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Hi all,
New to the forum, I have got a car that i am noy sure what it is and with out knowing that it hard to get parts for lol, here are a couple of photos i think it is a optima mid custom but am not sure,
thanks for the help
Ryan

What ever it is, it wasn't released in the US. The US cars had the fiber chassis.

Hi,

I confirm, it's an Optima Mid Custom

highwayracer wrote:What ever it is, it wasn't released in the US. The US cars had the fiber chassis.

really ? In France we had aluminium chassis with this version of the Optima.

Can You tell me why it has such a big front bumper when some of the photos i have seen have a small one, was it a model change?

cheers Ryan

rjm2000 wrote:Can You tell me why it has such a big front bumper when some of the photos i have seen have a small one, was it a model change?

That looks like a Strate Engineering aftermarket bumper (I don't know if I spelled that correctly)...I have one of those that I have no use for, because it only fits an Optima Mid. The person I bought it from said it was for a regular Optima, but the bolt pattern on the bottom isn't close.

george

looks more like a carl

scr8p wrote:george

I knew you troll this section

Todd

i troll them all, no matter how much i dislike it's content.

it doesn't hurt to learn about the opposition. Knowing something about the second most popular section on the board makes you smarter

and it doesn't hurt your knowledge of your kyosho stash you don't want anyone knowing about

Todd

That is an Optima Mid Custom with after market bumper. Check out my detailed restore of that model:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=27507

Looks like it's missing the Rear Plate (L).

It was the Optima Mid Custom Special that had a aluminum chassis in early batches but it was changed to a FRP chassis later on (same art.nr though). The Third and last model, the Turbo Optima Mid Special had a carbon chassis from start.

It looks like a Kyosho Burns bumper

Hcp22 wrote:It looks like a Kyosho Burns bumper

Does a Kyosho Burns bumper bolt onto an Optima Mid? I'm guessing not...I have that exact same bumper NIP here, it's really just a cut piece of Kydex with a rounded front edge. I originally bought it to install on an Optima, but found that the bolt holes only work with an Optima Mid.

Coelacanth wrote:

Hcp22 wrote:It looks like a Kyosho Burns bumper

Does a Kyosho Burns bumper bolt onto an Optima Mid? I'm guessing not...I have that exact same bumper NIP here, it's really just a cut piece of Kydex with a rounded front edge. I originally bought it to install on an Optima, but found that the bolt holes only work with an Optima Mid.

First you don’t think it fit the Mid, then you found out it only works with a Mid… this is a bit confusing for a Swede

Hcp22 wrote:

Coelacanth wrote:

Hcp22 wrote:It looks like a Kyosho Burns bumper

Does a Kyosho Burns bumper bolt onto an Optima Mid? I'm guessing not...I have that exact same bumper NIP here, it's really just a cut piece of Kydex with a rounded front edge. I originally bought it to install on an Optima, but found that the bolt holes only work with an Optima Mid.

First you don’t think it fit the Mid, then you found out it only works with a Mid… this is a bit confusing for a Swede

Sorry for the confusion, Hcp22...I was referring to my earlier comment that the bumper is a Strate Engineering aftermarket bumper for the Optima Mid. It's not a Kyosho Burns bumper.