Raider score

[tim.sanderson]

Very nice! I love the colour scheme. Makes me want to drink a Mountain Dew. (and I don't even like Mountain Dew)

[losiXXXman]

Hey Tim... Exactly what color is that Raider of yours? I didn't mention it before, but the one I had as my first REAL RC car, I (well my dad) painted with pactra candy purple!!!

[Hcp22]

It turned out really nice!

[Coelacanth]

I'm digging that color scheme, vintage AE!

[tim.sanderson]

Hey Tim... Exactly what color is that Raider of yours? I didn't mention it before, but the one I had as my first REAL RC car, I (well my dad) painted with pactra candy purple!!!

I'm not sure the exact colour, but it is definitely a dark shade of blue/purple. It's backed with silver, that's all I know for sure.

[vwjuice]

The raider was my first also. I still have the front tires and the optional wheels I bought back then. I just picked up a Raider off ebay a couple months ago for $10. It was listed as a radio shack car.

I can't wait to get the car restored back to what mine looked like BITD.

Really love that one there Vintage AE. Looks really sweet

[bdrmbully]

dude i got a hole raider minus shocks n tires i can donate you. just let me know next time your racing again

[tim.sanderson]

dude i got a hole raider minus shocks n tires i can donate you. just let me know next time your racing again

Nice! I should be at Motor City for their first official race day. (Jan 8, I think) I'd be happy to throw in some loot for the parts.

[Incredible_Serious]

Strange thing, with Raiders.... they are supposedly much better than their Tamiya counterpart (the Hornet / Grasshopper), and yet, they never ever seem to have any value... have had a couple listed for a while now, for what I consider to be a cheap price.... and yet, no takers. Just finished another one today, with new body and full rebuild.... they have about as much value as a broken Falcon chassis.

Shame, really.... I think they could make a really nice (if basic) vintage racer..... nothing to adjust, nothing to go wrong!

Oh well....


Alex

[Lowgear]

Well... I said on the first page that I wouldn't mind owning one and here it is nearly 5 months later and I now own a Raider Pro.

I actually ended up winning two of them from the same eBay seller. Anyway, they came today and it really surprised me how beautiful the body is. Its now taken a spot as one of my favorites.

I had a hard time choosing which pictures I liked the best so choose your favorite.

The intake vent on the left side is to cool the motor if you wanted which I thought was neat.

The buggy itself is pretty cool, and I feel they're under appreciated as well. It might be because they're sort of a middle child if you will. They're somewhere between entry level and race buggies. I suppose if thats the case then the same could be said for the Outrage.

[SMOKE-DOG]

Always liked the Raider. Turbo Raider even better. There was something about the mid engine layout that appealed to me. The Octi-Grab's are sweet on there, will look even sweeter if you letter them. I gotta thing for old Pro-line tires too.

[Qtschmidt]

I have a few raiders too what I want to know is where to get tires for them at is there another model/brand of buggy that uses the same size tires that I can sill find ?

[Lowgear]

I don't know all the tires that fit but what you want to look for are 1.9 fronts and 1.6 rears.

[Qtschmidt]

Ok thanks I will look for those sizes.

[mjtown]

I had to track some down for a set of Raider wheels that I bought for my Turbo Scorpion. Seller 'crunchy550' on eBay has sets of Proline tyres that work - he even states what diameter the tryre is for in his listing. Seller 'teamcrp'has some spiked CRP fronts that will work too.

Out of interest, my Raider rims were hard/brittle and cracked quickly. I suspect that they had been dyed (golden yellow) and the dye attached the plastic - my suspicion was based on 1. the colour was really uniform, 2. the plastic inside was white, 3. the colour came away when gluing the tyres and 4. I can only find green and white ones in photos/box art.

Has anyone else had this problem? Are the white/green Raider rims the same material as the other vintage Kyosho rims (Optima, Ultima etc)?