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Don’t have the time to build your own scale garage? Soon you’ll be able to buy a complete RC Drift Garage from Killerbody RC. The garage is intended to hold a 1/10th scale drift car and measures in at 685 x 760 x 365mm. It also comes loaded with accessories and is sure to make your ultra-trick drift car look [...]
Perhaps you’ve heard of it, Vanning is a “thing” over in Japan (our own Jeff Hoy is really into this movement). This is where the hip crowd in Japan modify vans to make them look as wild as possible by adding HUGE wings, long overhangs, exotic paint schemes, and of course, lots of lights. To celebrate the vanning culture the [...]
One of the hottest new trends is building an RC Garage. This is where a hobbyist will actually build a small garage to showcase their rc vehicles and also fill it with scale appropriate tools, accessories, and even wall banners. To help make your rc garage the coolest one on the block the folks at TheToyz have a new RC [...]
Remember how cool the Mitsubishi 3000GT (and Dodge Stealth) were back in the day? Now you can own a Mitsubishi GTO body for your rc car. Pandora RC has released a cool rc version that is made to fit most popular 1/10th scale touring cars with wheelbases from 258-260mm. The body comes clear so you can throw on your own [...]
While the last couple of years might have been considered “quiet” for HPI Racing, there are industry insiders now saying that HPI is ready to go big in 2015. Perhaps a sign of that was their activity at SEMA this year. They introduced a trick new RTR ’15 Mustang Spec 5 Concept Car, and generally put on quite a show [...]
The SEMA show is going hard this week out in Las Vegas. One of the coolest rc cars being shown is the HPI Racing Vaughn Gittin Jr. Spec 5 Concept Mustang RTR. The Spec 5 will be Gittin’s drift ride for next year and it looks like you’ll be able to own your own rc version thanks to HPI. We’ll [...]
The Associated Apex GReddy Scion has been out for a while now, but yesterday Associated announced that it will also be available in a Drift Version. This is part of their Apex Series, an affordable line of RTR vehicles. The Drift GReddy Scion comes with all the same features of the older car but includes hard drift tires so you can [...]
Do you want your car to really stand out at the next big bash? The people over at Yeah Racing have something perfect for you, their TRON LED Wire Light Kit. This light kit comes with a flexible LED strip to follow the contours of your car (or truck) and you can mix different colors. Speaking of colors, there are [...]
Kazama Auto is a 1:1 and 1:10 drift shop out of Japan. Known for ultra adjustable designs and beautifully machined pieces, they’re set to introduce a new Yokomo Drift Package chassis conversion this year, the GSX-R. Not much is known at this time, but we can see it is sporting a new slider-rack steering design and appears to have an advanced [...]
File this under “doh!”; High end RC drift maker, OreoLai, failed to Kickstart their promising new CS and RWD chassis, the EX-Zone. The EX-Zone comes in front or mid-rear motor configuration, but both share a c low center mounted drive shaft, like you’d find on a 1:1 car. Other features include; slider steering rack (more linear steering), 4 color options (bling!), [...]
MST (Max Speed Technology) is no stranger to keeping things fresh – their onslaught of chassis continues with teasers for the all new RMX-D. This chassis sports a dual belt drive and gear driveshaft, similar to the d-like Sound Meister (essentially a badge engineered Team Magic E4D). It’s sure to be a hit with RWD drifters as it sports this [...]
If you are going for the trickest, absolutely most scale authentic looking vehicle possible, you just can not have ugly clips securing your body. TheToyz now makes it easy to use magnets or velcro to secure the lid on your drifter/touring car with their adjustable stealth body mounts. Made from aluminum, the stealth body mounts are easy to install and [...]
Hi Squidders, I’m multi-bash, here to cover the drift scene from the West Coast and beyond. I’ve been drifting since 2011 and have been blessed to drift in Hawaii, California, Canada, Tokyo and here in good old soggy Seattle. I currently run a wildly modified countersteer (CS) Street Jam OTA-R31, have tinkered with RWD and can throw down 50:50 after [...]
The Pandora RC crew has released yet another trick drift body, this time it’s a Nissan 180SX Origin Labo Edition. The body is sized for 10th scale drift machines (width 198mm, for wheelbases of 258 – 260mm) and comes unpainted so you can throw your own custom scheme on it. * Decals, window masking, and wing parts are included * Comes with [...]
Electronic Stability Control Systems are all the rage now days. The Horizon/Spektrum AVC system is taking off here in the states, it has proven to be an invaluable tuning tool when driving on slick surfaces. Overseas, the Sanwa SGS-01C system has been available for a few months, but has now been picked up for distribution by LRP in Europe. The Sanwa [...]
