This guy spent three years building a DIY Tesla Roadster with stunning finished result
- This US-based YouTuber is a car enthusiast who had never built a car before
- But he built a DIY Tesla Roadster from scratch and it took him three years
- The end result looks stunning
Published on Jul 30, 2024 at 2:56 PM (UTC+4)
by Siddharth Dudeja
Last updated on Jul 30, 2024 at 6:19 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
An American YouTuber spent three years building a DIY Tesla Roadster at home, and the results are incredible.
Do you love your cars enough to build one yourself? It may seem like an impossible task, but all it takes is perseverance and enthusiasm — and this guy had both.
More impressively, the man had no experience in building cars, although it took him three years to do it, which perhaps reflects that.
In the end, all that hard work led to a DIY Roadster that didn’t exactly look the same as an actual Roadster, but it was stunning regardless.
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Man builds DIY Tesla Roadster from scratch
![DIY Tesla Roadster](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/roadster-frame-1024x576.webp)
![DIY Tesla Roadster](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/motor-roadster-1024x576.webp)
Building a car yourself isn’t as convenient as putting Lego blocks together.
It involves hundreds of parts, processes, and an opportunity to fail at every step.
However, YouTuber Jeremy Snow didn’t falter, and he took his time to complete the project.
He also documented the entire process and put it in a 17-minute video on his YouTube channel.
If that somehow still doesn’t seem all that appealing, he had his first wiring, soldering, and welding experiences during this project.
So, how did he manage to create a DIY Tesla Roadster in three years?
Well, it involved a lot of trial-and-error situations, a K-1 Attack Kit, and sheer will.
The custom kit comes with a spaceframe, suspension components, body kit, and the entire deal.
Snow started off with assembling the frame and putting in the brakes and then headed towards the basic electronics wiring with a 12-volt battery.
Getting and putting everything together
![DIY Tesla Roadster](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/bodykit-tesla-roadster-1024x576.webp)
Most enthusiasts building custom cars often want the most powerful engine that they can have, but since he was building a Tesla Roadster, getting an electric Tesla motor from a Model S made the most sense.
The kit he used didn’t have all the parts either, so he improvised and got them from a bunch of different cars instead.
Buying a Tesla Roadster might be the easiest way to get your hands on one, but building one yourself is another experience in itself.
After three (probably painstaking) years, Snow had a DIY Tesla Roadster in a blue finish with several carbon-fiber elements.
![DIY Tesla Roadster](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/diy-tesla-roadster-1024x576.webp)
![DIY Tesla Roadster](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/tesla-roadster-diy-1024x576.webp)
It produced around 600 horsepower, which is well above the original Roadster’s performance numbers.
Considering it had a drive unit from a Model S, it makes sense.
In the end, he even won a race and managed to get his car showcased in a museum.
Now, that’s a happy ending everyone likes to see.
Watching projects like these is certainly inspiring, and if someone with no experience can do it, so can you.
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Siddharth Dudeja
Siddharth is a tech nerd with a secret love of all things cars. He has been writing for a few years now, and on his free time you would find him gaming when he's not procrastinating.