If you keep the inside of the bonnet white, you could put a pico projector on the dashboard and have your own portable drive-in movie theatre. The closer the projector is to your own POV, the less it'll matter that the screen isn't flat. Don't forget a label that reminds you not to operate the portable drive-in movie theatre while driving, though.
This series is better than any Netfl*x show. Thanks for sharing with us about this transformation. Eager to know what‘s next. Can‘t imagine now, how it performs and feels when finished - so excited.
Bwahaha aw thanks! I wish I could work on this car full-time to get videos out sooner. I have no idea when the next one will be, but it'll be an exciting one! Finally something electric-related.
As usual, great video! I was saying to myself USE BUTTON LATCHES!! and then there they were! Cheap polyester resins and fillers can shrink like hell, get some shrinkage in the mold and then some shrinkage in the final part and then suddenly your parts fit like garbage. Keep up the great work man! And good work getting the demister heater!
Loving the build series, this has re-ignited my love for kei cars and desire to buy one for a future Electric modification. The hood pins was a great solution and saved a solid half a kilo, would love to see the finished build in person.
Nicely done. Just a note regarding the hood latch, you'll need that for your WOF as it has a safety mech in it if the lock is not engaged. Its a waka kotahi thing, I ran foul of it with my old mini, ended up using a secondary spring loaded catch.
Soon the Beat will be weighing as much as an Energica with all you've taken out, I'm excited to see it driving! In other news, I'm following your Energica path by upgrading from the 13.4kwh Ego to a '21 Ribelle RS since I found an amazing deal on one. Before I sell the Ego, I'm going to do some tests to see if the lightweight OZ wheels effect acceleration times compared to the stock wheels by using my dragy, there is so much to do for science!
Ooooo awesome!! I'm super curious about that. A buddy just bought a Ribelle RS and it has the carbon wheels on it, so I'll have to race him. Can't wait to see your tests, and congrats on the new bike!! Get ready for way more range!
Right?? Me too man. Crazy how heavy the stock one was. It makes me want to replace all the body panels with carbon hahaha. Most expensive build ever and I haven't even started the conversion yet.
Wow that hood was terrible but nice job fixing it! Fiberglass flexes a lot with a little heat too if there are final adjustments to be done. That's an easy 10kg loss right there
On an electric car the weight is more negligible than the overall aerodynamics! I once converted an old Audi 80 Avant (station wagon) with some old E-Golf Parts (someone hit my car and it was a total write off, but i could use Battery, charger, motor etc because they weren't damaged! The car was in the end 250 kg heavier than the e golf, but i had the same range and the same overall consumption! The most tricky part was to implement the 27 battery modules to a completely different chassis, but in the end it worked without any issues, and you got some really strange looks when standing at an EV charging station with a 30 year old car😂! If the car is heavier, yes it takes more energy to accelerate, but you get it back when using regenerative braking! When on speed the only difference is the increased rolling resistance by the higher weight on the tires! Im now in the process of rebuilding that car with newer components, and a custom made battery, to have more power, range and charging speed!
Whoa, awesome!! That sounds like such a cool build, and great to hear about your range. Unfortunately I'm limited to a certain weight legally when I certify the car again. It can't be heavier than it is from the factory and the balance front to back also has to be the same. It'll be a fun challenge though! What batteries are you using it your car next?
@@NewZeroland oh that's sad, in Germany I had more freedom, since the car gets fully new registered and certified! The E-Golf battery I used were from the 1st generation E-Golf (with "only " 21,4 kWh net), in a 88s3p configurations, so it has 323 V nominal voltage! In terms of lifetime, the batteries already had 150k km on them and had a SOC of ~85%, now it still has 82%! I think I'll go with LiFePO4 cells, with 100 cells in serial to get to 320 Volts nominal voltage, and I'm hoping for a higher cycle life! The Car should still be able of CCS DC fast charging (around 40-42 kW now, planned is a charging rate of max. 1,5C between 20-80% at temperatures between 10-35°C, above and below it should reduce) so I also have to wrap my head around cooling and heating the cells if necessary for a prolonged lifetime and DC fast charging capabilities below freezing and in the hot summer ! I still have the HVAC parts from the E-Golf lying around, I think I'll use them as a combined Battery and interior heat pump/AC system! PS: I would also love to have an Energica, but it's too expensive for me right now...well I could afford it if I wouldn't convert this old car to an EV and now making it better 🙈😂 I think it would make more sense for me to convert a old ICE bike to electric....who knows 🤷🏻♂️ Greetings from Germany
@@huey-fan8335 that's a great idea! I totally understand. Having an electric car is more important than an electric motorcycle, for sure. Thanks for sharing your story! Do you have any blogs / photos / videos of your conversion project?
