Turning Kia Spectra into ULTIMATE Go Kart! Better Than a SXS!

We literally just pulled the doors off and spray painted it, it cost me $300 to own this magnificent machine. I challenge anyone who owns a side by side to a showdown of mediocre proportions.
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[@juztyn00]

Skid pan should be a priority mod. oil pan removal is usually the killer of this this style of go cart.

[@outsidethebarn]

Facts

[@rocktoonzz]

Front brush guard might be good too, don't want to kill the radiator with tree limbs

[@garylamb4777]

True 😂

[@davidcolesr.8628]

Good Looking Out, Cooling System would had been my First Thought

[@reggaejoe494]

Keep your kids off social media

[@jasoncampbell5518]

300 bucks !!! His go cart is in better shape then my car. If more parents did this we would not have so many people on the roads without a clue how to drive.

[@Tech_481]

Also these are the memories that jd will remember for the rest of his life! Thanks for being a awesome dad to him!

[@AGFL83]

I had a 2006 Spectra once. It was gutless, but very reliable. It was my first KIA and I was hesitant. I've been buying them ever since. There is a secret turbo button, the AC off button.

[@jamms992]

I have a 2006 spectra as well mine Is a 5 speed with over 200,000 miles still gets around 33 mpg.

[@The-Deadbolt-Deputy]

Hilarious

[@iFixJunk]

Hmp. So KIA did actually make a reliable car at some point?!

[@jamms992]

Any car with proper maintenance can be very reliable.

[@Hybris51129]

My 1998 Chevy Lumina had a automatic secret turbo as when you put in too much throttle it would shut down the A/C and blow hot air into your face until you were done demanding power then kick back on.

[@hubcityhotrod]

JD, when I was your age, my first "Go Cart"was a 1938 Buick Super 8. I stripped it down and drove it all over the farm! So much fun learning to drive the correct way!

[@slowshedgarage7409]

Great now all the $300 Kias just went to $900 thanks to you. 😂😂😂

[@jjdekay6969]

back in 98 I did the same thing for my kids with an 87 ford escort. Thanx for the entertainment and for reminding me of my kids and their "escort service".

[@maxgamer2.033]

Something about seeing what is essentially my first car (year newer but same driveline) getting thrashed brings a smile to my face

[@tinystar3010]

This is gonna be fun! Glad I caught that livestream to know about this!

[@BuffsGarage]

Pretty awesome go-kart JD!.... always fun watching you guys working on fun projects together

[@flyingace5057]

I'm getting some heavy "Back in my day" vibes here 😂

[@Sadistic-666-Customs]

DUDE!!! What a major score for 300$. That's Badassery at it's finest. JD has to be pumped to have this weapon!

[@LukeLappage95]

Oh yes paddock racing is the best. Reverse donuts, handbrake turns, drifting and general hoonage is great fun.

[@TurboDog73TX]

I laughed way too hard at Y'all hooning it around the yard.. Not only does it have a radio, but probably air conditioning too! Awesome fun.

[@bigchevy350boy]

Haha love it!! This is an epic way for the young fella to get comfortable driving! 🤘

[@Giovanni_Litterini]

Good idea for the cheap eco-box as a go-cart. Like the new channel name too

[@freedomdesign4688]

Painting the tires also was a great idea. They look great.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Runs Very well For a 300 dollar car nice find Guys this looks like a blast Dalton and JD @Outside The Barn

[@jamesbarr3455]

Traction Control. I had it in a Nissan Hard Body truck. If it started raining I turned the AC on, no rear wheel spin....

[@OutontheRanchwithDrLee-xb4lo]

Good Job, JD! The copper tires look great! The whole thing looks great! Probably need to get yer dad to help you with a skid plate, as these cars have a soft belly (oil pan)...

[@tcanthony2]

Dang that was actually decent looking. I would have driven it as a gas getter. Those panels will make you your 300 investment back.

[@davidbryant5875]

Yes was thinking the same thing. That’s crazy it was a clean car. Been a good gas saver run and gets parts.

[@davidbryant5875]

Should have found one that was already with a messed up body. But whatever not my money

[@kennoland5319]

great job. # 1 dad stuff. JD will remember this kind of stuff for ever and learning at the same time. great job and fun

[@ajthenerd4918]

JD learned from the best!! Can’t wait to see more from this thing!

