Added pictures to OP.
Going to be looking into making the tailgate beauty panel supports/mounts that people are breaking as well.
So many parts!
Thanks guys.

 

Let me know some cost on the tailgate panel mounts.

 

Never said what you were going to use for substrate on the bezels.

 

Stated a couple Times there could be options. Plastic, aluminum/nylon composite, stainless.

 

Smdh. Begs the question of how much you know about plastic.

 

Good enough for you?

 

Not particularly bit hey Im with Brad I'll take a chance on a 75.00 part.

 

How do you 3D print aluminum, composite or stainless?

 

With a suitable machine.

https://i.materialise.com/materials/stainless-steel

A Sub-$4,000 Metal 3D Printer? - 3D Printing Industry

You can also 3D print bronze, brass, mild steel and others.

 

I'm no expert on 3D printing, but I think that 3D printing metals is sort of like MIM (Metal Injection Molding). In MIM they mix metal powder with plastic and mold the part like a conventional plastic part. Then they put the part through a HOT furnace (something like 2000F for iron) to burn off all of the plastic and sinter the metal particles so they attach to each other and form a "solid" part (actually slightly porous since there will be a little space between particles).


To 3D print metal I'd guess that they'd "print" with a metal powder / plastic mix like MIM, and then either put the part through a furnace or possibly use a laser to sinter it. But again, that's just a guess from someone who knows a little about MIM (and much less than that about 3D printing).

 

So are these bezels being produced?

 

Been slammed these past couple days finishing up a friend's truck and now working on my dad's as well as my own. I'll be ordering one of these for myself before I open them up for anyone, would rather not be hated on because I never bought one myself.

 

Any follow up?

 

I'm interested in a bezel for my truck, let me know when they are ready.

 

Life has been nothing but hell for weeks now.
Got around to ordering one to myself this past weekend, should be here Sept. 23-25th. Once it gets here (Installing it into a '97 CCLB 7.3L, power windows and locks (no mirrors), so simplest one available) I'll put it in and see how it fits! Hopefully its not a major disgrace. Nothing a little time in the design wont fix.

I thank you guys for the patience, and I apologize. Work, hospital visits between myself and my family members and my truck being wrecked has consumed too much time.