I tested AI CAD on a real 4 cylinder exhaust manifold design using Claude Fable 5 and Shapr3D. Here's what it got right, what it botched, and where AI CAD for car parts actually stands in 2026.

Slate let me 3D scan the Blank Slate before anyone can buy one. Here's what that means for DIY builders — and why it's the opposite of Honda's 3D printing crackdown.

Brand-new classic car bodies are being built again — but not the discontinued trim that fills them. Here's what you can 3D print, the right material, and how to make the part that no longer exists.

Tired of your 3d printed car parts looking cheap? You don’t have to sand your part to make it look better, use features like fuzzy skin or bumpmesh to give your part a unique texture.

We tested the Revopoint POP 4 on 5 BMW E30 parts — cylinder head, engine block, interior pieces, and outdoor body panels. Here's which mode works on what, and what the scan-to-print results actually look like.

Skip the sanding. Use 3D effect build plates on Bambu Lab, Centauri Carbon, and H2S printers to transfer OEM-matching texture directly to your car parts during the print.

We reverse engineered a discontinued 1984 Datsun 280ZX relay cover using digital calipers and Shapr3D. Here's the exact workflow — measure, sketch, extrude, print in ASA, install.

How I 3D scan car parts with consumer scanners under $400 — scanner picks, real scans from my BMW E30, and the exact workflow to CAD and print.

I tested an iPhone LiDAR scan, Polycam scan, and a pro Revopoint 3d scanner of the same BMW E30 part. Here's which one actually produced a printable part.