[@hoosierdude7102]

Awesome! I never had a go-kart, 4-wheeler, or motorcycle but I did have a ‘79 Chevy Malibu four door! It was a family hand me down that my brother had hit a few deer with. It sat by the barn and I finally talked Dad into soldering the rad holes and letting me drive it in the pasture. I learned how to power brake, do donuts, and parallel park between trees. I came really close to rolling it once. It was a great time!

[@robertcrappie1537]

We did the same thing with a Honda civic way cheaper and hold there scrap value when used up and parts to fix them are everywhere keep up being a awesome dad your kiddo loves ya

[@justinwax7200]

JD is going to be the smartest kid in his generation love see him n the videos

[@SARCASTADICK]

Great job JD...oh btw I liked and subscribed so keep the content flowing please young man...great way to document you and your dads time together...

[@lifeofbush9627]

I daily an 05 spectra 5 speed and I love it… glad to see someone having fun even off-road😂

[@jamms992]

06 spectra 5 speed here

[@MarkTyhurst]

What an awesome go kart!! Sleeperdude's kids'll be doing this next!

[@shanemurphy-fb1rl]

Glad I found this channel. Love the content. I live in Kansas City Missouri so it's always cool seeing a local KZbinr. Much love and respect for you and your family.

[@MontieMongoose]

I always wondered what people did with cars that didn't have titles.

[@outsidethebarn]

Apparently just drive them until I get ahold of them lol

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

"JD Looks more like a go kart now and we even have rocket launchers" pulls trunk Hinge 😂 love it JD @Outside The Barn

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

The blue red and chrome with the yellow and the Copper looks cool starting to look like a go-kart next Light bars Offroad lights And Big tires large lift kit and long travel suspension Dalton @Outside The Barn

[@mr.behaving]

in my neck of the woods, we call these 'field cars', and we spent every opportunity trying to see how far over the field we could fly them. have fun with this JD!!

[@brandaneakright6082]

That’s freaking awesome, great go cart man.

[@thedant21]

Watched the Jag video straight through last night. Had me rolling. Great content man. Found you and Tom’s Refurb on the same day, I have some catching up to do.

[@rorasaurus14]

I'm so here for this kind of content! JD that opening line was killer

[@Pallanamnjavelet]

You basically built a Swedish folkrace car. We used to build a couple very much like this each year in my youth. And go race them on the fields after harvest, it's called Stubbrace. Great, cheap fun! And you learn weird things too, like how the stations wagons always last the longest. Still don't know exactly why? But that was always the case for us. 😂 A tip; If you weld a "T" shaped tube between the front seat backrests going from the driveshaft tunnel to the roof, and out over the drivers and passengers heads, it will be safer if it should turn over. ATV tires are also great, and cheap. They're also made for lighter vehicles, which this now is. And if you just put them on the fronts, with some hillbilly slicks (worn tires) on the back, you'll slide all over! These things are great fun!

[@CS-oe8og]

Awesome video!!! I hope JD is having a blast!!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Jd already Driving with Skills nice work JD @Outside The Barn

[@r3drocket659]

This is awesome. These are the kind of memories I cherish with my dad.

[@johnpaulheupel5713]

I've had several mid 2000's Hyundai Elantras (Same as a Spectra), I paid between 200 and 500 for. My son learned to drive in them. He was pretty hard on them. When they would get wrecked, busted windows, ect. I did the same thing with them. I would love to get another one, lift it a little, marketplace A/T tires, Harbor Freight winch, ect. Way cheaper than a SXS.

[@outsidethebarn]

That's kinda the end plan I have for this! JD doing most of the work will help with time

[@BiggusDickusMontePython]

Omg the one youtuber I wish had a behind the scenes channel just answered my prayers today when I found this!

[@lawnmowerdude]

Very cool idea. You may want to find a way to limit the “go kart” to go kart speeds.

[@outsidethebarn]

It kinda limits itself oddly. No traction lol

[@CCNB04]

There is a lot of potential for this. I can't wait to see the future upgrades.

[@bunneysgarage]

Awesome to see you get your kid involved, to many kids out there these days with no interest in the outside world, well done 👏

[@mavericksimulation]

They can't repo what they can't recognize! I love it! Have fun JD! I'm jealous. My first go cart was an 81 snapper riding mower

[@sarongas1999]

Awesome a new channel! Wont catch me complaining about more PBG

[@godchasingcountryboys3719]

And don’t forget with a set of cheap Amazonian wheel adapters you can run some pretty gnarly looking ATV tires

[@The-Deadbolt-Deputy]

Hell yes ! My 1981 Honda accord spent most of its life in the woods !!! Awesome JD !

