I got the voltage regulator from John after already installing the front lighted pony. The voltage regulator installation requires cutting and combining the red and white wires coming from the pony to one end of voltage regulator, leaving only a red wire 'exiting' the other end of the regulator, which would be attached to a single wire in the headlight harness. The original pony installation required piercing two separate wires in the headlight harness, one for the red, and one for the white pony wires.
I'm selling mine. Brand new in box. PM if interested.
I guess I will do the same. Mine has been working fine for a couple of months. The question is, I guess, what are the odds that my battery will behave such that the voltage becomes excessive for the Pony?
Given the tendency of people on forums, like this one, to post about any and all problems they may notice with their car, I am inclined to think their would be more posts about lighted pony failures. I also check in on the original Kickstarter threads, and I am not seeing people leaving comments about failures after installation. While that isn't exactly strong evidence, I find it reassuring. Throughout the Kickstarter project, John was very responsive to feedback, as well as doing his own rigorous testing, etc. He offered the voltage regulators based on, IIRC, one report of a failure related to excessive voltage.
It's been radio silence from John for quite some time now. I have sent direct messages, emails and posted on here and kickstarter. He simply does not respond anymore.
I had a similar experience but he did come through for me after a number of weeks (see earlier in this thread.) My pony is now in-hand but I haven't installed it yet.
I completely agree. The pony is installed and works (I think). I know it lights up when I walk near the car, but I am not sure it stays on. I have asked multiple times if I have tapped the correct wire but have received zero response. My next option is to purchase a MME wiring manual for a few hundred dollars to verify. So far nothing has smoked, but I'd like to put the car back together if this is just "how it is". I didn't receive the voltage regulator he said he sent out and was willing to just purchase one but I have no clue what the values need to be. I asked him, crickets.... Again, no ill will. I just wish he could at least answer simple questions or at least post the answer up on the board or his kickstarter so he doesn't have to answer the same question over and over again.
OOOOfffffff. That sucks big time. You could buy one of those stick on pony decals to at least cover the bare wires. I think I bought one off AliExpress. I'm not using it.Well I've been reaching out to every channel the last 2 weeks as my pony insert has fallen off, was trying not to make a big deal out of it but I don't have the insert and I don't want the exposed wires getting rocked by the weather here. It's been very frustrating as I need this handled
And when I said many months ago this is how it would go because John is ghosting everyone, and when he finally did respond on here again he said he took so long because he was basically scared to? I was told to cut him a break. Live and learn, I guess.
