Every child, and even some adults, loves a ride on car with clashing colors and flashing lights.
Given Porsche’s reputation for high performance and luxury, the Baby Porsche was the perfect base for my custom project. As a bonus the red Porsche can be bought with a lighting system (front and back), which can be activated via the touch of a button and can deactivate itself after ten minutes (Baby Porsche with Lighting).
As an emergency physician, I wanted to create a unique emergency doctor’s car for my daughter. At first I solely added a custom neon yellow car wrap and a reflective “NOTARZT” (emergency physician) sticker to look like a real emergency car (*NEF or *Notarzteinsatzfahrzeug in Germany).
Although it looked quite well, I felt it needed something more: Front strobes. So I bought two of these (Xpro3 Blitzmodul).
The main challenges were power supply and operation.
The car’s 6V system couldn’t support the 12V strobes, so I added an 8×1.5V battery array. At first I thought about adding a separate switch for the operation of the strobes independently of the lighting system. To maintain the clean aesthetic and expand the 10 minute auto off to the strobes, I used an electrical relay to integrate the strobes with the car’s existing lighting system, even though it meant sacrificing one backlight for power.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this custom Baby Porsche! Have you ever undertaken a similar project or have ideas on how to make this even better? Drop a comment below and share your experiences. Are you more interested in owning or building a customized ride-on car like this for your child? Feel free to reach out!