Modern toys amaze the minds of people whose childhood passed twenty to thirty years ago. Progress has stepped far forward over the years, and it has not bypassed children's toys. Today I would like to talk about electric cars for children from 3 years old, as well as about everything that is connected with them. Let's get it right.
general information
Electric cars for children from 3 years old are presented in the corresponding stores in a wide assortment for every taste and budget. You need to understand that even the most budgetary models cost quite decent money, because in itself such a children's toy is very complicated in technical terms.
There are many modifications of such electric vehicles. With their appearance, they imitate the design of real adult cars. There are children's electric cars for one child, and there are models that are designed for several children at once. There are also expensive models that can be additionally equipped with bodies, even have a hydraulic tipper system. Probably, it is not necessary to say that such models are very expensive.
What to look for when buying?
Of course, the choice of model is not so complicated. There is a rule that the more expensive the model, the better it is completely appropriate. But sometimes there is no desire to overpay for trifles. It's time to talk about important points.
Rubber wheels for a children's electric car is what you need. Plastic wheels are noisy, wear out quickly and have poor grip, you don't even need to talk about cross-country ability on such wheels.
A battery is what is the heart of a child’s car. There are models with one or two batteries. Models that are equipped with a pair of batteries are more powerful and have a larger range.
It is worth noting that there are children's electric cars for girls and boys, as well as universal models. Most often, parents choose universal models, since they are easier to sell or reuse themselves if replenishment in the family occurs.
The steering wheel for a children's electric car is also important. It is necessary that he hold well in the hand and the baby can easily control his machine with his help. A great option for a child’s car when the model additionally has a remote control that will help parents adjust their child’s maneuvers if necessary.
Tuning children's electric cars
It is said that men are children in an adult body. There is a truth in this, because the request for tuning children's electric cars is very, very popular on the Internet. But it is unlikely that this is the issue that mothers or children around the age of three are interested in.
There are several options for improvements to children's cars. Consider the most popular tuning for children's electric cars. Perhaps we will not cover the entire tuning, but we will certainly touch upon the main types of such upgrades. The ideas of parents are endless, every dad can invent something unbelievable in terms of finalizing his child’s electric machine.
Finalization of the appearance of cars for children
This is the most obvious way. These include pasting a children's car with various vinyl films, tinted glass, painting the body or wheels. Also included is the installation of a room for children's electric cars. If we talk about numbers, then they usually look like the phone number of the parents or the name of the child who owns the children's car. Stickers on a children's car usually imitate stickers from racing cars. It happens that they are made in the form of the child’s favorite heroes from a cartoon.
Most often, boys' cars are covered with matte films, as well as films with the "chameleon" effect. If we talk about stickers, then these are figures from fashionable cartoons. Extremely rare are real airbrushes on children's electric cars. This is done either by very wealthy parents, or people who themselves work in this field, since the costs of such tuning are very serious.
Technical part
Some dads do not stop at external modifications of their children's cars and go further in this matter. This is a real tuning for children's electric cars. It may include the installation of additional or more capacious batteries, which allows you to increase the range of the toy on a single charge. Also, sometimes there is a reconfiguration of the electric motors of the child's car in order to increase its characteristics (acceleration, maximum speed, etc.).
This is the most difficult completion of a children's car, but also the most unpredictable. You are not an engineer for these toys. Even if you are very good at electrical engineering, you should not experiment with the toys your children use!
It must be said right away that this is not a good way, since the manufacturer has not in vain set certain settings and limits for a children's car. He cared about the safety of the child, and did not create a racing car. You need to know about this, it is worth understanding. In addition, an attempt to change the technical component of a toy can sometimes result in the repair of children's electric cars for parents.
Light tuning
This is a much more humane refinement and it can be useful. It is clear that a lot of light is a big energy consumption, which will reduce the battery charge. But modern LED lamps have very low electricity consumption, which will be completely invisible to the battery of a children's car.
Usually the light tuning of children's electric vehicles is to install additional headlights, lamps, flashing beacons. There is nothing wrong with this if extremely powerful floodlights are not installed that will cause discomfort to others during their work.
The positive aspect of such a refinement of the car for the child is that the child becomes more visible to other road users, and this is additional safety.
Some people achieve incredible results when they use light in children's cars. The light of a children's car after tuning is sometimes inferior to the light of real cars of serious brands. But is it necessary to do this?
Wheel replacement
Sometimes replacing wheels on a children's car is not even a refinement, but a necessity, which is due to the wear of old tires. But there are also lovers of simply beautiful wheels. Everything is similar to the real big cars of parents who want to bring some aesthetics to the toy of their child.
Cheap electric cars for children often have plastic wheels without a rubber tire. Such wheels are short-lived. In the event of their damage, such tuning will become a simple necessity, and not the invention of parents to style the toy car.
Music
This is a classic. We are all used to the fact that in cities, music comes from cars. The child also wants a melody to play from his car. Today it is implemented quite simply. It can be just a phone or a player that connects to the speakers. But the speakers need to be pre-installed. Although there are portable speakers.
But some fathers in the musical tuning of small cars go very far. There are options with installed subwoofers and other elements of the most serious speakers. Everyone chooses his own point of musical sound, which is considered an ideal.
Other improvements
In addition, if we talk about tuning children's electric cars with their own hands, then it is necessary to note such improvements that are aimed at improving the comfort of a small driver. This may include softening the car seat. This is done, for example, by installing various soft pads.
Also, some craftsmen remake the suspension of the car for the child. Various elements (for example, springs) are being replaced with better analogues from other models or some other technique. As a rule, such a refinement is required on the cheapest models.
In addition, there is tuning horn. The usual sound of a horn can be changed to some powerful sound or a cheerful melody.
Tuning or stock?
In general, troubleshooting and tuning are slightly different things. If you are finalizing something for the manufacturer, since your electric car is from a budget class, this is not quite tuning, although it is to some extent. And it’s a completely different matter when you modify a child’s premium car. Practice shows that sometimes cars are painted or covered with vinyl films to give the toy a fresh look if it already has traces of active use.
In fact, the purchased machine is completely ready for operation for the entire period of operation declared by the manufacturer. All improvements are optional. They can even be called useless to some extent. But each case is individual.
Repairs
There is nowhere to go without repairs, especially if your child loves aggressive riding over rough terrain. Damaged plastic wheels can be repaired on their own. To do this, it is recommended to use a special glue gun, which works on the principle of cold welding.
This method is also suitable for repairing plastic body elements. To a greater extent, the entire repair of a toy electric car will be reduced to the fact that you have to glue it where it has broken off or cracked.
Electric motors and batteries should be repaired by yourself if you have special skills. The same applies to electrical wiring. Of course, almost every dad will be able to change a blown headlamp lamp. But it is better to repair an electric motor in a specialized workshop.
In fairness, we say that repair of such cars is extremely rare, so you should not particularly focus on such topics.
Output
When buying a car for a child, you should carefully familiarize yourself with the model, find out its features, given some disadvantages that may simply be due to the relatively low price of the model. If you begin independent improvements to the toy, then it is worthwhile to understand that all this can turn out for you to repair children's electric cars. Moreover, sometimes it is not required independent repairs, but the help of qualified specialists. The amount of repair can be very, very serious. And before tuning, be sure to think about the possible consequences of pumping a children's car.