Time for a Four Seater - Buggy Build

[Herzog]

Found this in my "shit I'll never use" box.

 

[bryson]

Found this in my "shit I'll never use" box.

I have a box like that. It's called my house. Another in the backyard I call the garage.

 

[Herzog]

I have a box like that. It's called my house. Another in the backyard I call the garage.

 

[Herzog]

Want horn, have removable steering wheel. Hmm.

I picked up this little gadget quite a few months ago. It's a wireless RF switch, and it's cheap enough that I don't mind messing with it:
http://www.amazon.com/Button-Wireless-Control-Receiver-Controller/dp/B00JL3J594

First thing I did was remove the soldered on switch and solder in my own wires in p

Gooped up the wire holes:


Soldered to the horn switch in the steering wheel and tested it:


Insert into removable steering wheel:


Receiver unit... More to come on this guy if I don't ruin it:

 

[bryson]

Hopefully it won't honk everytime you change the channel on your TV.

 

[Hickey]

Neat idea!

 

[Herzog]

Hopefully it won't honk everytime you change the channel on your TV.

I was hoping the tv channel would change everytime I honk!

Neat idea!

Thanks! Hope it works.

 

[Herzog]

Well, it worked. And as a bonus, I used legos as a case for the receiver/relay unit.

 

[Hickey]

That's freakin awesome.

 

[I Lean]

Excellent work incorporating Legos.

 

[Hickey]

You need another remote on a keychain, so you can "chirp chirp" the alarm after you've rolled up to the diner with your date.

 

[I Lean]

You need another remote on a keychain, so you can "chirp chirp" the alarm after you've rolled up to the diner with your date.

He can do that anyway, since he'd be carrying his steering wheel into the diner.

 

[Hickey]

He can do that anyway, since he'd be carrying his steering wheel into the diner.

I can see him sitting at the dinner table now, making noises like "vroom vroom, honk honk!"

 

[Bart]

Genius.

 

[Hickey]

Just read through this thread again. It's such an impressive build and now I REALLY wish I would have bought your old chassis. I'm gonna steal that horn idea for Britney.

 

[Herzog]

Just read through this thread again. It's such an impressive build and now I REALLY wish I would have bought your old chassis. I'm gonna steal that horn idea for Britney.

I gotta be honest, the first chassis wasn't that great. I mean, the form factor was killer but I did a lot of things on this chassis that I wish I did on the first one.

Thanks man

 

[Herzog]

Since this got bumped, I'll take a moment to add some various updates I've done (as I find them in my photo albums)

1) Upgraded the lower belly bars. The .120 wall bars had seen some shit...



Chop:



Hole saw:


Replace with 0.25 wall

 

[Herzog]

For the past 8 years my front upper rate has been WAY too soft causing me to constantly be on the rate limiter and on my lower coil. Talk about a crappy ride.




Finally fixed that this year and holy crap the difference is amazing. #coiloversForPotatoBrains

 

[Herzog]

Happy buggy

 

[Hickey]

How wide are you now? Outer bulge to bulge?