There is no limit to perfection. This saying is well known to everyone and everyone. And any car owner strives to make perfection out of his car. For many drivers, factory settings are not enough. They want to bring something of their own. Something that will set them apart from the rest. But what if what you want is not available in the store? There is only one way out: if you can't buy it, do it yourself.
Do-it-yourself homemade cars have recently become very popular. They improve the appearance of the car, change some technical characteristics or bring nice additions to the options. Among the variety of possible alterations, we suggest considering several options.
Car wash
Let's start with the appearance. When a car is clean, its paintwork is shiny and sparkling. It's nice to see this kind of technology. Immediately there is a feeling that the owner is watching his car. But going to the car wash is not always possible for various reasons. In such cases, homemade products for the car will come to the rescue. With your own hands you can assemble a small sink, which you canwill enjoy at any convenient time.
To make a sink, you will need the following parts:
- canister with two plums;
- hose 2 m long (suitable for connecting a washing machine);
- watering gun with telescopic rod;
- fitting;
- spool;
- rubber pad (outer diameter 2.4 cm, inner diameter 1.5 cm);
- coupling.
Now let's get started:
- Make a hole in the canister lid. We smear the “spool” with sealant and insert it into the prepared hole in the cover. Let dry.
- In the second cover with a pen drill we make a small hole. It is necessary for the coupling. We treat the junction of the cover and the coupling with sealant and also let it dry.
- Cut off the fastening nut from the bent end of the inlet hose. Mounting is no longer needed. We apply sealant to the nut and fasten it to the back of the coupling. We connect the hose with the cut side to the nut of the quick-release fitting. Next, the main fitting is twisted, which is also connected to the watering gun.
- From the second side of the hose, insert the rubber gasket into the nut. This will protect the system from air ingress. After that, the nut is screwed onto the quick fitting.
This completes the DIY car making process.
Seat upholstery
Homemade products can also be useful to update the interior. Useful gadgets andcrafts for cars allow you to replace worn parts, add lighting to the interior and do much more. Consider the option of how to upgrade the seats.
This will require fabric. You can choose two colors - for the central part of the seats, the back of the back will fit beige leather (it will take about 4 m), and everything else will be black. Black leather needs about 3.5 m. The entire fabric needs to be duplicated (glued) with a layer of foam rubber 0.5 cm. Foam rubber is glued with interlining using an iron. This will make it easier to work with.
Remove the covers from the removed seats (it's more convenient). We number their individual parts. In order not to get confused, we transfer everything to paper. Also on paper, you need to mark the places where the knitting needles are attached (they are on the back of the covers). The spokes themselves will then be inserted into new covers.
Next, we disassemble the skin into separate parts (open the seams). Get patterns of the necessary elements. We lay them out on the wrong side of the fabric (wrong side up, so that the mirror image of the details does not work out) on thick paper (it is possible on wallpaper) and circle around the perimeter. Leave a 1 cm allowance around the edges for seams. Then all patterns are cut and sewn (starting from the center). On the reverse side of any fabric we make pockets where the knitting needles are inserted.
By connecting all the details, we get new cases. We do this process in turn for all the seats. Having made such interesting and useful homemade products for a car with your own hands, you can update the interior without contactingservice.
Updating the ceiling
You can also replace the lining on the ceiling with your own hands. Homemade for the car in this case, you must start by removing the ceiling. This can take quite a lot of time. Fastening in each case individually. There is nothing complicated, the main thing is to carefully examine everything and check that all the details remain intact.
When the ceiling panel is removed, the old fabric is removed from it. When preparing the material for the ceiling, you need to remember one important point: on the wrong side, it should have a small layer of foam rubber. The fabric is glued with heat-resistant glue. When the glue dries, the panel can be installed back on the ceiling. Do it in reverse order.
Angel Eyes
It is quite possible to collect useful electronic homemade products for cars with your own hands. For example, "angel eyes" will update the headlights of any car. To make them you will need:
- plastic transparent sticks (can be from blinds);
- resistors (220 Ohm);
- battery (9 V);
- LEDs (3.5 V).
The process looks like this:
- On any metal can, the same diameter as the headlights, we wind a ring of plastic stick with pliers. To do this, it is slightly heated.
- Next, connect a pair of LED and resistor. Their performance is checked with a battery.
- Another LED is connected to it.
- On a frozen plastic stick ringmaking deep cuts.
- Assemble the ring, attach the LEDs, connect.
Conclusion
Do-it-yourself crafts for a car can be assembled by everyone. The main thing is to be confident in your abilities. A little information from our article, a little bit of our reasoning and thoughts, and everything will work out. And the car will only get better. And it's doubly nice that it's made by hand.
