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Key Fob Housing
Key Fob Housing design listed for 2006–2011 Honda Civic. Listed category: electrical. Verify dimensions, fitment and material suitability before printing.
- Make
- Honda
- Model
- Civic
- Year range
- 2006–2011
- 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
2007 Civic
2009 Civic
2nd gen Honda Fit
2014 Odyssey
It will likely work on all 8th generation Civics which run from 2006-2011. If you have success for a year not listed, please let me know and I will add it to the tested list.
I found a housing here on Thingiverse, but it kept breaking. I decided to make a new one from scratch in the hopes that I could make something more resistant to daily and sometimes rough use. Its thicker and longer than the one noted below:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:954099
This is not a remix of the above. It's a from scratch make. Having said that, I do want to thank the original author for the inspiration.
This version has thicker walls and hopefully more "sandwiching" of pieces around the thin steel T part of the key. (Dumb design, btw, Honda.)
I have included some images for how I orient the parts in the slicer to make it more resilient. The top face is printed flat, but the back part is printed standing up to get the layers going in a different direction than the key turn torque force. Printing the back flat will increase the possibility of it splitting if you don't have good layer-to-layer adhesion.
I also found using ABS to be more brittle so I have used PETG for this print. Haven't tried PLA. I have also included a screen shot of Cura's settings for this print.
The bolts and nuts used to hold it together are three M2.5 x 20mm. (It looks like some fobs actually use some 2M screws that seem to work too.) You will have to cut the ends off the bolts to make them flush with the back. To help stiffen the unit, I have put nut traps in the bottom so that you don't have to use screws which may let go under torqueing forces over time.
I have hot glued the key into the housing for some added support.
Hope you have found this useful!
UPDATE DEC 15, 2021:
Added another STL by user request that doesn't have the red button. The new STL is called fob-front-no-red-button.stl. Apparently, it's for a Honda BRV. I haven't tested it myself, but hopefully the user reports back with success or fail.
I also added a three button version as requested. I don't know if it exists, but for completeness, I added a three button with no red button derivative too. They are called fob-front-three-buttons.stl and fob-front-three-buttons-no-red-button.stl respectively.
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 | $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
- c3f69030-dadb-4831-91cb-23366dd155ba
- Part Name
- Key Fob Housing
- Slug
- key-fob-housing
- Category
- electrical
- Cswp Approval Status
- pending
- Download Status
- approved
- Make
- Honda
- Model
- Civic
- Year
- 2006
- Year End
- 2011
- Submodel
- Not supplied
- Engine
- Not supplied
- Created At
- 2026-05-04T01:18:03.342996+00:00
- Origin
- aggregated
- Source
- thingiverse
- Source Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3191843
- Source Creator Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/drwatson6
- 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/c3f69030-dadb-4831-91cb-23366dd155ba/images/key-fob-housing-1_1777857484168_nno130.jpg
- Author
- drwatson6
- Estimated Price Cents
- Not supplied
- HasMultipleModelFiles
- No
- ModelFileCount
- 0
- Download Count
- 3
- Detail Url
- https://3dcarparts.org/library/2006-2011/Honda/Civic/key-fob-housing
Source price fields and sale flags are metadata, not our selling prices. Their currency was not specified in the catalog. File counts do not mean files were downloaded or tested. No manufacturer savings or discontinued status is inferred.