Can 3D Printing Save This Destroyed McLaren 600LT? One Guy Is Finding Out

3D printing is a powerful tool, and its application in the automotive space is picking up steam in a serious way. OEMs are very interested, sure, but the really exciting application is being done by normal people in their garages, like YouTuber Sterling Backus, aka lasersterling. After 3D printing an entire body for a replica Lamborghini Aventador, he's decided to rebuild a completely destroyed McLaren 600LT. And I do mean completely destroyed.

The car's structural carbon tub is mostly intact, but it is going to require some repair. That's not the interesting part, though. The interesting part is that Backus plans to 3D print a new body for the car, which is a more complicated process than you may think. It's worth noting that he's done this before with his replica Lamborghini, so this is not a far-fetched pipe dream of a project. He will also have to buy a lot of parts from McLaren to make this project work, obviously.