@@NewZeroland yes I have pictures, and some videos! But before I upload everything I want to go sure that everything runs and works fine, and I recently got kicked out my workshop (basically a barn I rented on a farm) which makes making progress now extremely difficult...! But I'm keeping my head up, I'll find a way💪
Great video, that hood was a very satisfying click Im glad you did it from multiplr angles. My only complaint was you didnt do a wiggle test after to see if it helped with the floppyness lol.
Nothing worse than when someone wants to dampen your enthusiasm for something with a rant. But despite that and the questionable quality of the hood (which could probably be takes care of with a little sanding and paint) it's looking good so far the hood latch even worked out pretty nicely.
Cheers man! I'm really excited about it :D You're totally right. It need lots of sanding, but it'll clean up ok with some paint. The weight loss was worth it.
I had a hot '63 Austin Mini in England with a fibreglass bonnet; it was totally illegal but I guess you've checked out the law here and it's fine? It also had slick tyres and no window wipers but that's another story...
Oh man, full race for you. As far as I know, bonnets are legal but if you do anything structural like doors, you need to get it certified. A lot of this stuff will need certifying so I'll have it all done together at the end and hope for the best.
My heart broke a little when I saw that you bought the same defroster that I bought, if it's the same as what I bought, and I am 99.999999 percent sure it is, then that fan blows less air than a flea's fart. Should be a rule of importing e-waste :(. Great episode. I also just meet my first, electric cars are worse than the environment the other day, he was a nice guy who was working on a vintage army jeep, asked if he would consider converting to electric, that set him off - I didn't have an energy to correct him.
Ah crap haha.. I honestly haven't tried it yet, so if it sucks I'll sell it. I've seen drift cars with RC jet engines blowing air at their windshields, so maybe that's the way to go. And yeah those people are nuts. To say that drilling for oil, spilling that oil, transporting it, refining it, storing it, burning it, and starting that whole process over again is cleaner than recharging a battery?? That's crazy.
Thanks! Nah.. the battery pack is sealed, and the case is so thick that you can't fit more cells inside. However! In the future I might swap in a newer Energica battery that's the same physical size but 10kg lighter and a 21.5kWh capacity. Just gotta wait for another person to crash their bike 😂
The only thing i can think of for the hood is some bracing to add a tiny bit of weight because of high speeds and draughting.. becuse id hate to see that bonnet fly off your car and snap after landing on the race track.
@@NewZeroland air getting underneath it via forced induction.. ie.. the force of the wind pushing so hard against the bonnet that it creates a buckle and then wind comes flooding in under the bonnet and pushes it up.
Wow, I'm shocked that stock hood weighs that much, my BRZ hood is much lighter than that since it's made out of aluminum. Great job with working with what you have to still use that terrible quality piece. If you're really serious about weight reduction replacing the glass with Lexan would also be something to consider. As a 911 owner having all the weight in the back of a lightweight short wheelbase rear wheel drive car is not that big of a deal if the suspension is tuned to eliminate the snap oversteer.
Thanks man! I'd love to do lexan side windows but there aren't frames on the doors, so I'm not sure how well they'd hold up. I'll see how flat the stock ones are. That'd be a cool option + carbon doors 😁 Beats actually understeer more than they oversteer, so we'll see if this changes things. I'd love to be able to slide the proper way haha.
You could always do a carbon, or aluminum frame on the outer edges of lexan to stiffen it up and create bends/curves if needed. It's the 'snap oversteer' that sucks, because many people have to fight their natural reaction to lift off the accelerator to prevent it but yeah 911s will also understeer more until suddenly they don't...
The guy making your hood violated the main rule when running a business. Don’t crap where you eat. Hey customer I see you don’t like what I do. Here have some spit in your face. Now that that’s over, let’s do business.
