Tomley RC Fuels My RC Habit & Upsets The Wife! Fix & Flip Part 2, Mitsubishi Evo 4 TA03F + DF03Ra

Fix & Flip project goes sideways fast with a catalogue of errors resulting in large parts bill, plus the purchase of a rare NIB Tamiya Mitsubishi Evo 4 DF03Ra! Could this project bankrupt me or will I pull this restoration project off? Let's find out in part 2!
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A massive thank you to my lovely wife Rebecca for being a good sport and joining in on this video.
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[@momothemilkman]

I love this series! You really should open up the videos in this series with the Wheeler Dealer theme song. Btw, you guys in the UK are killing it with great content. You and TomleyRC have quickly made it to my favorite channels. Thanks for all you do!

[@Mr4fksake]

Regarding over tightened screws and damaged mounts, when refitting screws you should always slowly turn them in the opposite direction until you feel them go just past the starting point, then when you turn them in the correct tighten direction you will be using the original thread and not cutting a new one thus stripping out the inside of the mount

[@mitsuman5555]

Loving the creative intros

[@richardfrend8677]

What a great video Gavin. I'm really looking forward to your coming projects with the touring and rally car builds. Tamiya certainly had some pleasant surprises in these categories with some of the kits coming fully stocked with superlative quality hop ups. Really enjoying where you're taking your work... a truely fun and awesome RC channel.

[@patrickj6261]

C était avec plaisir hâte de voir la suite de cette restauration 👍 Bonne réception 😁

[@KacKLaPPeN23]

You could make a mold from the new body so you can DIY an actual replacement for the restoration project. Bit of work but could be a fun side project but once you have the tooling being able to copy bodies could sure come in handy.

[@dttmw]

hey mate, personally i dont feel like you can easily make a profit off this given the amount of replacement parts you're putting into it, however the series is highly enjoyable and maybe will give the channel a boost! keep it up, hope you do more of these as i'm really enjoying it!

[@michaeldorich4485]

This is a very good episode. You included a lot of good reminders for us who think tighter is better when tightening screws.Thanks

[@RCKickschannel]

RCkicks moto, less it more heheheh.

[@timvanasen6711]

Love the intro with Rebecca only married people can appreciate, you're not an idiot Gavin all we real rcer's make badd decisions, on the flip side all you know it all's in the comments just shut up and enjoy your hobby, great video Gavin 😉👍

[@richtysoe6393]

The dark impact body is to use as dust cover for the chassis. Always fancied a DF03Ra but never got one.

[@fredwaldrop3810]

Same way my wife looks at me 3-4 times a week! The struggle is real.

[@nickrobertson2450]

oh ouch you got unlucky with the ta03f chassis having so many over screw damaged parts. Good effort on the df03ra, looking forward to that build!

[@robertlongley9153]

Good video Tomley RC good mate with that fine. Still watching to see how this turns out.

[@SPEXWISE]

This makes no sense what so ever. I never knew they made RC handbags, weird.

[@RRED2]

Just come across your nutty comical channel and find it really enjoyable.....new subby 😜

[@RCKickschannel]

Hi and welcome Steve 👍🏻

[@TachyonDriver]

Brilliant start to the video, Gavin!! Wife not happy.. Appease wife... wife happy.. reveal another RC toy she knows nothing about. Works for me.. and I've been married for the past 30 years :D

[@dustoftime1904]

I Love this car.

[@RCKickschannel]

It's a looker that's for sure. The good news is we will be getting that body again soon from Tamiya. :)!! I will be getting one for my XV-02 chassis as soon as the kit drops.

[@maxm1417]

That was a Japanese market exclusive kit. That buggy body is for “dust cover” purposes. Im thinking on buying this same kit but not keep it as shelf queen. Wont be smart i guess.

[@problemchild1976]

Haha - triggers broom I’ve just been through the same with a boomerang 2 When the car is not too rare it’s a real balance of cost to replace vs just getting a replacement

[@mikelast5958]

pre heating the tapping screw with a cigarette/stovetop lighter is the only way to stop future cracking, it's the tension from the shrinking plastic that does the damage over time. cutting a thread with some very mild heat prevents that tension.

[@williamsaloka9043]

You buy, she buys...that's the deal, right? lol

[@marksapollo]

I'm not into handbags, I hope it's not one of those bags that cost more then your entire collection!

[@stephanbinder3829]

I do have the DF03Ra under my Datsun 240z rally edition an it is simply great!

[@kanenstuff]

Who was drunk when they paint the rear spoiler 🤔 🍻

[@chm2]

I've got a Evo x df03ra. Bought the extra Dark Impact body for it as an inner shell to protect it for snow drifting.

[@jasonsrcstuff9278]

That new chassis seems like it will turn out to be an excellent rally car.

