Awesome Mods

The now-discontinued Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife had 141 functions, but not one of them was a crossbow. For that, we have to rely on Fit to Survive, who revealed version 2.0 of his Swiss Army crossbow mod. The original version was fixed, while the latest and greatest folds up like the knife’s other blades. It fires carbon fiber bolts with steel tips.

What do you do when you have a junkyard full of beaters? Well, if you’re from tutti pazzi per marazzi, you use the parts to make insane cars. This former FIAT Panda has been flattened to just under 20″ wide. It has a single seat, a single headlight, a tiny steering wheel – and yes, an engine. For more fun with FIATs, check out Carmagheddon’s ultimate lowrider.

Just because you get around in a wheelchair doesn’t mean you can’t go fast. At least that’s the mantra of Hyperchairwillis, whose custom chair can hit speeds up to 65 MPH. Built atop a MiniMotors DualTron Thunder 3 electric scooter, its dual motors have a combined 11,000 watts. It looks like a blast, though we’d wear a helmet at those speeds.

After giving us the world’s lowest car, the gang from Italy’s Carmagheddon is back with another crazy build. This time, they took a FIAT Panda and dramatically reduced its length, giving it the shortest wheelbase we’ve ever seen. Their Panda Corta does tend to dive severely when braking, but that’s part of the fun.

After seeing artist Anh Dang’s wonderfully fun illustrations of a Playstation + crustacean hybrid, GingerOfOz was inspired to build a real-world version. He started with a cheap PSone he picked up on eBay, modified its circuit boards, and designed, printed, and assembled all its crabby bits. We love the Playstacean’s completely impractical pincer joysticks.

What does it take to make a “monster truck” other than a ridiculously lifted chassis an disproportionately-large tires? MuYe shows off a truck that meets those criteria, despite being smaller than a golf cart. After his pal Kenny Paton built a vehicle based on the Ibishu Pigeon from BeamNG.drive, he took it one step further and converted it into a tiny monster truck.

A regular paper shredder chews through a letter-sized sheet of paper in 2 to 3 seconds. CrazyConstructions upgraded their shredder with a 3500-watt motor and external power supply to maximize its speed. Sticking a sheet of paper into this thing is one of those “blink and you might miss it” experiences. He’s also got an extreme pencil sharpener.

Ice-drifting in a Miata is a fun way to spend a day. The guys at Garage 54 had a different idea for driving a Mazda in the winter. Their plan? Take the front half of a junkyard Mazda, attach an underbody sled, and slide it around on the snow. Since the donor car was front-wheel drive, no rear wheels were needed.

Piano? More like paino. Mattias Krantz has a thing for making dangerous musical instruments. After creating a piano that’s capable of electrocution, he moved on to one that triggers paintball guns when its keys are pressed. It plays music by turning its victims’ screams into notes.

For those of you who didn’t grow up in Victorian-era England, a Penny-Farthing is one of those bicycles with a giant front wheel, a tiny rear wheel, and a seat that needs a ladder to climb onto. Gregulations says he had a strange dream that compelled him to make a Penny-Farthing motorcycle. The result is the insanely-stupid Yamaha R6-powered SuperFarthing.

Garage 54 adds to their collection of whacked-out Ladas with the craziest engine swap we’ve ever seen. Or should we call it an engines swap? To power this dumpy Russian sedan, they replaced its factory power plant with 16 chainsaws connected in parallel to a single driveshaft. There’s an second video showing how they built the engine.

Dust2 is the most famous Counter-Strike map. Noclip looks into the origins of CS’s most famous map with its creator, Dave Johnston. Long before CS, Dave cut his teeth making maps for Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. Unlike his previous CS maps Cobble and Dust, Dave was deliberate in designing what would become his magnum opus. You’re a legend, Dave!

Nik Grebenyuk made a literal game-changer for The Witcher 3. His PC mod for the game lets you switch between Geralt and your own custom character. You can mix and match looks from other characters in the game or make your own from scratch. As if that wasn’t enough, you can even play as a sorcerer or sorceress, which has its own combat system.

China makes the widest variety of cars on the planet, from 6-figure executive sedans to crappy little things like the $1300 Chang Li Tank city car. After performing a durability test and testing it off-road, the guys from Grind Hard Plumbing Co. completely rebuilt the 2-horsepower car, outfitting it with four-wheel drive and a pair of 28,000-watt electric motors.

The car that Doc Brown drove (and flew) in the Back to the Future movies was a DeLorean DMC-12. Mixing things up for the 21st century, the guys from Supercar Blondie show off the TMC-12x, a Tesla Model X Plaid modified by The Shop in Tampa to look like the time machine. The EV even leaves a trail of fire on the ground. Stick around for a second awesome car.

Are skins or DIY paint jobs not good enough for your already pricey Apple Pencil? Well, the madmen at ColorWare would be all too happy to take your money. Their take on the obvious color scheme for the second-generation iPad stylus is, as expected, completely overkill in terms of both quality and price.