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Just finished my Ultima runner. It's a Turbo Ultima with a few Option House extras (for example ball diffs) so I called it Ultima 1989. It was fun to restore and I used this website and Tamiyaclub for help, thanks.
See pics below.

Take care.

looks great lets see some pics without the body on. welcome to the forum. got any more kyosho's?

Thanks, I'll get some more pics. I have restored a Turbo Scorpion and a belt-drive standard Optima, but I tend to sell them once I finish them. I guess I like the restoration more than the running . However, I had a Turbo Ultima as a teen, so this one I'm keeping. I want to someday restore an Optima Mid.

Update: I ran it for awhile and now it's a shelf queen. New wing, body, and a few newer parts. See pics.

The top plate is a JG fiberglass one that I dyed black, I like the way it turned out.

Very nice, I like the color, and that it's not a box-art!

Nice looking car! Ultimas are awesome.

Thanks guys. I have some platinum shocks that I want to clean up and switch on it. I think they will look great with the silver, black, and green.

Do you see the aluminum wing in my Ultima pics? Any idea what brand it is? I really like it, but it didn't come NIB - so I don't know what kind it is. Is it a Thorp Dirt Burners for the Optima? I believe I got it on an Optima.

for a shelf queen I prefer the platinum shocks to preserve its original form (thats only for me )
thats a nice ultima you have there

Your "runner" looks like many here's shelf material Ranger!.. I'm surprised I missed commenting on this before. Like the new take on the Ultima Pro box scheme. I have a JG plate on mine, and am considering a dye job. I could go blue or orange to match the body, or black. Does yours have a glossy sheen to it post- dying?

Thanks for the comments. It was a runner. I had restored it from two donors. I ran it indoors or sidewalk and then took it out and ran it one time around the dirt track. I just couldn't make it a true dirt runner, the bottom of the car is too nice. I took it back apart, cleaned it up, and made it a shelfer.

I do want to add platinum shocks, but they are going to make it so close to the body that I'll probably have to recut, so I have been putting it off.

The dye looks good. I was really pleased with the way it looks. It is real shiny (glossy sheen as you say) on the top. I wasn't sure how it would turn it because those jg parts are not white.

I was curious about the sheen so good to know. I didn't like the finish on some of my original Ultima Pro shock towers, so I sanded them down to make them matte/flat. I guess I could do that to the tray as well after dying.

Losiman,

The dye on the jg parts looks unique. I have dyed other parts before and this has a shine, but it is inside. Does that make sense? It is not so much a surface shine as below the surface. I like it, but I can see how it would be a love it or hate it deal.

NICE!

(One of my favorite cars.)

How did I miss this thread in the first place? Very nice Ultima.