Guy 3D-printed his own Lamborghini Aventador in his basement and it’s hard to believe how affordable it was

This guy 3D-printed his own Lamborghini Aventador SV in his basement and saved quite a lot of money.

While it’s not exactly a Lambo, the car looks every bit as cool as the real deal and comes with a nice story behind it.

It took five whole years to build the car but looking at the car it was worth it.

When Lamborghini heard about this project, they even helped the man by sending free parts.

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3D-printed Lamborghini Aventador

The car was built by Sterling Backus, a physicist who spent five years on this project with his son.

He started by downloading a 1:10 scale model of the Lamborghini Aventador.

However, Sterling only had an incredibly basic $350 printer used for hobby projects.

So he split up all the surfaces into small square-foot parts that he printed and glued together using epoxy. 

Think of it as building a car out of Jigsaw pieces.

This project reminds us of the time when a YouTuber used four 3D printers to build a car out of carbon fiber.

Although the 3D-printed Lamborghini Aventador SV took five years to complete, it saved Sterling a lot of money.

He had a budget of $20,000 US dollars to build the car, so he sourced parts from junkyards and did all the work himself.

Lamborghini also sent him a steering wheel and the iconic Aventador headlights, valued at $5,000 each.

Although there is a way to 3D print a headlight, thanks to the Italian carmaker, it didn’t come to that.

In the end, he spent around $35,000 to build the car.

Other than the Lamborghini Aventador, Sterling has also restored a McLaren 600LT using 3D printing.

Although both cars don’t have original parts they were quite cheap to replicate.

So if you have a 3D printer at home, you can try to build your own supercar too.