RevPartsWorks
RevPartsWorks is a French workshop specialising in 3D-printed automotive parts: gauge pods, interior trim parts, air intakes and bespoke fabrication — and in the development of the OPT-1, its first instrument.
Everything is done here: measuring on the car, modelling, printing, fitting, inspection and shipping. Nothing is reprinted from a file downloaded off the internet.
The OPT-1
The OPT-1 is a digital oil pressure and temperature gauge developed entirely in-house: circuit board, firmware, interface and housing.
The starting point is simple: everywhere else, monitoring both values means two sensors and two engine taps. The OPT-1 does it with one Bosch sensor and one tap. On top of that sit an alarm that follows engine speed, a G-meter and session logging — functions you won't find together anywhere else.
The project is in beta testing. It will ship late and right rather than fast and rough.
Where it started
On a twenty-five or thirty-five year old car, the part you need no longer exists — or never did. A gauge pod that sits properly in the air vent, without drilling the dashboard and without a crooked pod glued on top: you simply can't buy one.
What does circulate is either unobtainable, bodged, or printed in PLA from a model uploaded by someone who never fitted it to a car. That gap is what RevPartsWorks exists to fill.
How a part reaches the catalogue
- Measured on the car. The original drawings are long gone, and two examples of the same model aren't always identical. We measure on the vehicle, not on a drawing.
- Modelled in SolidWorks. Every part is drawn from scratch.
- Printed in ABS. Slower and fussier than PLA, but it is the only material that holds up behind a windscreen in full sun or next to an engine.
- Fitted for real, then corrected. The first version is almost never the right one. We fix it and start again.
- Listed only once validated. No part enters the catalogue without having been fitted to a vehicle.
Custom work
A good part of the work never reaches the catalogue: adaptations, reproductions of unobtainable parts, pods drawn entirely around one specific setup. Different diameter, engraving, a particular integration — most models can be modified.
A question, an idea?
Write to revpartsworks@gmail.com. New parts and project progress are documented day to day on Instagram: @revpartsworks.