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Audi B5 S4 and A4 52mm Vent Pod Community Project Ver 0.2 - image
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Audi B5 S4 and A4 52mm Vent Pod Community Project Ver 0.2

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This is a vent gauge pod designed to work in place of the driver side dash defrost vent on the Audi B5 A4 and S4 models. This is intended to be a work in progress and to be a community project to help engage B5 owners to start creating and sharing new and fun designs with one another. Version 0.2 Notes: -The side friction pads should be widened or increased in frequency to offer a more secure hold for added rigidity. This change is expected to happen in the next version (or by other users) -The pod is currently two pieces to remove the need for supports during printing. It presently needs to be attached with adhesive or melted together with a soldering iron (shown). Future versions will hopefully have a slip fit connection to continue the "no supports" design -I have included the original design files to help others get started with making their own variations (dual pod is as easy as copy, merging, and extruding a hole in the pod file). This is intended to be used, modified, updated, improved upon, and shared in a NON-COMMERCIAL manner. -Pod is slightly oversized but uses "friction dots" to accommodate larger variations in 52mm gauge diameter discrepancies, and not require forceful insertion or the gauge becoming "stuck". Couldn't find my spare Podi Gauge to test with so some minor alterations mat still be needed -Dual Pod is untested for clearance of cluster hump, may require adjustment. I hope this encourages others to build and grow items for the B5S4 community and share them freely. -Pod Angle may need to be adjusted per individual taste. EDIT: Two additional files [DriverDashVentBLANK.123dx & DriverSideVentBLANKSTL.stl] have been added. These are slightly different from the vent vases used in the pods and have not yet been tested. These contain no additional "friction dots" but is only intended to give individuals a blank slate to start building their own designs from without having to "undo" things that were required for the pod stalk to be added. Hopefully this makes it easier for people to get started building! Keep building, creating, and sharing!!!!

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Published Jun 28, 2026Updated Jul 15, 2026

Originally published on thingiverse.com by B5 S4 (B5S4Stuff) · License: CC BY-NC-SA

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