Restoring a Classic: 1987 Kyosho Optima Mid brought back to life!
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- This Original 1980s Kyosho Optima Mid was given to me by a friend. It had been highly modified into a 2wd racer. I didn't even recognize what I had when I first saw it. Once I did, I had to restore it to original stock form. There was not much original left so I collected original and re-re parts over the last year. As I began the restoration, I discovered that most parts were identical to the original and some were not. So, this is not a full 1980s restoration but its close enough for me. Especially since I am going to run it.
Before: 0:12
Tear Down: 0:22
Rebuild: 1:30
Chassis Complete: 9:12
Paint Body: 9:25
Discussion: 10:13
Final Pics: 14:45
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Nice resto, but I would have kept the Andy's white wide front arms. Am a sucker for vintage hopup!
Thank you. I’ve heard that a couple times. I did save them so I might put them back on someday. Thanks for watching 👍
Neat rebuild. Any running footage?
Thank you. Not yet. I hope to get it out for a run here soon though.
Did I see that you used the new plastic belt cover (from the 2022 re-pop) instead of the old polycarbonate? If so did you have any problems with it fitting? I really want to do a deep clean of my original 87 Optima Mid but I am worried about how I would replace the belt cover.
I did. The top one went on as is out of the package. For the bottom one there was some minor trimming needed due to some screw heads that are in a different place on the 87 chassis vs the ReRe. It was not hard at all though. Looks fine in place.