After hours of playing with star shaped paper and cutting tape I managed to tape off the star on the hood and the eyes and spray them.
The purple seat gets a new coat of black (hope it sticks well!)
For the front grill I took off the headlights and marker lights and sprayed it making sure to tape off some white behind the headlights so they don't look green.
After assembling all the painted body parts it was time to finally put on ALL 4 MOTORS! yea baby! Four wheel drive for the win.
I used hot glue as a spacer to keep the motors from flopping around.
Fried 2 sets of relays trying to get the wiring to work but it looks as if I am going to have to skip the forward/reverse for now. just the regular foot pedal and a solenoid to help save the foot pedal from overcurrent. I will later be building a 24v wiring harness and using a series/parallel circuit, but that's for later. for now the kid needs his jeep.
With all the wiring in place it was time for a test. And here is what I discovered
It turns out that the bigger tires rub just a bit on the frame.
To solve this I hooked 2 cheap ($2) ratchet straps around either end of the rear axle and the rear part of the frame and ratcheted until the rear lifted just enough.
Now with everything tested and working it is time for a test drive and delivery to its home.
The Sarge works awesome in the snow, even with 150lb me.
I gotta say it looks even cooler than I thought it would.
And here it is on a bike trailer, behind my mobility scooter. Being towed to Racerocks Auto for Marty to pick up.
Jayden is going to love it!
