YOU SO NEED THIS Tamiya VQS / Vanquish Owners! A G11 Carbon Upgrade Fix At Last. Kit 58076 & 58686

[@redwelshguy]

Ive just fitted aluminium replacement rear and front shock towers from rcmart on ebay the parts are made by Xtra speed. Front one is XS-TA29040 and the rear is XS-TA29041. Very well made and pretty cheap. I also have a g11 part coming, soon as I comes i will give the details.

[@neontetra1000]

I went the whole hog with mine and used the vajra / extended Avante chassis. Fits very well .

[@rcmaniatakahiro]

Hi from Japan. The carbon damper stays and upper decks for Vanquish are cool. I'm looking forward to the next video by subscribing to the channel.

[@davidmayer687]

I'm working on a billet alloy g11 made on a 5 axis cnc machine so it will be a direct replacement no faffing with odds and ends to make it work . . Slow progress due to covid restrictions.

[@leehurst6922]

Sounds ace. Would you make them available to buy?

[@RCKickschannel]

Hi David, A CNC G11 from a solid block would be fantastic. I will take one off you and put it on the show as people would love to see that.

[@neontetra1000]

I can vouch for this guys work. He has made some lovely alloy parts for his vqs.

[@davidmayer687]

@@leehurst6922 ill yet you no it all comes down to costing and demand

[@davidmayer687]

@@RCKickschannel as soon as I have got one in my hand ill send it down to you.

[@andreasbrandstetter9221]

I love the look of the VQS, so beautiful to me....

[@ptaylor5014]

Looks awesome! i am sure someone will make a full kit soon.

[@garymurphy5133]

Would not of thought many of these will get bought. Looks like no Vanquish,Avante,Egress,Astute gets run anyway. All shelf queens or never out of the box !

[@richuar]

Mine is going to be my main 4wd car for 2021 vintage racing...just need to get lockdown out of the way first, got to get that shelf queen shine off of it!

[@ragsixracing]

Great upgrade good vid bad music lol👍

[@grahamaker1648]

Wonderful upgrade. I'll have to wait till parts are easier to get first. This parts are super hard to find in Malaysia.

[@neontetra1000]

You need to order from fibre-lyte in the U.K.

[@leehurst6922]

Gav I've had one for s couple weeks now. Not fitted yet but you can use nuts as spacers. Not as elegant but functional

[@alfredyost7972]

Hi Gavin, the G11 parts can now be purchased on eBay. I suspect only for a short time. You can also buy many other parts for the Tamiya VQS too. Are the new G11 parts still weak? I have seen some other videos on KZbin and the G11 parts seem to be okay. Thoughts?

[@knightwindsrc2314]

I did something like this a year ago by using a avante 2011 chassis and cutting it and using the avante 2011 rear shock tower mount. pretty cost effective since the chassis new was 28$, love fibrelyte but they have been a pain to deal with for me so i will prob have to pass, maybe later.

[@denozed6554]

Wish i read your reply before i posted but exactly the same happened to me but it was an egress top plate for me. I thought about asking pargu to make me some alloy ones but shipping ugh. Forgot about it after my Vanquish restore till this video came up. Might still look into just making plates up.

[@adrianharrison5208]

I really should get a Vanquish and have a go at making that plate on the CNC

[@perfectsplit5515]

Yeah, Vanquish is a great car to have - if you happen to have your own private machine shop. Just like the original Avante and Nichimo Exceed.

[@mikeymike3240]

Hi Gavin, niiiiiiice video, but don’t forget about lowering the rear left side upper arm, cause it’s in the uppermost position, lol 😝

[@RCKickschannel]

LOL that was to show the mistake I made LOL, I didn't leave it like that ;)

[@pcaunceuk]

You made a nice job of that. Could you not put together a kit a sell it with RC Kicks branding. Could be a nice little earner for the channel... 👍

[@alfredyost7972]

Hi Gavin, I am now building and also upgrading my Tamiya VQS. I am enjoying the build. I did get all of the Fibre-Lyte parts. I might have a very easy solution to get all of the screws needed to complete this conversion. You will still need to get the parts for the Tamiya Avante as well unfortunately. I am not sure if you remember ? I did ask you what screws might be needed to complete this conversion. I might have an answer for you soon. I will let you know this weekend, if I have found an easy solution for the screws needed to complete the conversion. Thoughts?

