Quote Originally Posted by marksbug View Post
looks great, just needs a few hundrad heat cycles with different fuels&oils/lubes & pressure to see how they hold up. also try breakleen!!&carb cleaner too. you may even ba able t make some seals out of it...like old car seals for ac/heater fresh doors. or vent seals as well as many more, like seals used for paint protection on items that are bolted to the car like lights&such or door lock seals etc. and if it comes in different colors thats awesome for "color matched seals" keep up the great work!! I wish I were smert enough to do that stuff, I would probably be printing intake manifolds and much more.
I agree with the heat cycles, etc. I am going to run it all mowing season and see how it holds up. I am doing a follow up video in the next day or so with another suggestion of measuring it before and after soaking in fuel. I will also try Brakeclean and Carb cleaner on it.

You gave me a couple ideas for some other parts and pieces as well. The only problem I would see is with exterior seals like around turn lights or etc. I am not sure of the UV resistance of TPU. I know that other thermoplastics like PLA and PETG will fade or may even break down under long exposure to sunlight. Though others like ABS are better. I should also leave a piece out in the weather I guess to test that. It does come in a bunch of colors , I just picked up that blue because it was on sale and I did not want to commit a bunch of money if it was a bust.

Thanks for the kind comments, I will keep exploring it as well as other practical uses of 3D printing, which I find much more interesting than a lot of what others are doing with 3D printing (toys and figures and such).
Best!
Eddie