alwayskaos
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As an old member with a new project, I am surprised to find that obtaining dimensions or reverse engineered information for parts is hard to come by. I am in the process of restoring an 1151 Rev to its original Up Armored glory and have been collecting quite a few items. Other than the random periodically posted original items, it seems that several vendors are selling reverse engineered items for very high prices. As an example, most of this stuff is flat generic mild steel, and for AR500 they are asking 5-8k just for side armor. They're not even the correct 86100. Are people really paying this?
Putting together a CAD file, purchasing the right material and water jet cutting is a very small fraction of the retailer prices. I have many OE Armor items from standard threat side panels, OGPK panels, armored doors, Ibis Tek bumpers etc etc. I don't have everything and that's the reason for this post. I would be happy to share CAD files and post them if others post as well.
There is absolutely no need to have to purchase overpriced armor because someone took 20 minutes to dimension an original part. I have had a lot of help thru the years on various projects on this site by other members andI I would be happy to help anyone that can return the favor. Any reverse engineered print I have can be uploaded for all to see and use. Is there an interest in this type of information? heck.....we could make anything!!
Putting together a CAD file, purchasing the right material and water jet cutting is a very small fraction of the retailer prices. I have many OE Armor items from standard threat side panels, OGPK panels, armored doors, Ibis Tek bumpers etc etc. I don't have everything and that's the reason for this post. I would be happy to share CAD files and post them if others post as well.
There is absolutely no need to have to purchase overpriced armor because someone took 20 minutes to dimension an original part. I have had a lot of help thru the years on various projects on this site by other members andI I would be happy to help anyone that can return the favor. Any reverse engineered print I have can be uploaded for all to see and use. Is there an interest in this type of information? heck.....we could make anything!!
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