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Soft-top Tailgate Bar Sleeve
Soft-top Tailgate Bar Sleeve design listed for 1997–2006 Jeep Wrangler. Listed category: exterior. Verify dimensions, fitment and material suitability before printing.
- Make
- Jeep
- Model
- Wrangler
- Year range
- 1997–2006
- 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
For the actual OEM sleeve, part of it is hard plastic and part is rubber. I don't have a multi-material extruder, so I printed the entire sleeve in TPU (flexible polyurethane), and that seems to work well in this application.
The sleeve model is exported as two bodies in the STL file, so you can split it into the plastic part and the rubber part. (In the orientation picture, the rubber part is green and the plastic part is yellow.) Then, if you have a multi-material setup, you can print the plastic part in PETG or ABS and print the rubber part with TPU.
I printed the sleeve with black YOYI brand TPU (flexible) with 100% infill. The picture of the blue test print is also TPU. The TPU prints are stringy and shiny, so it's hard to get a good picture. The white print is PETG and I only printed 5mm of the sleeve to show a clear picture of the cross-section.
I printed the sleeve vertically first, and that created a very stringy print. (I haven't really figured out how to get a clean TPU print. If anyone has good TPU settings for the Prusa MK2S, please feel free to share.)
My second attempt was better because I rotated the model to print lengthwise with the long cross-section side down on the print bed. See the picture showing the orientation on the bed in the slicer tool. If you print this way (and I recommend that you do for TPU), then enable support material.
The part, as modeled and printed, fits well into the channels in the tailgate bar and into the holding brackets on the back of the Wrangler TJ.
_Edit 07/14/18:_ I uploaded a new version that is 1mm narrower and has rounder corners to fit better in the back of the metal bar holder bracket on the Jeep.
_Edit 01/18/21:_ I uploaded a new version (v12) that has the correct model orientation within the STL for printing and has 45° sloped interiors to prevent the generation of support material on the inside of the two outer channels. The center channel still requires support material.
Source description, under the recorded CC-BY-4.0 license.
Print instructions
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 | $28.50 | Indoor prototypes; not a default material for hot vehicle interiors. |
| PETG | $29.00 | General-purpose candidate; heat and creep need review. |
| ASA | $32.50 | Candidate for UV exposure; verify temperature and geometry. |
| ABS | $31.50 | Enclosed printing; review application and dimensions. |
| TPU | $37.50 | Flexible designs only; not a substitute for rigid materials. |
| Nylon | $37.50 | Moisture, tolerances and application require review. |
| PA-CF | $42.50 | 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
- b43f844b-f36f-4bf6-99a7-4fa16ead47fb
- Part Name
- Soft-top Tailgate Bar Sleeve
- Slug
- soft-top-tailgate-bar-sleeve
- Category
- exterior
- Cswp Approval Status
- pending
- Download Status
- approved
- Make
- Jeep
- Model
- Wrangler
- Year
- 1997
- Year End
- 2006
- Submodel
- Not supplied
- Engine
- Not supplied
- Created At
- 2026-04-29T06:06:12.051717+00:00
- Origin
- aggregated
- Source
- thingiverse
- Source Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2966064
- Source Creator Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/rshartog
- 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/b43f844b-f36f-4bf6-99a7-4fa16ead47fb/images/soft-top-tailgate-bar-sleeve-1_1777442775989_jxz969.jpg
- Author
- rshartog
- Estimated Price Cents
- Not supplied
- HasMultipleModelFiles
- No
- ModelFileCount
- 0
- Download Count
- 0
- Detail Url
- https://3dcarparts.org/library/1997-2006/Jeep/Wrangler/soft-top-tailgate-bar-sleeve
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