Right? Unfortunately he's one of the only local composite guys, but I'm ok burning that bridge. I'd rather buy carbon body parts that actually fit, even if they need to be shipped from Japan.
dont paint the inside of the hood, thats extra weight! think of the german motorsport team that famously were called "silver arrows" because they scrubbed off their paint to get ahead of the competition
I saw a guy with a hotrod V8 online, who painted the inside of the bonnet with a picture of Greta Thunberg crying - classic! So maybe do the same with the crying face of an oil tycoon or a Saudi prince or something?
@@jezthomas4402 HAHAHA I love it. Maybe I'll print out a wiring diagram the size of the whole bonnet. Or a map of the Lake District. One of those haha.
Nice! In your case I'd go with the small drive unit Tesla motor so you have 300hp. Then it would be an improvement. Swapping in Energica parts wouldn't make it any faster, but it would be the easier way to go.
@@NewZeroland i think that 125mph is enough, just to do it as easy as possible. But can you give me some links from where to buy, and I don't have more than 10k at the moment
@@JohnnyQuid86 Unfortunately you'd have to find a used Energica on craigslist or facebook marketplace.. they don't sell the components separately yet. Then take the bike apart and put it in your t-rex. The benefit of that is everything is already wired up so it's way easier to do. I've seen a few older Energica Egos and Evas selling for between $10-12k, so it might be possible!
@@tatersyj8490 eeee it would cost a fortune to ship, sadly... to the point where I'd suggest buying a cf/fiberglass hood from Japan if you have to ship it overseas anyway.
Was looking at that but the ones we found looked like they had gaps between the fender and hood. For $1300usd that's kinda hard to look past. Any suggestions on a good fitting aftermarket?
@@tatersyj8490 oooo which brands fit poorly? I want to order one from Japan eventually because mine fits like crap too, but not sure which to buy. Garage Vary has lots of cf body panels for affordable prices but I'm not sure how well they fit. Black Hawk Japan can ship them internationally.
I do find it funny that people who never gave the environment one thought before suddenly use it as an argument against EVs vs ICE. Does it factor in all the worst oil tanker spills? I’ll have to admit I didn’t buy my EVs for the environment, i just like how they drive.
RIGHT??? 100% man. That's exactly how I feel. Since when did they care about pollution levels and child welfare overseas? All I care about is performance and air quality. Right now my Beat is slow and smelly, so this seems like the best way to fix that.
If you keep the inside of the bonnet white, you could put a pico projector on the dashboard and have your own portable drive-in movie theatre.
The closer the projector is to your own POV, the less it'll matter that the screen isn't flat. Don't forget a label that reminds you not to operate the portable drive-in movie theatre while driving, though.
Ha! That's awesome XD My wife will love that idea.
I love this idea.
This series is better than any Netfl*x show. Thanks for sharing with us about this transformation. Eager to know what‘s next. Can‘t imagine now, how it performs and feels when finished - so excited.
Bwahaha aw thanks! I wish I could work on this car full-time to get videos out sooner. I have no idea when the next one will be, but it'll be an exciting one! Finally something electric-related.
Those hoodpins look really good, this is a fun build you have.
Cheers! 😁
Ohhh that button click ! So nice. Carbon fiber wrap on the bonnet with some nice art on the inside will be awsome!
Thanks man! Definitely need art on the inside. I'll probably paint the outside to match the rest of the car though, when everything is finished.
As usual, great video! I was saying to myself USE BUTTON LATCHES!! and then there they were! Cheap polyester resins and fillers can shrink like hell, get some shrinkage in the mold and then some shrinkage in the final part and then suddenly your parts fit like garbage. Keep up the great work man! And good work getting the demister heater!
Haha thanks! That makes a lot of sense. The mold was 4 years old 😂 All good though. It's messy but the weight loss was worth it!
Lining up those pins is something id put off forever because I’d be looking up every way possible to make them line up and you made it look so easy
Haha cheers! These ones were really forgiving. But yeah, grease or toothpaste or something makes it easy.
That's the beauty of fibre glass, it can always be fixed with relative ease.
True that! I'll clean it all up next weekend, but right now it serves its purpose well. The ~10kg loss feels amazing!
Loving the build series, this has re-ignited my love for kei cars and desire to buy one for a future Electric modification. The hood pins was a great solution and saved a solid half a kilo, would love to see the finished build in person.
Thanks so much! I'm really excited about the next episode. I have no idea when it'll be finished but the conversion has finally started :D
👍 5,82 lbs per cat ( 2.76 kg) .... I had to pull out the calculator 😁Nice work, good closures!
Bwahaha ok that's a tiny cat. My math was off.