[@tedconroy5074]

This is a great idea for JD, this is the way we go-carted with a convertible Chevy Corvair 3 speed.

[@joooools01]

Great project for JD. My dad did a similar thing for me. I learned so much about fixing and driving - I think I was about 13. Top dad, nice one Dalton.

[@DesperadoGarageOfficial]

Lift kit, skid plates, custom door bars and offroad lights your set after that.

[@scottcol23]

I had a 1990 Pontiac LeMans 2 door hatchback that I got for $200 back in high school that we turned into a go kart. Had so much fun. Got it stuck on a hill at my buddies parents property. It was wedged between two trees on a 45-deg slope. I hear its still there some 24 years later. I really miss the bargain corner classifieds in the Sunday paper. Was promptly replaced with a $300 1992 Olds Cutlass Calais. It was 80% rust. And loved to randomly strand you.

[@dalehadley3283]

Man...I wish I could have had a go kart like this as a kid, this looks like a lot of fun

[@789costela]

Im inpressed you have so much knowleg aboute this new *modern* cars! Wel done sir 🐐

[@deddrunc5591]

I never thought i would like a video with a kia in it. You did it though. Father of the year!!!

[@wrenchesinmotion3282]

I'm supposed to be working on my stuff, yet here I am watching the channel. My stuff can wait.

[@Kitt96]

That’s a decent go kart. I remember my first “go kart” it was a 1975 dodge d100, a utility go kart if you will. Memories I don’t think I’ll ever forget.

[@outsidethebarn]

Ah yes, I also had the "heavy hauler-kart"

[@shadowslayer0420]

I used to daily drive a silver 07 identical to this one. that 2.0l is surprisingly peppy for being korean. Poor thing put up with a decade of my abuse until the body rotted off of it. Still ran strong (ish) though. I used to take it up trails in a few of our local state forests, and it never once let me down or got me stuck. This one will be perfect for JD. Just hope you never have to put an alternator or starter in it...

[@shawndemeter3836]

Honestly this is awesome! Perfect gokart good power

[@raycastro7156]

Pretty good driving!

[@FORDCAMPERSPECIAL]

My first outside the barn video, thanks for the post.

[@MrTombo-gg4bq]

My first "go cart" was my grandpa's 56 bel Air I drove it around the woods all summer when I was 12-13 years old. It had three on the tree, we would go to the end of the field and pick up the little neighbor girl and race around the woods all day

[@outsidethebarn]

Hell yeah

[@gregoryjewell1]

Man I'm glad I watched the live stream. I had no idea there was a second channel

[@robertmoczulski3096]

Yes a skid plate underneath and some sort of brush guard on front. Can guarantee you will have the only Kia that has those mods haha.

[@hershellodle6667]

My dad gave me a car as my go cart as a kid also. A 1980 Datsun 510 hatchback. Drove that thing around the yard for years. I miss him a lot

[@JMassengill]

Nice! I vote for a diy intake/carb conversion

[@MyNewYorkCity.]

The Dynamic duo🤞🏽👌🏽

[@MyNewYorkCity.]

Wouldn't removing the airbag fuse,stop them from going off?? Or cutting lines😂😂😂

[@davestark2015]

Cool my dad in 1973 bought me a 1953 Morris minor was way fun. Enjoy JD !!!

[@sccarguy8242]

Awesome !! May I suggest off road tires, and a sawzall roof removal, leaving the B pillars connected (IE the cutlass and/or PT convertible basket handle) for rigidity… I guess….

[@outsidethebarn]

We weren't sure if the roof should stay, on account of rain and what not

[@warrenmichael918]

@@outsidethebarn leave the roof, rain is a factor but we all know either you or JD is gonna smack into a tree and the roof will keep a limb or the entire tree off of his head.

[@jamesbarr3455]

I'd leave the roof, on the account of all the "air time" this car will see, once he figures out that it can go above 30 mph...

[@Saul8]

Great paint job

[@exitioregem8466]

300 green ones, and it still runs good, pretty impressed, supercharge it

[@gheinitsh]

Made me smile from beginning to end!!!

