So he used his 3D printer to make them himself and save 20,000 euros

Supercars are the culmination of passion for motoring And the speed, But, although they are a minority, not all owners of one of these Engineering jewelry They are millionaires.

With a little luck and the passing of the years, some supercarghini, Ferrari or Porsche de Segundo can be achieved (or third hand) for a price much more affordable of what cost new.

The bad thing in those cases is that, although cars have lost some of their value, the pieces of replacement to repair them No, and they are still extremely expensive. Especially when the car It is no longer manufactured.

Little money, but a lot of ingenuity

That is precisely what happened to youtuber B is for builda fan of cars and extreme customizations, which It was proposed to restore An old Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 who had bought for about $ 35,000. A bargain taking into account that this model has cost about $ 150,000. But such a reduced price It has its explanation.

The car had several seriously damaged body elements and, among them, the right lighthouse. To avoid the huge extra cost of the pieces in the concessionaire, he sought the replacement for his bat on eBay. The search was a success, but the best price did not fall from 20,000 euros for a couple of new original lights.

Touch the photo to see the original message and the state of Lamborghini when you bought it

As the youtuber recognized In your videospend 10,000 euros for each optics From its supercar far exceeded its restoration budget, so, far from discouraging, it chose a much more affordable solution: manufacture them with A 3D printer.

To do so, he had to digitize the focus using a scanner and improve the initial scan with 3D modeling hours to finish profileing all angles of a piece as complex as the lighthouse. One of the many challenges he faced was the digitalization and impression of the rings that hold the bulbs lenses.

When the scanner laser was manufactured in aluminum, it was not able to detect correctly the details. On the other hand, since they had to resist the high temperatures that the lights reach, these elements had to print with a specific resin with high heat resistance.

Interestingly, the simplest part was the outer glass of the focus. Given the shape of the morro of the bat and be located in a delayed position, it was enough to cut a piece of transparent metacrylate with the proper form and adapted perfectly to the soft fall of the morro of the bat.

20,000 euros difference. Original focus (left) and 3D printed focus (right).

After hours of evidence, sanding, adjustment and some paint, the truth is that the result was a very well achieved piece. However, some details betrayed that it was a “artisanal” piece.

For example, the subject of the focus dome that would never be seen in original Lamborghini. However, the intention of the YouTuber was to create a personalized Lamborghini Murciélago With a post -apocalyptic style In the purest cyberpunk style, so the rivets did not disregard at all, and the foci fulfill their function.

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