- Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:28 pm
#142305
scored this for Free on the C/L "free" section.


got it home. Seems the PO didn't provide the battery that "didn't work" or the charger. No matter, I picked up a 6V Eveready from the store today. It isn't ideal for driving it around and idk if really is enough enough power for a minute of run time, but it was $6 and will be enough to tell me the wiring is messed up. I picked up the connector and it is the same 2 Pin connector as a trailer hitch power/ground which I had spares of in my tool box. Will give me proper ends to touch to the battery to test if everything works well enough.
used a Trailer hitch 2Pin connector to the factory harness that I had cut in half to provide bare ends. Applied the 6V power and pressed the go button, the little engine ran right away. Seems the engine is good, Power needs to be addressed so will be modifying for 12V (have lots of automotive lighting in 12V so it makes life easier to go that route).
So now on to the fun stuff, Paint is going to start this weekend once I strip all the old worn stickers off and clean it up. I have some ideas, but I do not want to keep the cars theme at all. Has anyone done any cutting to the body, I'm curious what is behind the the "wind shield face" and if it is hollow or solid plastic.
Have some time to tinker with it, my daughter turned 15months on Monday and I don't feel she is quiet ready to ride this. She is currently enjoying her Calsonic R34 skyline ride on car which is non power and her R34 GTR skyline pedal car which has working lights and a few noise makers, but she isn't really big enough to use either of those as intended either as her legs are still growing into both of those.
Any advise on what 12V battery to purchase for this? I checked out that gruber site and that seems like a great choice, but was wondering how people charged the battery then? I don't see a charger port on this car, but I could potentially use my test leads and automotive battery charger if need be to get it charged up or add a port in the rear to charge the battery.
Anyways, I'm getting way too into this. I really need to slow myself before it becomes another blown out build like all of my auto projects are.


got it home. Seems the PO didn't provide the battery that "didn't work" or the charger. No matter, I picked up a 6V Eveready from the store today. It isn't ideal for driving it around and idk if really is enough enough power for a minute of run time, but it was $6 and will be enough to tell me the wiring is messed up. I picked up the connector and it is the same 2 Pin connector as a trailer hitch power/ground which I had spares of in my tool box. Will give me proper ends to touch to the battery to test if everything works well enough.
used a Trailer hitch 2Pin connector to the factory harness that I had cut in half to provide bare ends. Applied the 6V power and pressed the go button, the little engine ran right away. Seems the engine is good, Power needs to be addressed so will be modifying for 12V (have lots of automotive lighting in 12V so it makes life easier to go that route).
So now on to the fun stuff, Paint is going to start this weekend once I strip all the old worn stickers off and clean it up. I have some ideas, but I do not want to keep the cars theme at all. Has anyone done any cutting to the body, I'm curious what is behind the the "wind shield face" and if it is hollow or solid plastic.
Have some time to tinker with it, my daughter turned 15months on Monday and I don't feel she is quiet ready to ride this. She is currently enjoying her Calsonic R34 skyline ride on car which is non power and her R34 GTR skyline pedal car which has working lights and a few noise makers, but she isn't really big enough to use either of those as intended either as her legs are still growing into both of those.
Any advise on what 12V battery to purchase for this? I checked out that gruber site and that seems like a great choice, but was wondering how people charged the battery then? I don't see a charger port on this car, but I could potentially use my test leads and automotive battery charger if need be to get it charged up or add a port in the rear to charge the battery.
Anyways, I'm getting way too into this. I really need to slow myself before it becomes another blown out build like all of my auto projects are.