more plastic chips off it. As it is not intended to be a concours vehicle, just a presentable one I’m not afraid to drive, I was thinking of ways to tidy it up. Probably most second hand ones would be just as brittle as mine after 40-50 years. My question is would it be possible to reproduce the outer parts with a 3-D printer and if so, does anyone here have the facilities and expertise to try it? Any alternative thoughts are also welcome.
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    I carefully sanded the inside of mine and fibreglassed with epoxy. Been fine since.

    Have lost some chips on the fascia edges so the join is covered with black tread grip tape which looks almost OME.

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    Famous Four in the UK produce new ones at a price. They are good….
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    It'd be funny if it's someone belting them out on a 3d printer.

    Just coz originally a whole stack of small RRC parts were made in a 'cottage industry'.

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    I had a look at the Famous Four ones and decided there were more important things on the car to spend that much money on at this stage, a speedo that doesn't think it's a windscreen wiper is one of them. In the mean time, I might try playing with epoxy or something similar, or just run some grey duct tape over the broken bits.
    On the plus side, the Rangie and all the things that need fixing on it have given me plenty to do and (hopefully!) kept me sane during lockdown.
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