I got it painted up professionally a while back and people were telling me the dudes on Reddit would appreciate it, so here I am. 

I got it painted up with matte colors to give it that plasticky, toy feeling. The top of course is vinyl so that couldn't be painted, so it was wrapped in as close a yellow to the rest. 

The BIG TIKES logo was made by me. I always had the idea of what I wanted the logo to be, so I played around in Photoshop before I got it the way I wanted. Then I Googled a place that does stickers like this, sent the file and the money, and got it mailed back to me in about a week. I love the way it came out and if you're interested, the site is Sticker Genius: [https://www.stickergenius.com](https://www.stickergenius.com)

Now comes to the detail parts. I specifically got these hubcaps because I knew I was gonna paint them up. So I found a nice isolated place, and painted them up with some shiny paint. Hardest part about this was just the wait for it to dry. I gave it like 3-4 coats, but honestly after 1-2 coats, it was fine. 

I wrapped the gas cap lid with some 3M wrap I got. I had to use a heat gun for it, but outside of that it was super easy to do.

The head unit is my iPad Pro that I have with me at all times, so I figured hey, instead of getting a CarPlay unit, why not just skip the middle man and get the big boy? It looks super fancy, but I just bought a cheap case off of Amazon, and used double-sided tape to put it over the head unit. I cut a hole in the middle so I can access the head unit proper, but I never use it unless I need to swap the audio from whatever it likes to randomly switch to back to aux. I got the idea for this one of the top posts in this subreddit. And yes, I take it out every single time I leave my car. I live in NYC, my boi. 👏🏾

And the last thing to tie it all together, the license plate. I always knew I was gonna do this, so I got the license plate around when I first got this car a good few years or so ago. 

I get so much attention when driving this thing. I try to be a good sport and acknowledge anyone that gives me compliments on it, but some days you just wanna get from point-a to point-b while dead to the world, but that's one of the sacrifices I knew I'd have to make when I did this. All in all though, I love this car and I'm gonna ride it until the wheels fall off. This was my first car, I simply can't imagine driving anything else. 

My Smart Car, Dex! (AKA Big Tikes)