Alessandro Sartori

3D Printed Airbox Clip (Fiat Panda 141A)


A while back I noticed that one of the plastic clips that holds the air-filter box closed in my Fiat Panda 141 had a broken corner and would come off when opened. It was still doing its job when closed, as it was being kept in place by the pressure of the closed peg, so at first I didn’t bother to replace it.

The broken clip

Now that I had some free time though, I designed a replacement that can be 3D-printed and save a couple of euros; I also took the chance to try designing a second model with a lightly stiffened structure. On the left, the almost-original design, on the right, the stiffened one:

3D-printed models

If you want to design your own, here are all the relevant measures:

CAD of the airbox clip

Result

Comparison with the original piece:

Comparison with the original piece

Mounted on the air filter box:

Mounted piece on the air filter box

If you need it, you can also download the STL file from here:

Download airbox-clip.stl

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