[@Ben-Lloyd]

Thats a really nice upgrade, I can understand why your so chuffed.

[@mattarnold5599]

I know I'm late to this party, but rcevologic out of Australia makes all of the G parts (G5, G6, and G11) out of aluminum, and they can be found on ebay Australia. I have them on my VQS and they are solid.

[@RCKickschannel]

Yep I have some as well 👍🏻

[@mattarnold5599]

@@RCKickschannel Did you get the G5 in standard height or the extended version?

[@zedstar1297]

Gav why don’t you branch out in to making mods like this ? (You know where to source the stuff from!). Nice work.

[@RCKickschannel]

I don't have the space or time currently but one day :)

[@perfectsplit5515]

@@RCKickschannel Maybe your wife could do it as a subsidiary business and be your business partner.

[@alfredyost7972]

Hi Gavin, I was wondering what size screws you used to complete the "Fibre-Lite conversion. I do have some Tamiya screws from past kits but I may not have everything that might be needed. I did get all 3 parts from "Fibre-Lite". I even got the front shock tower. Thanks for your help. Keep the videos coming!

[@RCKickschannel]

I can’t really remember sorry. I would try to keep as many as possible the same as the original G11 part and only changed ones that needed it like the shock tower tops.

[@alfredyost7972]

@@RCKickschannel That is okay if you do not remember. I do plan on replacing all of my parts with parts from "Fibre-Lite " . As you said in your video they look great.

[@addz17]

People need this about as much as a child needs a carbon fibre bonnet fitted to their power wheels battery jeep lol

[@ottotarnowske987]

Need that part for sure but their site does not even show a vanquish or VQS in their Tamiya car list. Is there a part number on the part we can look up?

[@RCKickschannel]

You have to email them, this is an early prototype carbon part. FL only sell the carbon parts, you will need to find the hardware yourself.

[@bertinsorgenfrey5895]

Well, Fibre-lyte stuff is ordered, and now I'm too late to the game. All the alloy bits are not available anymore :(

[@alfredyost7972]

Hi Gavin, I thought the long rear screw was an M3 25mm. I tried that length and it was a little short. I think it might be an M3 30mm screw. I will know what length it is this weekend. Thoughts ?

[@neontetra1000]

There is a g parts in eBay!. I have a complete vqs plastic suite on there.

[@RCKickschannel]

I need a new VQS bumper

[@neontetra1000]

@@RCKickschannel I know where you can get one send me a pm on Facebook or something Mark tombs

[@sonny_z900]

You should release a kit 😀

[@RCKickschannel]

Time is the issue for me plus space.

[@Streetysuperduper]

I’m left wondering why I would put carbon parts on a model where the manufacturer decided to put plastic where metal should be, you know, like the shock bodies and caps, the chassis, the suspension uprights..etc. Tamiya is the KING Of toy grade RC for hobby grade prices.

[@xXYannuschXx]

Why do you need metal for the shocks, chassis or shock towers on 1/10th?

[@KaizerTest]

I was considering one of these but that front end looks so fragile. And the new "G" spot looks sweet but I'm scared to touch it...👉😂 I mean the car....hahaha. It will be a shelfer and VERY light runner so plastic is fine for me. 👍

[@efremkiel8798]

MIP made upgraded diffs for tamiya. Maybe you could contact them to make a kit for this g11 part?

[@perfectsplit5515]

So did Thorpe. They made ball differentials for the Avante and the Egress.

[@alfredyost7972]

Hi Gavin, I just ordered these parts from Fibre-lyte. They did tell me that they only sell the carbon fiber parts. They also said that I would need to buy the metal parts else where. They even referred me to your video on KZbin on what else I would need. That was very cool. I did order the Tamiya Avante parts that I would need on eBay. I got lucky and got the parts cheap. I think the seller on eBay did not know what he was selling. I guess I got very lucky on that find. Thoughts?

