Third row seat anchor cover latch arm for Mitsubishi Pajero V60 long wheelbase

This part is a replacement for the third row seats hinge cover rotating latch arm designed to fit my long wheelbase V60 Mitsubishi Pajero. It should also fit the more recent V80 models, but I have not tried that.

While the left and right covers themselves are different from each other, Mitsubishi designed the latch mechanism itself to be side-agnostic, so this part will fit both left and right covers without modification.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Creality

Printer: 

Ender 3 Pro

Rafts:

No

Supports: 

Yes

Resolution:

0.2

Infill: 

20%

Filament: Overture PETG 
 

Notes:

Supports are necessary since the original shape is not suited for 3D printing. Print it flat as it is in the .stl, this is orientation with the least possible volume of supports.

Don't use PLA! This part needs decent mechanical properties, as well as decent heat resistance since it will live inside your car, behind a black plastic cover, potentially in sunlight if you don't have the roll-out trunk cover. I printed mine in PETG and it works, but ABS/ASA is the obvious better choice here.

The dimensions that matter are 1:1 with the OEM part but this was still a tight fit when printed at 100% on my Ender 3 v2, so depending on how dialed your printer is you may need small amounts of filing and adjusting.

Alternatively you can probably get away with printing it at 101 or 102% with minimal post-processing needed.

This was designed early in my 3D printing journey with Tinkercad, so be kind with me, it's far from perfect, but it's functional!