Ender 5 Plus Feet-Offset

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This is an quick and dirty Ender 5 Plus feet-offset wich allows to use bigger Z Stepper motors.
The stock stepper motors are in my opinion completely under-powered which leads to unnecessary noise. With an Duet Wifi @256 the stock ones are at least double as loud as the big steppers! As the big Z-steppers are not moved weight, this should be an no-brainer.
I used the ~45 mm Z stepper motors of my old taken apart Wanhao Duplicator i3 v2.1 including the dampeners. under the bigger stepper motor with dampeners, there is still more clearance than under the stock Ender 5 Plus steppers without this feet-offset.
Also this simple mod (if it even deserve to be called that) is probably the perfect addition to Daede's "Ender 5 Plus 120mm Fan Control Box Cover".
The Clearance under the control box is ~38mm with this feet-offsets, so when using 25mm Fans there is still enough clearance for the airflow.
When additionally using furniture gliders, the vibrations that the printer transmits to the thing it is staying on should further decrease.
Maybe I will make an Silicone mold out of this design. Comment if you would like that.
UPDATE: I made an 10mm higher and wider version because my Noctua NF-A12 on the control box needs more room to get air. ~13mm clearance (with the 22mm file) is not enough. If you only want higher Stepper motors than the smaller one is just fine.
Also both are now correctly orientated.