I love this series! That button click was so good. Much love! ❤
Thanks man! So satisfying 😂 Small progress but I'm getting close to the exciting electric stuff.
Nicely done. Just a note regarding the hood latch, you'll need that for your WOF as it has a safety mech in it if the lock is not engaged. Its a waka kotahi thing, I ran foul of it with my old mini, ended up using a secondary spring loaded catch.
Ah crap.. good to know! Thanks man. That's super annoying.
Approximately five cats! Americans and your wacky measuring systems. The chorus of angels on the button click made it all worth while though!
Hahaha right? Any excuse to not use the metric system XD
Soon the Beat will be weighing as much as an Energica with all you've taken out, I'm excited to see it driving! In other news, I'm following your Energica path by upgrading from the 13.4kwh Ego to a '21 Ribelle RS since I found an amazing deal on one. Before I sell the Ego, I'm going to do some tests to see if the lightweight OZ wheels effect acceleration times compared to the stock wheels by using my dragy, there is so much to do for science!
Ooooo awesome!! I'm super curious about that. A buddy just bought a Ribelle RS and it has the carbon wheels on it, so I'll have to race him. Can't wait to see your tests, and congrats on the new bike!! Get ready for way more range!
The new hood is minty fresh.
Cheers broooo! I found out there's a guy in Australia who put a Honda Fit engine in a Beat. It's insane O_O
Hood pins are awesome!! Coming along a part at a time! I’m surprised how much the original hood weighs!!
Right?? Me too man. Crazy how heavy the stock one was. It makes me want to replace all the body panels with carbon hahaha. Most expensive build ever and I haven't even started the conversion yet.
Wow that hood was terrible but nice job fixing it! Fiberglass flexes a lot with a little heat too if there are final adjustments to be done. That's an easy 10kg loss right there
Thanks man! And on a lightweight car like this, 10kg is really noticeable.
@@NewZeroland Yeah dude, that's a big difference!
On an electric car the weight is more negligible than the overall aerodynamics! I once converted an old Audi 80 Avant (station wagon) with some old E-Golf Parts (someone hit my car and it was a total write off, but i could use Battery, charger, motor etc because they weren't damaged! The car was in the end 250 kg heavier than the e golf, but i had the same range and the same overall consumption! The most tricky part was to implement the 27 battery modules to a completely different chassis, but in the end it worked without any issues, and you got some really strange looks when standing at an EV charging station with a 30 year old car😂! If the car is heavier, yes it takes more energy to accelerate, but you get it back when using regenerative braking! When on speed the only difference is the increased rolling resistance by the higher weight on the tires!
Im now in the process of rebuilding that car with newer components, and a custom made battery, to have more power, range and charging speed!
Whoa, awesome!! That sounds like such a cool build, and great to hear about your range. Unfortunately I'm limited to a certain weight legally when I certify the car again. It can't be heavier than it is from the factory and the balance front to back also has to be the same. It'll be a fun challenge though! What batteries are you using it your car next?
@@NewZeroland oh that's sad, in Germany I had more freedom, since the car gets fully new registered and certified! The E-Golf battery I used were from the 1st generation E-Golf (with "only " 21,4 kWh net), in a 88s3p configurations, so it has 323 V nominal voltage! In terms of lifetime, the batteries already had 150k km on them and had a SOC of ~85%, now it still has 82%! I think I'll go with LiFePO4 cells, with 100 cells in serial to get to 320 Volts nominal voltage, and I'm hoping for a higher cycle life! The Car should still be able of CCS DC fast charging (around 40-42 kW now, planned is a charging rate of max. 1,5C between 20-80% at temperatures between 10-35°C, above and below it should reduce) so I also have to wrap my head around cooling and heating the cells if necessary for a prolonged lifetime and DC fast charging capabilities below freezing and in the hot summer ! I still have the HVAC parts from the E-Golf lying around, I think I'll use them as a combined Battery and interior heat pump/AC system!
PS: I would also love to have an Energica, but it's too expensive for me right now...well I could afford it if I wouldn't convert this old car to an EV and now making it better 🙈😂 I think it would make more sense for me to convert a old ICE bike to electric....who knows 🤷🏻♂️
Greetings from Germany
@@huey-fan8335 that's a great idea! I totally understand. Having an electric car is more important than an electric motorcycle, for sure. Thanks for sharing your story! Do you have any blogs / photos / videos of your conversion project?
