For a girl, I am a great driver. I am an offensive driver. I make the moves, I do not only react to them. That is not to say that I don't occasionally make mistakes. I do. But I am not afraid of driving which def helps.
For the steering wheel thing, if you have an airbag, I would remove it, since you don't want it to be embedded into you if you get into an car accident.
I think embedded would be best case scenario too. I'm not super familiar with the clay used, but if it cures brittle the whole thing turns into a shrapnel blaster
It’s adorable how “normal” your partner is and really cute how they put up with your antics. My partner, too, swims deep in the neurodivergence that is my 200mph brain. He too smiles sweetly as I zip from idea to idea with no hint of direction.
You're no outcast! You are definitely part of the creative engine that makes RU-vid worth watching. This project is second to none! What a great thing to bring happiness to the highway!
Got to witness Ali learning about the ignition/steering lock connection 😅 For those that don't know: if the wheel is turned while the key isn't in the ignition, the wheel will click into a steering lock notch. And then when you put the key in and try to turn it, the tension will prevent you from turning the key, so you have to turn the wheel slightly to relieve this tension before the ignition will turn.
Critically you need to turn the wheel more in the same direction as it was originally turned to take the tension off the lock. If you try and turn it back to the center position you will end up binding the lock even harder.
I've seen a lot of the comments about the steering wheel already, but honestly, I know those don't go off unless both parties are doing about 20mph in a head on. So to be fair, I don't know how much that matters to your driving that you have already admitted to be careful
As a self appointed representative of the car community, you are welcome regardless of your perceived driving ability. Notice to all members : Ali is one of us now, she is to be greeted with out secret handshake.
Ali: I am not a car person Also Ali: So here is video number.... 5, 7 maybe 10 about how I modify my car, may girlfriends car or my friends car, each video taking 60 hours work on the cars. Me: So what is a car person? 🤔
Hey Ali! How come you don’t fit your social medial handle on your car back and side windows? I’m sure that car would gravitate people to daily lol some people may be scared to ask!
I Really Like the Kilkenny T-Shirt of Christine ^^ and definetly i Adore the Pika Car being as outrageous as it is!!! I still want a Geodesic Pokeball to trap the pika ;)
Anything covering the middle of the steering wheel is very likely over an airbag, which means it will get fired into your face like a mortar in the event the airbag goes off, Highly recommend removing anything covering the airbag
So worth it! Small detail but you may want to redesign the steering wheel decal so it doesn't hurt you if you get in a car accident. Freaking amazing car!
Hate to tell you this Ali but you've secretly been a car person for a while now. Love how this came out, only suggestion from a safety stand point... Maybe a vinyl wrap over the airbag cover instead of the modeling clay.
certifiable car person here: you're going way harder than a lot of car people do and it absolutely rules, you got me thinking about a couple things on my car now :D
Please dont put things ontop of the airbag in the middle of the steering wheel because it can turn in to a projectile in to your face when getting in an accident.
It makes me so happy to see more 2008 Toyota Yaris Hatchbacks around!!! It’s such an adorable little car, but you don’t really see many in the states. I feel so lucky I was able to nab one recently! I wanna do something with mine- maybe not as flashy as yours, but I’m not feeling the stock silver, either!
I have a 2008 Vauxhall Corsa that only has 48,000 miles on the clock! (I live in the U.K. haha!) It’s been earmarked for my now 17 year old since he was a toddler and I’m excited to see him drive off in it one day soon. I sent him this video as inspiration! The corsa is pretty much identical to the Yaris in terms of size and what it came with and they are brilliant little cars, especially if they were bought with a few added specs on them. Mine still doesn’t feel cheap or ‘super old’ thanks to the half leather seats and the shiny plastic bits on the dash. (I got a deal on the demo car when I bought it new, it came with all the added extras and the ‘design’ spec. All of this is kinda handy since it’ll likely be on the road forever with how few miles I drive each year! 😂 We swapped out the audio unit recently so now it even has touch screen internet enabled bits in it. They really are wonderfully built versatile little cars, cheap to insure and easy to drive too! 👍
Honestly, really well done with 3d printing. As someone who's been 3d printing for years it's a messy process filled with failed prints, wasted time and hours of troubleshooting trying to figure out what you did wrong. You've taken to it a LOT better than I did at the beginning!
I'm not a 3D printer, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I suspect that at least some of your issues may have been caused by the giant roll of filament someone haphazardly attached to the top of your printer, putting all sorts of exciting torques and unexpected inertia into a machine that definitely benefits from being as stable and rigid as possible 😂 Love the way the project turned out though! It's always so fun watching your excitement when people appreciate the work you did and the joy you express when sharing it!
LOTS of printers have the spool up high like that. As log as it isn't attached to a part that moves, there is no issue. Even then, not really an issue. A well known 3D printer RU-vidr hung a printer mid-air from a rope and the prints came out the same as with it sitting on a table.
You are definitly part of the car community. The second you modified your car from original you became one of us. Love your work. Much love from south australia.
We expect to see this car at Open Sauce 3 next year! Just park it next to the line for thousands of people to enjoy! Have it randomly trigger the horn.
thats amazing! if i was so make a car into a pokemon i would choose bulbasour . BE CAREFULL OF THE STEERING WHEEL!!! if you get into a car crash. the clay thing will fire up and blow in your face... so please be carefull ali. -best pal-y ever
Ooofff i hope your steering wheel airbag, never has to go off, because your hardened sculpting clay, will most likely hit you in the face when it does… 😢
You can remake the steering wheel cover from fabric and thin upholstery foam to get the same look without the airbag danger other comments have mentioned.
OHMYGOSH Ali!! I LOVE IT!! Over the top is exactly what your beautiful ride deserved and it has to be so much fun seeing the smiles when you drive it around!! Thank you so much for sharing all of your hard work and giving me major smiles and chuckles to boot!
In the time it took to watch this video, it went from about 200 views to almost 1600. This was a great project that people really seem to love. Great work!
I think there's a little evidence but it's not been super well studied yet. I skimmed the Wikipedia page (it's called Low-level laser therapy on there) though if it subjectively helps someone I think that's the most important thing. Even the placebo effect is still an effect!
Love the car! Please please please PLEASE be careful tho with the thing that tases. You don’t children, others, or certainly yourself getting hurt!!!! Too many people are sue-happy these days too.
3D printing? Welcome to the wide world of rats nests and unintentional interpretative sculptures! Time saver 1, adjust layer height to higher numbers. Double the layer height, the print time goes down almost by half then just do some light sanding. Happy creating! :D
Pikacar is awesome, but please take the clay off the steering wheel for your safety. If you're in an accident the airbag in the wheel literally explodes, and will propel that clay into your face like shrapnel at high speed. Having things stuck to the steering wheel can make the difference between walking away from an accident, or dying.
I like the build. However you really want to remove the material from the center of the steering wheel as the AirBag will not play nicely with it, and that's the last thing you want to be worrying about when the AirBag needs to deploy.
I’m a month late, but the more of these comments that come on here the more likely you are to see them, scrap the steering wheel. Just get some cover for the wheel. Cause heaven forbid you get into a bad accident that become shrapnel.
