82/83 Power mirror's, 3d printed fix

[Govinator]

Once I started working on my Celica I was surprised by the lack of aftermarket support especially when it came to my floppy mirrors, you'd think that something so critical would have a replacement part.
So after searching the forums and finding a few fixes that seemed to take a bit too much work I decided to just remake the original. Using SolidWorks and an Anycubic Mono X resin printer I think I have made something that works (needs a long term test)

Here is the original piece, a partial thread rod that allows for the mirror to be pushed in by slipping past the threads. This was the hardest thing to model took a few hours to get it to look like the original.

Here is the printed part, it is much stronger than the original, but I'm still not sure how long that the threads will last.

The other part is because I didn't want to have to buy the glass so I cut the original out instead and it is to hold it in.

The top plate piece is glued on with 5 min epoxy the repair is almost finished, all that's left is to line them up and press the assembly into place.

Here is a google drive link to the STL's and the SLDPRT files. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gg8epMjQlxqDFNqDLWJQisSV3bgDX29w?usp=sharing

[twotone_ra64]

This is awesome! I tried fixing my side mirrors by replacing those studs with metal bolts as you probably saw, but the repair didn't hold up. I gave up and got fender mirrors from eBay instead. By some stroke of luck, last week I found OEM power-adjustable fender mirrors for the A60 Celica/Carina so I'll be swapping to those instead.

Curious to see how this repair holds up- what material did you print the studs with? The STL files are good, since anyone could be using any slicer to create their printer's machine code.

[sirdan]

This is a good idea. Back when everyone was epoxying bolts 3d printers were not as readily available.

[Govinator]

Yeah printers have become super affordable especially resin based, for about 200 bucks you can get a printer and wash and cure station. As for the part I hope they hold up, they are definitely stronger than the origionals in shear strength but the threads may be weaker, I could see them stripping out if pushed by hand too many times, but they should be fine under normal use. With how popular resin is becoming a stronger formula will probably come out. There is also the idea of doing an epoxy cast of them 

[yella81celica]

It's nice to see how 3D printing can help save the older parts.

[ozzie]

I just got a normal (non-resin) 3d printer a couple weeks ago, I wonder how they would come out on that. Regular 3d printers tend to have a lot of ridges where it builds up the material.

[danf]

This is awesome! I tried fixing my side mirrors by replacing those studs with metal bolts as you probably saw, but the repair didn't hold up. I gave up and got fender mirrors from eBay instead. By some stroke of luck, last week I found OEM power-adjustable fender mirrors for the A60 Celica/Carina so I'll be swapping to those instead.

Curious to see how this repair holds up- what material did you print the studs with? The STL files are good, since anyone could be using any slicer to create their printer's machine code.

What method did you use? I used my method years ago and mine still work fine. You had to grind down bolts and paint them though.

[Mafuller89]

I know this is a little older of a thread, but both of my mirrors are all floppy floppy… are these reprinted bits available for sale?  I’ll do the bolt repair if I need to, but these seem much more an OEM like repair.