@@NewZeroland yes I have pictures, and some videos! But before I upload everything I want to go sure that everything runs and works fine, and I recently got kicked out my workshop (basically a barn I rented on a farm) which makes making progress now extremely difficult...! But I'm keeping my head up, I'll find a way💪
ha ha ha ha ~ all those spider webs
Dude the spiders have taken over 😂😱 I need to go on a killing spree.
Hahhaha. I have seen some of the new model 3s coming off the line and they are better than they were.. not great though. Nice work with that hood!
Thanks! Yeah I was exaggerating haha.. our Tesla isn't as bad as this. I might still buy a carbon hood from Japan in the end, but this'll do for now.
Great video, that hood was a very satisfying click Im glad you did it from multiplr angles. My only complaint was you didnt do a wiggle test after to see if it helped with the floppyness lol.
Ahh true! It was still slightly floppy but I put some foam bits on the sides to buffer it and it's so much better now.
@@NewZeroland That was smart.
Nothing worse than when someone wants to dampen your enthusiasm for something with a rant. But despite that and the questionable quality of the hood (which could probably be takes care of with a little sanding and paint) it's looking good so far the hood latch even worked out pretty nicely.
Cheers man! I'm really excited about it :D You're totally right. It need lots of sanding, but it'll clean up ok with some paint. The weight loss was worth it.
That's when you take the tip from the Madagascarian penguins and smile and wave boys.. smile and wave..
@@garystinten9339 hahaha, that's exactly what I did.
Bonnet art: yes, rising sun: Nooooo
😂😂😂 Definitely need something Energica related. Maybe a giant electric pizza.
I had a hot '63 Austin Mini in England with a fibreglass bonnet; it was totally illegal but I guess you've checked out the law here and it's fine? It also had slick tyres and no window wipers but that's another story...
Oh man, full race for you. As far as I know, bonnets are legal but if you do anything structural like doors, you need to get it certified. A lot of this stuff will need certifying so I'll have it all done together at the end and hope for the best.
My heart broke a little when I saw that you bought the same defroster that I bought, if it's the same as what I bought, and I am 99.999999 percent sure it is, then that fan blows less air than a flea's fart. Should be a rule of importing e-waste :(. Great episode. I also just meet my first, electric cars are worse than the environment the other day, he was a nice guy who was working on a vintage army jeep, asked if he would consider converting to electric, that set him off - I didn't have an energy to correct him.
Ah crap haha.. I honestly haven't tried it yet, so if it sucks I'll sell it. I've seen drift cars with RC jet engines blowing air at their windshields, so maybe that's the way to go. And yeah those people are nuts. To say that drilling for oil, spilling that oil, transporting it, refining it, storing it, burning it, and starting that whole process over again is cleaner than recharging a battery?? That's crazy.
Love the series ! but do you have any plan to open the battery ? Would love to see inside if its possible to increase the capacity.
Thanks! Nah.. the battery pack is sealed, and the case is so thick that you can't fit more cells inside. However! In the future I might swap in a newer Energica battery that's the same physical size but 10kg lighter and a 21.5kWh capacity. Just gotta wait for another person to crash their bike 😂
The only thing i can think of for the hood is some bracing to add a tiny bit of weight because of high speeds and draughting.. becuse id hate to see that bonnet fly off your car and snap after landing on the race track.
It should be ok.. I don't know how it would fly off, unless I hit the brakes really hard and it opened forward haha.
@@NewZeroland air getting underneath it via forced induction.. ie.. the force of the wind pushing so hard against the bonnet that it creates a buckle and then wind comes flooding in under the bonnet and pushes it up.
Wow, I'm shocked that stock hood weighs that much, my BRZ hood is much lighter than that since it's made out of aluminum. Great job with working with what you have to still use that terrible quality piece.
If you're really serious about weight reduction replacing the glass with Lexan would also be something to consider.
As a 911 owner having all the weight in the back of a lightweight short wheelbase rear wheel drive car is not that big of a deal if the suspension is tuned to eliminate the snap oversteer.
Thanks man! I'd love to do lexan side windows but there aren't frames on the doors, so I'm not sure how well they'd hold up. I'll see how flat the stock ones are. That'd be a cool option + carbon doors 😁 Beats actually understeer more than they oversteer, so we'll see if this changes things. I'd love to be able to slide the proper way haha.
