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There has been a fair bit of interest in my 3d printed rail delete kit, so I've decided to make these available. It's a bolt in replacement for the rails, made out of ABS plastic (think Lego) comes with fitted TPE gaskets to prevent water ingress. They are shaped to conform with the curvature of the rail base plates. Just unbolt the rails, slot these in and do up the nuts - hardest part is mucking around with the interior to get to the nuts - took me about four or so hours to install my prototype set.

Each set is printed, assembled with the bolts, sanded and then treated with acetone vapour to bring the gloss back up. Upper and lower gaskets are then glued on. The outer surface isn't dead smooth but I'm working on an alternate printing method that should resolve this, so watch for updates.

This is what they look like on the car:

s_IMG_4136.jpg

What you'll get:

s_IMG_4125.jpg

s_IMG_4127.jpg

Some pictures showing the fitment. Note that my prototype set shown here has orange gaskets, yours will be black as in the picture above.

s_IMG_4115.jpg

s_IMG_4117.jpg

s_IMG_4123.jpg

s_IMG_4120.jpg

A close-up of the finish on the top of the plugs. As noted previously this may be improved shortly:

s_IMG_4129.jpg

Now for the fine print: These have been designed specifically to fit my S2. I've got no reason to suspect that my S2 roof rail covers are a different shape to the ones on your Stagea, but I obviously can't guarantee that. No idea if the S1 covers are any different, but again I can't see why they would be.

Introductory price is $250 per set, once the first ten are sold price will be $300 plus postage (from Tasmania). Since I essentially make each one of these by hand I'll be making them to order - PM me to enter the queue and once yours is ready I'll PM you payment details and get your delivery address etc. Lead times will be variable as I'm away for work a bit of the time - but expect to wait a few weeks minimum.

I have also designed and printed mounts for the front speakers to hold 6.5" speakers in the original mounting position, as well as the centre console coin tray (S2 only at this stage, still working on getting the smaller S1 tray drawn up) - PM me if you're interested in either of these.

Any questions/clarifications don't hesitate to ask here or flick me a PM.

Cheers,

Ryan.

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On 13/06/2016 at 4:59 PM, Maindog said:

There has been a fair bit of interest in my 3d printed rail delete kit, so I've decided to make these available. It's a bolt in replacement for the rails, made out of ABS plastic (think Lego) comes with fitted TPE gaskets to prevent water ingress. They are shaped to conform with the curvature of the rail base plates. Just unbolt the rails, slot these in and do up the nuts - hardest part is mucking around with the interior to get to the nuts - took me about four or so hours to install my prototype set.

Each set is printed, assembled with the bolts, sanded and then treated with acetone vapour to bring the gloss back up. Upper and lower gaskets are then glued on. The outer surface isn't dead smooth but I'm working on an alternate printing method that should resolve this, so watch for updates.

This is what they look like on the car:

http://s33.postimg.org/wqhoaybgf/s_IMG_4136.jpg

What you'll get:

http://s33.postimg.org/l2nmgembj/s_IMG_4125.jpg

http://s33.postimg.org/cyfibnzwf/s_IMG_4127.jpg

Some pictures showing the fitment. Note that my prototype set shown here has orange gaskets, yours will be black as in the picture above.

http://s33.postimg.org/6j7anief3/s_IMG_4115.jpg

http://s33.postimg.org/jyubcymwv/s_IMG_4117.jpg

http://s33.postimg.org/hy8d5vg5b/s_IMG_4123.jpg

http://s33.postimg.org/ru4urrwjj/s_IMG_4120.jpg

A close-up of the finish on the top of the plugs. As noted previously this may be improved shortly:

http://s33.postimg.org/trarnu1z3/s_IMG_4129.jpg

Now for the fine print: These have been designed specifically to fit my S2. I've got no reason to suspect that my S2 roof rail covers are a different shape to the ones on your Stagea, but I obviously can't guarantee that. No idea if the S1 covers are any different, but again I can't see why they would be.

Introductory price is $250 per set, once the first ten are sold price will be $300 plus postage (from Tasmania). Since I essentially make each one of these by hand I'll be making them to order - PM me to enter the queue and once yours is ready I'll PM you payment details and get your delivery address etc. Lead times will be variable as I'm away for work a bit of the time - but expect to wait a few weeks minimum.

I have also designed and printed mounts for the front speakers to hold 6.5" speakers in the original mounting position, as well as the centre console coin tray (S2 only at this stage, still working on getting the smaller S1 tray drawn up) - PM me if you're interested in either of these.

Any questions/clarifications don't hesitate to ask here or flick me a PM.

Cheers,

Ryan.

Hey mate, I've got a series 2 the roof rack runner bars have been removed can you just do caps or do i have to purchase unit as a whole? 

 

As you can see previous owner put carbon fibre tape and they used sealant in then holes where rack was installed 

Regards 

Adrian 

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