[@Trenton-om9qs]

This go cart is fancy because it has AC and a radio. For 300 bucks id say it was a good deal

[@wdjones4735]

Man-o-man!!!!!! JD you are one lucky kid! Great go-cart👍🏻 When I was a kid(when Jesus was a boy) a go-cart for us was a wooden citrus crate and the wheels from your roller skates! How time provides updates in the go-cart world! Be safe and thanks for sharing😊

[@DeadReckon]

I would say this thing was almost in better shape than my $1,000 2000 Nissan Dentra I've been beating on for 5 years, but the Dentra has a 5 speed, working AC, and it's not a damn Kia / Hyundai POS. Awesome little project, should be a fun beater for years with a yearly oil change and a few mods to keep from deleting the oil and trans pan. Just be sure to wear seatbelts in that thing, lest ye may be thrown out. Ejecto seato, and all that. Keep up the great work, hope JD has fun with this little pile of junk, they aren't much count as real cars anyway.

[@actionbythought]

This is PASSED AWESOME!!! I love it!!!!!

[@badideaworkbench5155]

"Take it in the woods," and "goose it." Two things my dad never said when he taught me how to drive.

[@rockettcustoms6266]

That's a cool idea. I would get rid of the glass, rear bumper, headlights, cut those trunk hinges off and maybe put some snow tires on it all around for better grip in the woods. My dad did something like this with a big old '50's car back when I was about 2 or 3 years old, around 1967 or '68 I'd guess. We had a huge sand pit behind our house and some muddy spots back there at times so he had a lot of fun with that thing. I can't wait to see what else you guys do with this thing!

[@alexthem2010]

JD is such a cool kid man, you're a great fucking dad.

[@poohssmartbrother1146]

My brother has one of these as a daily driver. This thing is in better shape than his. Side note, JD is hitting them growing juices, he's getting bigger every video

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

300 bucks for the car not bad super cheap and going to be turned into a go cart very Cool @Outside The Barn

[@321dragracingmedia6]

Let's goooooooooo!!!!!!! Lil man driving!!!!!! 😁😁

[@jamesmacfadyen92]

That is the UGC👍better than any utv,atv,it's got the radio the 4 seats,slingshots and jeep like styling.paint 2nd to no one.😁

[@williamponath4798]

Thanks

[@blodhemn413]

That thing looks like a blast. Good to see the second channel getting some use.

[@ashtoncrow9368]

Glad to here ya say y’all would unhook the airbags... I work in a tow yard and that was the first thing they warned me about with the scraper cars😂. From experience

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

They pull themselves out otherwise.

[@JB-mk4ry]

You guys should have done before/after 0-60 times... Sport Compact Car mag did it with a Sentra back in the day.. Got it down to 5.x seconds

[@MaximusGaming]

Didn’t know you had this channel 🤷‍♂️ just subbed 👍

[@diggah]

I swear JD is getting taller by the second.

[@remko1238]

…same thoughts 😂

[@williamsinger4124]

My wife was right...she watched a few videos with me in the past and she said that JD would end up turning into a clone of Dalton. They even talk the same lol

[@trolleybarn2614]

Good job JD! All kinds of strange things are happening on this channel. Apparently!! 😂😂😆😆

[@Saul8]

Great video

[@MJSGamin]

Hell yea, this is how you parent! Way to go, Dalton.

[@erickricharson5196]

Wow someone found a use for a modern sardine can 4 banger front drive eco sh** box. Nice job

[@dangeroustoys5668]

Yup time for turf tires, lil lift, exhaust mod , as suggested- skid plates- be ready to race

[@leegoldeneagle9003]

Now that come out very well 😊

[@Ellington_Industrial_Arts]

I assume there's a backstory on why it was that clean...for $300? Way nicer than my first car ...and he didn't even have to engine swap his, before he could drive it! 😂 Had to part out the neighbor's snow blower to get an engine for the beat up half a go-kart frame a friend's older brother gave me.

[@colinl9018]

Maybe weld some intrusion bars across the doors to keep "objects" at bay and maybe a racing harness and roll bar in case the car ends up on it's arse.

[@1898nc2]

My grandad did the same thing with a old bug I love it

[@user-vl3je4wj1m]

I had a old Buick station wagon when I was a kid so much fun lol

[@tylermetcalf6470]

It needs a loud exhaust on it for it to be a cool go cart.

[@outsidethebarn]

Yes but it's very nice quiet