Where Can You Get Custom Car Parts in Los Angeles?
From fabrication shops, machine shops, and 3D printing shops like Bondie Prints, depending on the part. Fabrication and machine shops handle metal work, while we print precise plastic and composite parts to order for Mitsubishi Evo and JDM builds. We are usually the shop other shops point people to when a part cannot be bought off a shelf.
Why is Los Angeles such a hotbed for custom car parts and performance shops?
Because nowhere else combines this many cars, this much enthusiast spending, and weather that lets people build year round. The scale shows up in the numbers:
California has 36,190,654 registered vehicles as of January 2026, the most of any state, per the California DMV.
U.S. enthusiasts spent about $52.65 billion modifying their vehicles in 2024, reported by SEMA, an industry contributing roughly $337 billion to the economy.
The automotive 3D printing market is projected to reach about $14.4 billion by 2031, per Mordor Intelligence.
That spending is not slowing. As SEMA market research director Gavin Knapp has noted, the specialty equipment industry "has been ahead of the game for a long time," and Los Angeles is where much of that demand concentrates.
What does Bondie Prints make?
3D printed accessories for Mitsubishi Evo and JDM builds, printed and shipped from Los Angeles. The core lineup:
Evo X Center Console Gauge Pod: single, double, or triple 52mm gauges, LHD or RHD, printed in ASA.
Evo 7 to 9 Gas Cap Holder: keeps the fuel cap off the paint in full sun (shop).
Custom prints: one off brackets, inserts, and replacement pieces built to your spec.
How does Bondie Prints work alongside performance shops?
We handle the parts side of a build while the shops handle the power. A shop dials in the tune and the turbo, and then the owner needs somewhere to mount the gauges that tune requires. As Elliot Bondesen, who runs Bondie Prints, puts it: "When a shop finishes tuning an Evo X, the driver walks away with a wideband and nowhere to put it, so we print the pod that finishes the job."
That is why our parts are functional first. For the placement and gauge details, see our Evo X gauge pod guide.
What makes Bondie different from off the shelf or overseas parts?
We print locally in materials built for a real car, not the cheapest plastic that photographs well. Simple Machining notes PLA softens around 60°C (140°F) and sags in a hot car, while Wevolver notes ASA holds to around 105°C and suits automotive parts, so we print in ASA, carbon fiber, and nylon. We have watched cheap PLA parts droop in an LA summer, which is the whole reason we made the switch. For the full breakdown, see Will 3D Printed Car Parts Melt?.
Printing in house also means no overseas wait and no guessing whether a universal part fits your car.
Building an Evo in LA? Shop the Evo X Center Console Gauge Pod and the full catalog, or start a custom build.
Bondie Prints makes custom car parts in Los Angeles, printed in ASA, carbon fiber, and nylon blends and shipped nationwide. Browse the shop or start a custom build.