- Today we're meeting Robin
at his Art Customs Workshop in Highland Park.
And Robin is a dream builder.
He can build anything!
Cars, props, but can he build wheelchairs that
are solar powered and also sexy?
Let's find out!
Welcome to Pimp My Wheelchair.
This is Bertha, my wheelchair.
There are some things I love about this chair
and there are some things that just don't make any sense.
Let me show you the horn.
(high pitch beeps)
That's not gonna get anybody to move.
That's like telling someone their Hot Pocket is ready.
No matter how hard I try,
I can't really sit up straight in this chair.
This is about as comfortable as it gets.
It gets stuck on curbs.
It gets stuck in grass.
This thing doesn't have the power to
go out into nature.
I just want to see if we can
make this baby a little greener.
So let's see if Robin has any ideas.
Hey, Robin, what's up?
- What's up Zack?
So good to see you.
- Bring it in.
So, what is this place?
- This is like my backyard, junkyard for
making amazing contraptions.
I've done a bunch of stuff for Disney,
Mercedes Benz, OK Go.
I made a robot Nicki Minaj.
Describe your dream scenario.
Like, what is the most awesome chair
that you could imagine look like?
- Well, I think the most awesome chair
would just be a pair of working legs
but excluding that.
You know, a lot of times when people are
looking at my chair, they just see this medical device.
I want this chair to be a reflection of the
sophisticated, world traveler and adventurer that I am.
I would love it to look like a sexy Italian sports car.
And it should be comfortable.
Let's make this sucker comfortable.
- Like, maybe we can find some materials that are
lightweight that we can mold to your body a little bit more.
To make it more comfortable, to hold you in.
- I really want to be greener and if my
chair could be involved in that
that would be great.
- I think we could make you a bulletproof solar setup
that you could at least charge your batteries
on solar energy.
And maybe you could do something like take it to the beach.
- I love the ocean but as soon as there's
sand I just have to like, stop.
I went to the beach the other day with my family.
I had to stay on the concrete because there was no way
to get me to the beach.
So Robin's already working on my chair
and we'll be back in a week to see what he's done.
- It's the middle of the week and
we've definitely come across some snags.
Had to get an additional battery which adds weight.
Do I cut weight out?
Do I add stuff that's fun and useful to Zack?
I don't know if he's going to be able to reach something
that I put in.
I don't know if he can push a button.
So there's a lot of like, what ifs.
I really hope Zack likes it and I hope he can use it.
And I hope it makes his life better.
- Hey, Robin, how'd it go?
Is this it?
- [Robin] This is it.
- Okay, okay, I'm ready.
- Here is your new chair.
- Whoa!
- [Robin] You said you wanted it to look like a Porsche.
- [Zack] Oh, dude, these armrests are insane.
- Cool enough for ya?
- That is super cool.
- I also put two different kinds of
gel padding in here.
And then it has a contoured
gel backrest to kind of hold you in a little bit better
so you don't slide around.
So, a couple other things we did,
the first thing that you asked me for
was a better horn.
Here's the old one.
(high pitch beep)
Here's the new one.
(horn blasts twice)
- Whoa!
(Robin laughs)
I think people will move for that.
- But not just that.
A party microphone.
- Come on down!
You're the next contestant on the Price Is Right!
- Also we have power coming from the sun
storing in this battery.
I put a cell phone charger inside of your bag.
I re-welded a lot of parts on your chair
and also this footrest
so that you got a little bit more room for your big feet
and also you can kick it back so you can
get out of your chair easier.
- Let's test this baby out.
This is awesome!
Nothing to see here.
Just a man and his sexy wheelchair.
Have a great Sunday everyone.
I hope if a kid is watching this and uses a wheelchair
and opens his mind a little bit and says,
"Oh, I can make this wheelchair an extension of myself."
Wheelchair, you've been officially pimped.
- Alright, Zack, there was one thing that you asked me
to do that I just couldn't make happen.
I really wanted you to feel like you could
interact with nature more
and get out into the wild but
your chair just wasn't powerful enough to do that.
- Hey man, I'll bring the wild to me, it's okay.
- Well, wait, I got one more surprise for you.
I made you something special.
- What?
- I'm coming in.
- What did you do?
Ohhh!
What?
- I made you an off-road wheelchair.
- That is so cool.
- You have a beach blanket, you gotta buggy,
you gotta surfboard rack.
And you should be able to just drive right on the sand.
Ohhh. - Thank you so much.
- [Robin] Ready to rock and roll?
- [Zack] Yeah.
(exuberant guitar music)
I feel so cool even though I'm in a baby seat.
I shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel of this.
It's dangerous vehicle.
I guess I'm kind of a bad boy.
I finally made it to the ocean.
Thanks to Robin, I not only have a kickass wheelchair
but I have an all terrain vehicle
and I can ride just about anywhere.
That dude really is a dream builder
because you shouldn't build the life around the wheelchair,
you should build the wheelchair around the life.
And I've got a lot more living to do.
So lets go explore!
♫ Soul pancake
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