[@sammythewhammy69]

TOO EASY

[@andrewmagro7703]

awesome video right here Gavin, and its always easier to throw the blame as long as where happy is the main thing - oh yeah and a little food in the pantry lol , Gee this flip and fix is really a great decoy i must give it a whirl soon he he he , But will definitely be looking forward to that MID Build :-)) Cheers Mate

[@Nickwillfixit]

Yes it comes with a lot of the DF03 Dark Impact which I had and modded to race then the club went from off-road indoors to touring car and so I gave my Dark Impact away to a school project as their school was broken into and their project RC kit was stolen, then hmm decided to do touring car and being a 5th scale off-road petrol guy I went to touring car 5th scale of course.

[@davidturner2365]

Your wife is gunna go mad 😂😂😂👍👍

[@adrianharrison5208]

you are going to end up keeping this after all that work :) That Df-03Ra is a new one for me, I have never seen that before

[@RCKickschannel]

I’ll keep the NIB kit and let the other go.

[@adrianharrison5208]

@@RCKickschannel yes that is what I would do also, It would be a shame to let that go

[@D20MCK]

You're getting a bit mixed up with different types of Mitsubishi Evo. Evo I Evo II & Evo III have the same body, basically the same car the first 3 shared the body with a proton wira. Evo IV Evo V & Evo VI are basically the same car but are nothing like a 1, 2 or a 3 Evo VII Evo VIII & Evo IX again are basically the same car. Then there was a Evo X

[@michaelblair4744]

What about that TOMSE though? Serious regret in selling mine years ago.

[@SYCHIC1]

The body of the df03 buggy is the dark impact body the one u didn't know were looking at one is to use underneath the road car body to stop the dirt getting in the chassis

[@RCKickschannel]

Yep it was in the video, you are correct.

[@paulpadilla5288]

Great video....how did you get the rims white?....new secret formula?.....peroxide?

[@RCKickschannel]

wet sanding and then peroxide.

[@smellurfingerrcdejesus9176]

223 ari must have recorded all his races before he sent the pairot sailor V

[@tallguygaming409]

Steves making money with appearing all over the world now

[@MrSneakyGunz]

🤑🤑🤑

[@freddieflanders]

I have a tamiya dfo1 which I believe is usually a buggy but it came with a tamiya Porsche Cayenne body as a Dakar/rally racer

[@natep755]

When you are looking at the cost of restoration how much are you costing the labour per hour?

[@RCKickschannel]

You can't really as it just won't make it viable.

[@Fluterra]

It will be difficult, if not impossible, to do this in the UK, because the prices are so much higher than in the US.

[@Matt-il8zz]

Which make/model of ultrasonic cleaner do you use? Thanks :)

[@neilstothard]

Still quite a few hop up's avaliable for the DF-03ra been looking at a DF-03 Dark Impact and whenever I search for hop up for one I keep coming across ones for the ra version.

[@RCKickschannel]

Cool thanks for the info, I’ll check them out.

[@neilstothard]

@@RCKickschannel rcjaz have a few parts available such as carbon damper stays

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

.... The same look my Wife gave me after I spent $21,000 on RC in 3 short weeks!! 😖😬 Except SHE bought a Nissan Murano with my money!

[@tallguygaming409]

So not showing my wife this so she dont get ideas from Rebecca haha. Also i hope your payn steve as well as feeding him he is always hungry when he returns home and costs me a fortune in food 🤦‍♂️

[@RCKickschannel]

The only reason Steve turns up is he knows Kevin Talbot is just down the road from RCKicks and he hopes to score a job on his RC show.

[@tallguygaming409]

@@RCKickschannel haha kevin might throw him on the desk and hurt his hook

[@fila1445]

Hiding extra 2 rc cars is easy But 2 entire full size cars for parts...

[@chrisnicol6355]

Can I have the original shell?

[@theonlyjasonkirk]

I love a cheesy entrée.

[@RCKickschannel]

👍🏻

[@mikeupton5406]

LOL!

[@paulboyes283]

Looks good gav, how much do you think you'll sell the the evo for??

[@RCKickschannel]

Not sure yet, depends what it costs me in the end.

[@jasong8377]

Did you get that turbo optima mid off of ebay last week if you did I was watching it and boy did you pay alot for it lol I had that car got mine in Japan early 90s probably 91 maybe been hoping it gets re released we had a front wheel drive class where I raced and would occasionally remove the rear dog bones and run it

[@RCKickschannel]

No, I got all my Mids a few years ago

[@brentanllewellyn3898]

I miss my wife. Ha ha ha. No i dont. I got rc

[@cemeno4901]

when did you kidnap that pirate captain?

[@RCKickschannel]

He’s always hanging around being obnoxious while arguing on his phone with his agent about why he’s not on the big RC KZbin channels.

[@cemeno4901]

@@RCKickschannel that's the one

[@tallguygaming409]

Steve is a sell out for money. Top dollar and he is out the door to who ever pays him