e46 M3 Community-designed CAD files Master List

[M3Hokie]

Fellow engineer here, I’d love to help contribute to this list. heinzboehmer what scanner do you use? I’ve been looking to get one for this purpose

[0-60motorsports]

Sharing my fix for C pillar tab that goes behind the light:




Print in the following orientations and with 100% infill for max strength. Shouldn't need supports if you print with a small layer height (I used 0.08mm):



I chose ABS-GF for this application, but pretty much any material should work. This part sees very small loads.

To install, you need to trim the remaining plastic, mark out the location of the notches, then cut those bits away:





Works perfectly fine assembled dry thanks to the locking clips, but I assembled with a bit of epoxy for some extra durability.

Nice!

[heinzboehmer]

…. Printing. Thanks!

Nice, let me know how it fits! The only testing I did was on my own broken C pillar cover.

[Obioban]

Sharing my fix for C pillar tab that goes behind the light:




Print in the following orientations and with 100% infill for max strength. Shouldn't need supports if you print with a small layer height (I used 0.08mm):



I chose ABS-GF for this application, but pretty much any material should work. This part sees very small loads.

To install, you need to trim the remaining plastic, mark out the location of the notches, then cut those bits away:





Works perfectly fine assembled dry thanks to the locking clips, but I assembled with a bit of epoxy for some extra durability.

…. Printing. Thanks!

[heinzboehmer]

Sharing my fix for C pillar tab that goes behind the light:




Print in the following orientations and with 100% infill for max strength. Shouldn't need supports if you print with a small layer height (I used 0.08mm):



I chose ABS-GF for this application, but pretty much any material should work. This part sees very small loads.

To install, you need to trim the remaining plastic, mark out the location of the notches, then cut those bits away:





Works perfectly fine assembled dry thanks to the locking clips, but I assembled with a bit of epoxy for some extra durability.

[dHam_Slow.46M]

Anyone happen to have an STL for the little cone cover for the rear vent window arm? Not a hard thing to model up but just figured to see if anyone had one on deck

[Arclitgold]

This list is amzing

[discoelk]

Designed these repair tabs to fix the corner light attachment points. I was able to salvage my Bosch corners and ditch of the ebay/china cheapos that I had been using. The ""broken" version is for missing tabs and the "cracked" version is for...well...cracked tabs. The files contain both L/R parts. You will need ot epoxy these to the original remaining tabs. If you need a set but don't have a printer, let me know and I can hook you up for a reasonable price.

[heinzboehmer]

Also sharing a few scans I've taken in case they're useful to anyone:

1. E46 US Coupe Slicktop Headliner
   1. https://s.digital3dcloud.com/space/f...f-c49da27814ee
2. E46 Non-M Front Knuckle
   1. https://s.digital3dcloud.com/space/f...8-2104178d33d7
3. 11617833645 - CSL Idle Frame Duct
   1. https://s.digital3dcloud.com/space/f...2-d97ea42e1f8f

[heinzboehmer]

Have some miles on this now, so feeling confident enough to share. Attached is a 1:1 recreation of the firewall plug (64318362894).




You'll likely need to split it up into a couple pieces to print out on a standard-sized desktop printer. You will also have to cut out the white clip from your stock piece and glue it into the printed one, like so:



I printed mine out of PET-CF with 10% cubic infill and 3 wall loops. Has been holding up fine so far. You want to make sure the infill does not have a continuous volume, for thermal isolation.

Final weight will depend on material and print parameters, but it should land around 300-400g. Stock is 1618g, so ~1268g (2.8 lbs) weight savings with no downsides.

Bonus with this part is that you'll get more intake noise inside the cabin!

[M3llowM3]

Made a little file for a cup holder, wallet holder, and fob holder (valvetronic) for the vorsteiner CSL console storage tray. Just have it double sided taped down

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7122152

updated this with some minor changes. Made the wallet and fob holder 'pill' shaped, with chamfer/fillets on the interior edges, so things can slide in and out more easily. Also made the overall cup size bigger on the main print, but included an adapter piece which has clearance for a difference of 0.5mm in diameter, so it fits snugly with no need for key/lock mechanism. I'm probably done with this file for now as its pretty functional for it's purpose.

[0-60motorsports]

Made a little file for a cup holder, wallet holder, and fob holder (valvetronic) for the vorsteiner CSL console storage tray. Just have it double sided taped down

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7122152

Love it


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[M3llowM3]

Made a little file for a cup holder, wallet holder, and fob holder (valvetronic) for the vorsteiner CSL console storage tray. Just have it double sided taped down

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7122152

[Bry5on]

How delightful 🙃 I'll be interested to see how I get on fitting it to Bryson's intake duct

There are two duct files now (three if you count the non-m ZHP part) - one for the factory snorkel and one for the karb snorkel. So far they seem to be fitting well for each respective config. The karb snorkel is a bit taller, so a few millimeters more of it has to be chopped off due to the z-height limitation of the bambu P and C series printers. It shouldn’t affect operation fortunately.

[heinzboehmer]

That would be great. I’ll have the Haimus snorkel scanned and we can triangulate a better fitting aftermarket snorkel!

Hmm, this scan is a little more noisy than I remember, but you should still be able to pull out the important geometry from it: https://s.digital3dcloud.com/space/f...8-fad9ae1ec8fa