[@RCKickschannel]

It’s a lovely mod and it looks great. It looks stock when done as well due to the OEM metal parts from tamiya.

[@alfredyost7972]

@@RCKickschannel Hi Gavin, I got my parts today. That is very fast when you consider that they came form the UK and I live in the USA.

[@RCKickschannel]

@@alfredyost7972 That was quick, the post has been super slow since COVID & BREXIT kicked in.

[@alfredyost7972]

@@RCKickschannel You are right , the post office has been slow because of the pandemic. However, the post office in the UK is very good and so is the post office here in the USA too. Thoughts?

[@stephenkelly8065]

Hello again. I’ve made some G11 parts. If you send me your contact information I’ll send you a couple. They are taken from a cad file as I do not have an original to compare them to ! Hopefully they will be ok ? Should be able to put them out for around £8 each.

[@Floorskin69]

hey do you still have these parts?

[@zackthebongripper7274]

For the price Tamiya is charging for this kit a carbon G11 like this should have been standard. Then, Tamiya could have offered a carbon and aluminum shock mount as a hopup. That would have been smart and offered value. This is why I'm skipping the VQS and buying a Top Force Evolution instead.

[@RCKickschannel]

Going by the available stock levels I think the VQS did sell the numbers expected. I could be wrong but I get the feeling people like the VQS but for the price tag it should have had a few upgrades like this one as well as a kit branded motor like the 2011 Avante. The vintage one didn't come with anything special but as a rere it would be good to keep the idea of date branding rere kits.

[@flynnz]

Congrats on getting the parts, I know you have been wanting a rigid replacement for a while now. Can I have your old parts? :P

[@paulwilkinson4501]

Great vid, as always....just so annoying Tamiya do re releases knowing the issues they had years ago...then charge the earth for them with no mods....come on tamiya...you are so much better than this

[@zackthebongripper7274]

This is why I'm starting to get pissed off with Tamiya. There is no excuse. After I buy the Top Force Evolution. I'm calling it quits with them. I have all the cars I want from them now, minus the VQS because they are greedy and stupid. Lol.

[@RCKickschannel]

You might see some VQS deals in the spring going on the current stock availability.

[@martinhsrc6699]

By the time you have bought all the bits for this, could the money have been put to getting an Avante 🤷‍♂️

[@denozed6554]

You can get an upper egress deck from fiberlyte trim that to fit and alloy parts bag from the 2011 avante re re off ebay. Still over 50$ usd but if you must have it i guess its still affordable. Never looked into it but im sure someone has 3d printed one and is selling them.

[@gda882002]

is chaffed a good thing?

[@RCKickschannel]

"Chuffed" very pleased. "I'm dead chuffed to have won"

[@RCKickschannel]

Another good saying for all the US bunch. "You're a right spanner" Someone who has done something stupid.

[@grandmasteryoda8588]

Can someone tell me how you find parts for tamiya cars I can’t find any parts for some cars

[@RCKickschannel]

Parts are super hard to get even for the new rere kits. eBay, online hobby stores and the relevant Facebook groups.

[@perfectsplit5515]

More fragility issues due to Tamiya’s poor engineering practices! The original Vanquish was meant to fix the fragility problems of the original Avante, and they just end up creating new problems! On top of that, the VQS itself is a revision of a revision - and it still has fragility problems! How pathetic! How many revisions does Tamiya need to get it right? The VQS is a revision of the original Vanquish, and the Vanquish was a revision of the Avante! And you can’t even use a 3D printer to resolve the problems of that G11 weak part! The filament material would not be strong enough to bear the loads in the geometry required for that G11 part. You need a freaking machine shop just to get one RC car running properly! One top of that, he even had to use another full kit just to cannibalize parts! He had to cannibalize the metal conic parts from a Tamiya Avante 2011! This is pathetic that this needs to be done on a 3rd-generation revision released in 2021! When is Tamiya ever going to get it right? The Kyoshos look boring, but at least they can finish a race.

[@D20MCK]

You should take the wheels off when working on your car, you're making it really difficult for yourself.