Sunglass cubby design/fabrication in-process

Blanz · March 8, 2019

Have been totally satisfied with my new 2019 Silverado RST for the most part, with only very minor gripes about the new body.

One small thing I do miss is the sunglass cubby by the overhead console. Yes, small annoyance but I really don't like to leave them on the dash tray in the sun, on in the console tray area.

My truck does not have a sunroof, and the area in the headliner for the motor is a real nice cavity just waiting for someone to design and fabricate a cubby.

To that end, I taken the plunge and designed a cubby with a bezel to occupy that area.

Yes, this means I've got to have the balls to cut the headliner, take measurements for the cubby, design it, 3D print it, and have it look half way decent when installed.

At this time, the cut has been made, the design has been completed, and the prototype is being printed from Nylon X filament.

I've included some initial images of the work in process. Last image is a rendering of the 3D model superimposed into the truck.

Stay tuned for installation and completion.

Bill.

Edited March 8, 2019 by Blanz

eppieguy · March 8, 2019

Looks nice, too bad I have all that stuff up there for the sunroof. Keep up the good work, you'll be keeping a lot of people happy with that one.

Smitty · March 8, 2019

Team up with some of those people designing organizers for the consoles and I bet you could make a few bucks! Nice idea..

GN2018 · March 8, 2019

Does it have a door? It needs to be enclosed. Need some way to not have stuff spilling out of there. Otherwise, very nice. VERY ballsey for sure.

Edited March 8, 2019 by GN2018

Blanz · March 8, 2019

2 hours ago, GN2018 said:

Does it have a door? It needs to be enclosed. Need some way to not have stuff spilling out of there. Otherwise, very nice. VERY ballsey for sure.

No door for now. Will have a foam mat on the bottom to keep the sunglasses from sliding around.

Daverado · March 10, 2019

On 3/8/2019 at 6:48 PM, Blanz said:

No door for now. Will have a foam mat on the bottom to keep the sunglasses from sliding around.

My 2003 Sierra Denali has an open pocket up top like that. It's got a small lip at the entrance and it's really not enough to keep things from flying out occasionally.

Imcrazy · March 10, 2019

Kinda odd that the did away with that for 2019.. On my 2016 only some of my glasses fit in there so I wind up with one of those clips on the sun visor...

GMC-AT · March 10, 2019

23 minutes ago, Imcrazy said:

Kinda odd that the did away with that for 2019.. On my 2016 only some of my glasses fit in there so I wind up with one of those clips on the sun visor...

+ 1.. just get some visor clips.. problem solved.

Blanz · March 21, 2019

Design, fab and installation complete.

See YouTube video below.

Smitty · March 21, 2019

Great job, very impressive! I hope you get it dialed in and listed on Amazon soon! Include a template for people to follow on where to cut and mention it won't work with a sunroof! hahaha

Good luck to you!

Smitty

2019RST · April 1, 2019

Genius idea! Well implemented! Any plans to market this? Chevy sold over 600,000 Silverados last year. A lot of us want our sunglass holders back... or are you posting design and measurements or software files? Congrats on the implementation!

Ron

Blanz · April 2, 2019

20 hours ago, 2019RST said:

Genius idea! Well implemented! Any plans to market this? Chevy sold over 600,000 Silverados last year. A lot of us want our sunglass holders back... or are you posting design and measurements or software files? Congrats on the implementation!

Ron

The cubby takes well over 28 hours to print, and the bezel around 7 hours. Then painting the bezel and joining the two, followed by lining the cubby with felt, cutting the headliner, and install.

Was a labor of love to say the least, with some puckering of the “A” hole during the cutting of the headliner.

I would love to produce and sell these, but the fabrication labor, materials and having to supply a cutting template would put the price too high for anyone interested.

I will gladly share the .stl files for those that would like to 3D print on their own.

Just pm me or send me your email address and I’ll supply the files.

Bill.

Edited April 2, 2019 by Blanz

m21knight · February 8, 2023

I know this is somewhat of an aged thread, but I'm wondering if anyone has had success getting the STL files for this design? It seems perfect for what I'm trying to do on my headliner. I DM'd the OP but haven't received any feedback. Thanks to anyone who can help me out!