3D DIY: Saab 900 Hatch Trim Piece

May 28, 2016Goran AničićNo comment3D printer Saab 900 Saab parts

If you have a Saab 900 OG, you may have a having rust/water problems on the hatch, on those horizontal trim pieces between the hatch latch handle and the inner tail-lights.

This thing (Saab 900 Hatch Trim Piece) is intended to replace the horizontal trim piece on the later hatchback Saab 900s (up to model year 1993), to fit between the trunk latch handle and the inner tail-lights.

The original part is connected to the car with steel fasteners through holes drilled in the hatch, which is a frequent water entry and rust point.

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Parts are marked for left/right. The original has radiused edges on the top and bottom outside edges, which I will do with a sanding block.

If you are having rust problems there, and have access to someone with a 3D printer, feel free to use this plan. Author released it under the license that says “Adapt it if you want, just give me credit for the original, and don’t sell it”.

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Goran AničićMay 28, 2016

the authorGoran Aničić

For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.