Custom RC Lighting Kit - Celica Mini-Z
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2020
- I have always been into cars. Especially model RC cars. Back in the day, I used to buy Radio Shack XMods and race those around. They were some of the coolest toys I remember having growing up. Now since Radio Shack doesn't exist and I still want cool RC cars, I found the Kyosho Mini Z line of cars. They are surprisingly better than I remember the X Mods ever being! In this week’s video, we go over how to add a custom light kit to an RC car (specifically the Celica GT-Four) and give the car a custom laser cut base with the glowforge.
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We used a Glowforge to make the cars stand. If anybody is interested in purchasing a Glowforge you can use our referral code to get: $500 off a pro, $250 off a plus, or $100 off a basic. We'll get credit too! Use the link below. We love our Glowforge. Feel free to message us with any questions!
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Interesting factoid, if you've got it in the right spot the taillights will actually dim and brighten when youre on the brakes. Takes a bit of knowhow, or the official kit, but it works well.
The stand with the car lit up…. Both look exceptional 🤌
Man that's awesome looks amazing bud great work my man 👍👍👍👍
Thank you!!
Man you did them lights awesome man I would love two get one and do that but not good with that 👍
Nicole- My gosh, that little sign is EXACTLY what I need to do for my Megazords. I love it.
Thure- that little resistor pack was adorable! And I need to utilize breadboard more. Making sure it works BEFORE I start soldering would be a much better operation 😆
If you ever want tiny signs, I know your address and they use scrap for me. I'll make them for you for free
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Great video guys! Diffusing the taillight leds was a nice, subtle touch and the display stand is super classy.
Glad you liked it! The tail ligh grinding was a last minute thought because the LEDs seemed too harsh. I (Nicole) personally like the stand the most lol seeing that was the only input i had in this project hahaha
@@WhenGeeksCraft hahaha the stand is arguably the best part of the project 😂
Thank you!! I love validation hahahha
Are you guys ready for a bump in subscribers and views? Because making awesome content with great video production is the way to do that. Love the vid!
Thanks man!!! We are trying to get better with every video!
Really nice! You can use a dab of liquid tape (black) on the inside of the rear / front lights to stop the light bleed from showing on the inside too. Great work :-)
Whoa! That car looks awesome! FPV mod next? 🤓😁 The detail in the stand sign is fantastic.
Hahahhaha we will have to see !!
Great job and very nice stand. Would be great if you could wire a button to turn on the lights and run the motor a little from the stand.
Curious if the glow forge could make headlights for the Kyosho autoscale r34. The 20th anniversary chrome blue R34 uses stickers for headlights despite having great plastic molds for headlights on most of their other autoscale bodies.
The glowforge could definitely cut really thin plastic for it. So could a vinyl cutter. The head lights are small enough. We almost had to make new headlights for this one because we dropped them in the carpet!!
you should totally use that car stand and make a back to the future delorean display!
That would be cool!!!
Hi bud you you do a video on what battery your running there is not much on this subject and as you have bein running them for some time you will have knowledge of this plz can you show how your running it bud as I'm thinking of getting the same car many thanks MJs RCs 👍
Put a little black paint over the led and that will stop the light pollution in the body
good idea! thank you
Awesome video man! Would you be able to point me in the right direction for the battery mod?
I want to drive that while playing running in the 90s
Dude us too .... Literally all the time
I recall seeing a smaller scale Celica WRC RC car in my sibling's house in early 2000s. I never figured out the manufactuer for that Celica WRC!
For the yellow LED's with resistors.. (I am doing this mod, lol). I did not see how this went together and was wired in the car. I assume the yellow lights are connected the same way as the main headlights (one of the led legs + to the other one's -) and then the other +/- go to the power. So, where are the resisters in that diagram?
I am going to do this mod as well. Do the brake lights get brighter on this model when you press the brake? Also, do the lights stay on when the car is not moving, or only under input?
As long as there is battery power, the lights will stay on!
Great job! Ever thought about adding FPV?
Not yet...but it would be fun. I wanna make a small course for it. if we do that, maybe then we would invest in a small camera lol
How many volts? I want to make a light kit for mine with 4x headlights and 4x tail lights. Thanks
Hi man I got a question a bout leds I don't know much about them if I whanted to put 3 leds to make a head light do you have to have a resistor for each individual LED or can I solder 3 in series and add a resistor to the end of the 3 LEDs thanks mj
Ps I'm mj from mjs rcs 👍
What is the difference in battery life with the extra leds? Do the extra leds cut the battery life significantly?? I’ve ordered 50 jst connections and a tonne of leds, looking to make my own.
We didn't notice a difference!