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Vent Tabs (Front Outer and Rear Center)
Vent Tabs (Front Outer and Rear Center) design listed for 2013–2018 Toyota Avalon. Listed category: interior. Verify dimensions, fitment and material suitability before printing.
- Make
- Toyota
- Model
- Avalon
- Year range
- 2013–2018
- Submodel
- Not supplied
- Engine
- Not supplied
Source approval status: pending. Source flags do not certify fit, material suitability or safety for your vehicle.
License conditions, files, application and fit are reviewed before work is accepted.
Description
The front outer tabs don't need support.
The rear vents need supports. Adjust your support overhang angle until the only support generated is between the printer bed and the bottom tooth (no support between teeth, and no supports inside the tab--there is a small overhanging corner inside the tab as a motion limiter, but it doesn't need support).
To install, center the car's horizontal and vertical vanes, and then snap the tab into position, with the horizontal center of the gear on the tab close to the center of the gear on the horizontal vane inside the vent (use a flashlight to see). The gear on the tab should stick out more on the bottom side for the front tabs. You may want to experiment a bit with positioning to make sure you maximize the range of horizontal motion.
WARNINGS:
1. Use ABS or another higher melting point plastic. Don't use PLA as it will distort when the heating is on.
2. Be gentle and don't fiddle with the vanes too much. On one of my vents, after trying too many prototypes, I damaged the linkage between the vanes.
If you need one for the front center vents, you will probably need to customize the measurements. If you do that, let me know the changes and I can include it in the download. (Our Avalon still has the stock center vent tabs, so I can't test.)
Source description, under the recorded CC-BY-4.0 license.
Print instructions
- Layer height: 0.2mm
- Infill: 70%
- Supports: As needed
Settings from the source; not independently tested by Orphaned Parts.
Print price estimates
Planning prices for one print, not a final quote. Defaults use a size allowance inferred from the part name, not a measured or sliced model. Filament suitability must be confirmed.
| Filament | USD / print | Application notes |
|---|---|---|
| PLA | $17.50 | Indoor prototypes; not a default material for hot vehicle interiors. |
| PETG | $18.00 | General-purpose candidate; heat and creep need review. |
| ASA | $18.50 | Candidate for UV exposure; verify temperature and geometry. |
| ABS | $18.50 | Enclosed printing; review application and dimensions. |
| TPU | $20.00 | Flexible designs only; not a substitute for rigid materials. |
| Nylon | $20.00 | Moisture, tolerances and application require review. |
| PA-CF | $21.00 | Filled nylon; abrasive filament and fit need review. |
Pricing assumptions and exclusions
USD: ($6 setup + $3 finishing + filament weight × assumed spool cost × 1.25 waste allowance + print hours × $2.50 × material time factor) ÷ 0.65. Rounded up to the next $0.50.
Assumed spool costs per kg: PLA $25, PETG $30, ASA $40, ABS $30, TPU $45, Nylon $65, PA-CF $95. Time factors: PLA/PETG 1.0, ASA/ABS 1.2, TPU 1.6, Nylon 1.4, PA-CF 1.5. These are proposed shop rates, not measured production costs.
Design work, test fitting, hardware, shipping and tax are additional where needed. Multi-file sets may need several prints. Use actual sliced weight and time when available. Final pricing is confirmed in writing.
All available source data
- Id
- 9b80a3a1-a8d4-4bb9-8132-844313e071e6
- Part Name
- Vent Tabs (Front Outer and Rear Center)
- Slug
- vent-tabs-front-outer-and-rear-center
- Category
- interior
- Cswp Approval Status
- pending
- Download Status
- approved
- Make
- Toyota
- Model
- Avalon
- Year
- 2013
- Year End
- 2018
- Submodel
- Not supplied
- Engine
- Not supplied
- Created At
- 2026-07-08T11:02:07.313067+00:00
- Origin
- aggregated
- Source
- thingiverse
- Source Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6740183
- Source Creator Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/arpruss
- Cc License Code
- CC-BY-4.0
- Cc License Url
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- For Sale
- No
- Fulfillment Mode
- platform
- Manual Price Cents
- Not supplied
- Image Url
- https://r2-upload.3dcarparts.workers.dev/file/parts/9b80a3a1-a8d4-4bb9-8132-844313e071e6/images/vent-tabs-front-outer-and-rear-center-1_1783508529236_3w37k3.jpg
- Author
- arpruss
- Estimated Price Cents
- Not supplied
- HasMultipleModelFiles
- No
- ModelFileCount
- 0
- Download Count
- 0
- Detail Url
- https://3dcarparts.org/library/2013-2018/Toyota/Avalon/vent-tabs-front-outer-and-rear-center
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