You could always do a carbon, or aluminum frame on the outer edges of lexan to stiffen it up and create bends/curves if needed.
It's the 'snap oversteer' that sucks, because many people have to fight their natural reaction to lift off the accelerator to prevent it but yeah 911s will also understeer more until suddenly they don't...
The guy making your hood violated the main rule when running a business. Don’t crap where you eat.
Hey customer I see you don’t like what I do. Here have some spit in your face. Now that that’s over, let’s do business.
Right? Unfortunately he's one of the only local composite guys, but I'm ok burning that bridge. I'd rather buy carbon body parts that actually fit, even if they need to be shipped from Japan.
@@NewZeroland that’s alright. We can get some more composite guys in the area. Job opportunities abound. 😁
@@stevenb7319 yes!! I just need to import one from Japan hahaha
Cat at 0:19
Again at 3:49
@@gloom7351 hahaha priorities. Every episode must have a cat in it.
Protip: only use toothpaste on your grill 😅
Only way to truly get those bugs off my bumper!
I am Waiting for new video of energica
What kinda video should I make?
@@NewZeroland come in india place
Put something itasha on the underside of the bonnet.
Yeah!! Anime girl with an Energica logo or something haha
@@NewZeroland Some kind of electric anime girl.
dont paint the inside of the hood, thats extra weight! think of the german motorsport team that famously were called "silver arrows" because they scrubbed off their paint to get ahead of the competition
TRUE hahahaha ok you've convinced me. Weight is more important. Function over form!
I saw a guy with a hotrod V8 online, who painted the inside of the bonnet with a picture of Greta Thunberg crying - classic! So maybe do the same with the crying face of an oil tycoon or a Saudi prince or something?
@@jezthomas4402 HAHAHA I love it. Maybe I'll print out a wiring diagram the size of the whole bonnet. Or a map of the Lake District. One of those haha.
Great channel bro, I want to do a conversion my t rex, and I want to ask you what would be a good engin, now is yamaha r1 inside and 450kg
Nice! In your case I'd go with the small drive unit Tesla motor so you have 300hp. Then it would be an improvement. Swapping in Energica parts wouldn't make it any faster, but it would be the easier way to go.
@@NewZeroland i think that 125mph is enough, just to do it as easy as possible. But can you give me some links from where to buy, and I don't have more than 10k at the moment
@@JohnnyQuid86 Unfortunately you'd have to find a used Energica on craigslist or facebook marketplace.. they don't sell the components separately yet. Then take the bike apart and put it in your t-rex. The benefit of that is everything is already wired up so it's way easier to do. I've seen a few older Energica Egos and Evas selling for between $10-12k, so it might be possible!
Bro...7minutes and 5 seconds....we need at least 30 minutes per video.....at least!! 😊
😂😂😂 thank you! I'll make the next one longer for sure haha.
3rd?
You guys are so quick haha
First? :D
YEP! :O
Are you selling your stock hood?
Yep, but it's pretty scratched up. It would need a paint job. Are you in NZ?
unfortunately not. Not really worried bout scratches because rhe car is going to get a repaint. any chance you would ship?
@@tatersyj8490 eeee it would cost a fortune to ship, sadly... to the point where I'd suggest buying a cf/fiberglass hood from Japan if you have to ship it overseas anyway.
Was looking at that but the ones we found looked like they had gaps between the fender and hood. For $1300usd that's kinda hard to look past. Any suggestions on a good fitting aftermarket?
@@tatersyj8490 oooo which brands fit poorly? I want to order one from Japan eventually because mine fits like crap too, but not sure which to buy. Garage Vary has lots of cf body panels for affordable prices but I'm not sure how well they fit. Black Hawk Japan can ship them internationally.
I do find it funny that people who never gave the environment one thought before suddenly use it as an argument against EVs vs ICE.
Does it factor in all the worst oil tanker spills?
I’ll have to admit I didn’t buy my EVs for the environment, i just like how they drive.
RIGHT??? 100% man. That's exactly how I feel. Since when did they care about pollution levels and child welfare overseas? All I care about is performance and air quality. Right now my Beat is slow and smelly, so this seems like the best way to fix that.
Pitty the hood is a rip-off.
Yeah.. I was tempted to just buy a carbon one from Japan, and still might in the end, but that sunk cost got me and I figured I'd use it for now.
@@NewZeroland your skills made good on that. 👌