Removing 21" wheel aero covers + 3d printed hub cap = clean, easy

[Mcf12]

Just wondering if you would be willing to make another set (paid for of course)? I am thinking of taking out the aero inserts and possible powder coating black (when i get my R1T), but would love a rivian insert for the center.

Am thinking abt black powder coat too. Was one reason I wanted to try these.

lemme see what I can do

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[nc10]

I pulled together a simple cap design in Fusion 360.

Nice design! Thanks.

I'll have a R1T w 21" wheels someday, I guess after the Forest Edge leather plants mature..... With apologies, I modified the design so the compass was an insert I could print separately and do filament swaps to change colors. Friction fit, and added a small flange on the back of the insert so i could glue it in place also. Need to come up with clean way to add a bevel to the top of the compass that better mimics the Rivian design and is still printable, and improve the friction fit tolerance.

I used polyalchemy Lucid pearl PLA for the silver, has a metallic look, used a silk gold PLA for the yellow. PLA doesn't have great mechanicals, or UV resistance, but you can get about any color you want. So I will consider these disposable. Might make some with R1T or LE lettering on the inserts and try other colors. The prints here are draft versions, might clean up a little if I print in a higher quality mode, but prob won't change too much.

I "liked" your print on Thingiverse. I'm inclined to use Prusa's print library more these days, growing substantially, and works a lot better than thingiverse site.

 

[Blueassassin]

Nice design! Thanks.

I'll have a R1T w 21" wheels someday, I guess when the Forest Edge leather plants mature..... With apologies, I modified the design so the compass was an insert I could print separately and do filament swaps to change colors. Friction fit, and added a small flange on the back of the insert so i could glue it in place also. Need to come up with clean way to add a bevel to the top of the compass that better mimics the Rivian design and is still printable, and improve the friction fit tolerance.

I used polyalchemy Lucid pearl PLA for the silver, has a metallic look, used a silk gold PLA for the yellow. PLA doesn't have great mechanicals, or UV resistance, but you can get about any color you want. So I will consider these disposable. Might make some with R1T or LE lettering on the inserts and try other colors. The prints here are draft versions, might clean up a little if I print in a higher quality mode, but prob won't change too much.

I "liked" your print on Thingiverse. I'm inclined to use Prusa's print library more these days, growing substantially, and works a lot better than thingiverse site.

The yellow insert is the touch that makes this the real winner! good work.

 

[GOFAST]

Hopefully Rivian is “listening” and will offer something like this

 

[Mcf12]

Nice design! Thanks.

I'll have a R1T w 21" wheels someday, I guess after the Forest Edge leather plants mature..... With apologies, I modified the design so the compass was an insert I could print separately and do filament swaps to change colors. Friction fit, and added a small flange on the back of the insert so i could glue it in place also. Need to come up with clean way to add a bevel to the top of the compass that better mimics the Rivian design and is still printable, and improve the friction fit tolerance.

I used polyalchemy Lucid pearl PLA for the silver, has a metallic look, used a silk gold PLA for the yellow. PLA doesn't have great mechanicals, or UV resistance, but you can get about any color you want. So I will consider these disposable. Might make some with R1T or LE lettering on the inserts and try other colors. The prints here are draft versions, might clean up a little if I print in a higher quality mode, but prob won't change too much.

I "liked" your print on Thingiverse. I'm inclined to use Prusa's print library more these days, growing substantially, and works a lot better than thingiverse site.

this is fantastic!
and I agree on prusa vs thingiverse.
Love it.

 

[sethgagnon]

Nice design! Thanks.

I'll have a R1T w 21" wheels someday, I guess after the Forest Edge leather plants mature..... With apologies, I modified the design so the compass was an insert I could print separately and do filament swaps to change colors. Friction fit, and added a small flange on the back of the insert so i could glue it in place also. Need to come up with clean way to add a bevel to the top of the compass that better mimics the Rivian design and is still printable, and improve the friction fit tolerance.

I used polyalchemy Lucid pearl PLA for the silver, has a metallic look, used a silk gold PLA for the yellow. PLA doesn't have great mechanicals, or UV resistance, but you can get about any color you want. So I will consider these disposable. Might make some with R1T or LE lettering on the inserts and try other colors. The prints here are draft versions, might clean up a little if I print in a higher quality mode, but prob won't change too much.

I "liked" your print on Thingiverse. I'm inclined to use Prusa's print library more these days, growing substantially, and works a lot better than thingiverse site.

These look pretty awesome. Can you share URL to this?

 

[nc10]

These look pretty awesome. Can you share URL to this?

I'll upload as a remix of the original to Thingiverse in a day or so, want to make some small adjustments/corrections before uploading

 

[sethgagnon]

I'll upload as a remix of the original to Thingiverse in a day or so, want to make some small adjustments/corrections before uploading

Awesome thanks. The ones you posted above are sweet!

 

[rivian_panda]

Just curious. How do you take the cap back out?

remove rim from car and push out from other side... every car is like that prevents people from stealing them.

 

[nc10]

These look pretty awesome. Can you share URL to this?

I updated the design and uploaded to Thingiverse as a remix of mcf12's design. Printed the compass in yellow "silver over yellow" on this version, will try the silver on yellow later
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5361845

 

[staples]

How much to deliver a set of 4?

 

[Mcf12]

I updated the design and uploaded to Thingiverse as a remix of mcf12's design. Printed the compass in yellow "silver over yellow" on this version, will try the silver on yellow later
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5361845

omg, this is amazing. printing tonight. Shout out nc10!

 

[Franksmartin]

Very cool, do we know how much removing this will impact range?

 

[Mcf12]

there's been discussion of 10-15% improvement with 21"s over 20's + all-terrain and 5-10% over 22's. No data I know abt aero's only. . i've heard from others that Customer Svc says negligible, I'd agree. I'll try and do a range test next long trip with/without aero

 

[Tim-in-CA]

there's been discussion of 10-15% improvement with 21"s over 20's + all-terrain and 5-10% over 22's. No data I know abt aero's only. . i've heard from others that Customer Svc says negligible, I'd agree. I'll try and do a range test next long trip with/without aero

May not be 100% comparable, but for Model 3, when Aero covers were removed, there was a 3.4% range impact. I think that's acceptable given that the 21's look way better with them off. Now if only Rivian could over a center hub cover it would be perfect; but I'm sure that there will be multiple 3rd party options available by the time I get my R1S sometime in '23!

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30169467/tesla-model-3s-aero-wheel-covers-efficiency-test/

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