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350Z Boot popper spacer by snubbs
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 4 months ago
This is a boot "popper" spacer for the 350Z.
I bought a 350Z second hand, and during my month or so of ownership, I quickly realised that the boot wasn't popping right - in fact it was quite frustrating.
So, having found "bodge" type a solution online; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4fkqew1828 I figured I could try to put my own 3D print spin on things.
The part as a whole is 19mm high and 21mm wide with an inside lip to grip onto the end of the existing compression spring.
Please note that this spacer fits my car nicely - you may find it is too big/small to fix your popping boot issue. Feel free to message me if you want it adjusting for your needs.
I recommend printing using Ninjaflex or other similar flexible filament. I personally had good success using the following settings (slicing in Cura);
30mm/s speed
240c hotend
40c heatbed
Shell thickness 0.8mm
bottom/top thickness 0.8mm
layer height 0.2mm (inc first layer)
fill density - 100%
The fill density can be adjusted as needed if for instance you want it to absorb a bit more impact.I previously printed at 50% and found that after a few days it "compressed" under the weight of the boot, and didn't pop-back to full size. On a second go at 100% fill, it worked perfectly - I've had that version in the car for 3 weeks now and no problems thus far.
For fitting, please see the above linked YouTube video (it is not my own).
This part was designed in Sketchup, as such it probably isn't perfect, but does seem to print well on my Hictop i3.
I bought a 350Z second hand, and during my month or so of ownership, I quickly realised that the boot wasn't popping right - in fact it was quite frustrating.
So, having found "bodge" type a solution online; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4fkqew1828 I figured I could try to put my own 3D print spin on things.
The part as a whole is 19mm high and 21mm wide with an inside lip to grip onto the end of the existing compression spring.
Please note that this spacer fits my car nicely - you may find it is too big/small to fix your popping boot issue. Feel free to message me if you want it adjusting for your needs.
I recommend printing using Ninjaflex or other similar flexible filament. I personally had good success using the following settings (slicing in Cura);
30mm/s speed
240c hotend
40c heatbed
Shell thickness 0.8mm
bottom/top thickness 0.8mm
layer height 0.2mm (inc first layer)
fill density - 100%
The fill density can be adjusted as needed if for instance you want it to absorb a bit more impact.I previously printed at 50% and found that after a few days it "compressed" under the weight of the boot, and didn't pop-back to full size. On a second go at 100% fill, it worked perfectly - I've had that version in the car for 3 weeks now and no problems thus far.
For fitting, please see the above linked YouTube video (it is not my own).
This part was designed in Sketchup, as such it probably isn't perfect, but does seem to print well on my Hictop i3.