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Background So my Dacia Duster from 2011 started rambling when driving. Turned out that the rubbers in the assembly supporting the bonnet (or hood) where a bit squashed. New ones where expensive so I challenged myself to model and produce replacements. By increasing the height of the body of the assembly and re-using the rubbers the problem was fixed. No more rambling for about a year, at least until this BLACK car was sold. You should have seen the expression on the face of the salesman when I pointed out 4 beautiful ORANGE objects carrying the hood. Anyways, I do not have pictures of the pimped car but fortunately I did produce a spare. As you can imagine the required support is more than standard e.g. 50% as there is quite some load to carry. Printed in PETG to withstand the occasional tropical temperatures in The Netherlands. Some details The assembly is divided in parts for minimal or no support at all. The print direction is important because of the miscellaneous forces. The top and bottom halves of the body are carrying the weight of the bonnet. So for printing it is best to place the models on their top or bottom side. The clips however need to flex inwards and outwards when inserting and fixing the assembly in the body of the car. Therefor all three clips need to be printed perpendicular to the flex direction *1). The provided gcode file has all parts arranged properly so no worries. *1): You will be corrected if you forget about this detail. The clips will snap off immediately at your first attempt of inserting the assembly …