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Facelift Kidney Grille Clips
Facelift Kidney Grille Clips design listed for 2002 BMW 3 Series. Listed category: exterior. Verify dimensions, fitment and material suitability before printing.
- Make
- BMW
- Model
- 3 Series
- Year range
- 2002
- Submodel
- 325i
- 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
How to use:
Follow Murat's instructions for trimming the existing clip sockets on the kidney grill plastic (leaving ~1mm left + socket depth). Install as suggested by them (use a small flathead screwdriver or similar to pry the metal tabs of the hood into the printed groove on the clips.
My printed parts are numbered and lettered to indicate where they go on the grill. How to read the number/lettering:
When standing in front of the car and looking at the grill, there is a Left and Right grill. On each grill, there are 6 possible mounting locations. On each grill (L & R) I have called the outside-most edge (closest to the headlights) location 1. Traveling towards the center of the car, and along the top edge of the grill, you will find locations 2 & 3, and then at the inside-most edge, location 4. On the bottom, you will find locations 5 & 6. Said in a different way: Counting from the outside edge at 1, the Left grill is ascending clockwise and the Right grill is ascending counterclockwise.
I've only made clips for locations 3,4 and 5 because this seemed adequate to hold the grills and I was tired of committing time to this project. Will update if they ever fail.
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
- c6a7c0bf-d0e2-4160-94f5-ddb785495070
- Part Name
- Facelift Kidney Grille Clips
- Slug
- facelift-kidney-grille-clips
- Category
- exterior
- Cswp Approval Status
- pending
- Download Status
- approved
- Make
- BMW
- Model
- 3 Series
- Year
- 2002
- Year End
- Not supplied
- Submodel
- 325i
- Engine
- Not supplied
- Created At
- 2026-05-05T08:32:07.582304+00:00
- Origin
- aggregated
- Source
- thingiverse
- Source Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3815447
- Source Creator Url
- https://www.thingiverse.com/nhfoley
- 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/c6a7c0bf-d0e2-4160-94f5-ddb785495070/images/facelift-kidney-grille-clips-1_1777969928604_kt587w.jpg
- Author
- nhfoley
- Estimated Price Cents
- Not supplied
- HasMultipleModelFiles
- No
- ModelFileCount
- 0
- Download Count
- 0
- Detail Url
- https://3dcarparts.org/library/2002/BMW/3%20Series/facelift-kidney-grille-clips
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