{"id":1571,"date":"2025-08-31T20:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2025-08-31T20:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:34:01","slug":"vent-window-wings-and-3d-printed-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/vent-window-wings-and-3d-printed-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Vent Window Wings and 3D Printed Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My vent windows flap closed when I hit 40 MPH, back when I had my Vanagon I purchased some little wingdings from Uniwerks Designs, but it looks like he does not make those for the beetle. Luckily I have a 3D printer and can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3356-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3356-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3356-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3356-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3356-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3356-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few highway drives and they work great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001023-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001023-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001023-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001023-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001023-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001023-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001041-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001041-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001041-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001041-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001041-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001041-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also removed my cigarette lighter, because who the hell smokes? I had a 22mm hole in the dash and did not want to make it any bigger. I found a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Obeaming-All-Aluminum-High-Speed-Recessed-Small\/dp\/B0DGTCSYLJ\"> 22mm usb charge<\/a>r on Amazon that fit the hole, but it was deep enough to hit the mount for the cigarette lighter. Welp, again a little 3D printed spacer fixed the problem and matches the gauges too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3369-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3369-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3369-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3369-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3369-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3369-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the mount next to it? Well that is the sPod mount, but the it is being warrantied right now. It&#8217;ll go back when it is returned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001039-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001039-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001039-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001039-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001039-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/L1001039-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>USB Charger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Obeaming-All-Aluminum-High-Speed-Recessed-Small\/dp\/B0DGTCSYLJ\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Obeaming-All-Aluminum-High-Speed-Recessed-Small\/dp\/B0DGTCSYLJ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My vent windows flap closed when I hit 40 MPH, back when I had my Vanagon I purchased some little wingdings from Uniwerks Designs,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}