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Introducing: The Meanest Looking Custom Built Skyline R34 GTR 1/7th Scale Remote Control RC Car

Passion, It's the thing that drives us to achieve. The push we feel to dare to dream something, ideal, and then manifest that vision into reality. For anyone who's ever fallen head over heels into an engine bay, or body work, or getting your car track ready, YOU KNOW that feeling that drives you to customize and make things as you feel they should be. Your intuition is second to none. 

RC Car Skyline GTR R34 Custom Built Remote Control Car
RC Car Skyline GTR R34 Custom Built Remote Control Car

This GTR is no different from any of the other incredible cars featured on this site (just look around; there's red ones, blue ones, silver ones, white ones, black ones) - except for one, small, detail. - It's 1/7th the size! You wouldn't be able to fit inside it, but it still rips around like a GTR should, and is a whole lot of fun to drive I'm sure, and the customization on this build is phenomenal. 

Nissan Skyline GTR RC Car Rear End
Nissan Skyline GTR RC Car Rear End

Spotted on the RC sub, user XJuggernaut101 shared their build story with us of how this beast came to be. with a hand cut 5mm carbon fiber splitter up front. A 1/7 Protoform Skyline shell sporting a Sneaky peak diffuser and CF wing sides.

R34 Skyline GTR Remote Control Car
R34 Skyline GTR Remote Control Car


What keeps this thing stuck to the road is the 4 GRP X-Tech tires in XM5 compound. The car sits lower down. All the carbon fiber work was custom by Juggernaut and their own design.

RC Car Custom Carbon Fiber Underbody Front End
RC Car Custom Carbon Fiber Underbody Front End

RC Car Custom Carbon Fiber Underbody Rear
RC Car Custom Carbon Fiber Underbody Rear

Powering this beast is the Castle Creations MMX8s, 1520 1260kv motor, Tekin T-360 servo.

Inside Electronics Powering RC Car
Inside Electronics Powering RC Car


To assist with strengthening the body, a Yoga block is cut and shaped to stiffen things up.

Yoga Block Strengthening Carbon Fiber Front End
Yoga Block Strengthening Carbon Fiber Front End

Custom Carbon Fiber Rear Splitter RC Car
Custom Carbon Fiber Rear Splitter for Skyline RC Car

Looking closer you will find a PPS motor mount made for the Hobao VTE2.

RC Car Motor Mount
RC Car Motor Mount

RC Car Carbon Fiber Body

It's great to see community members supporting builds like this with DarkSideStudioArts having added this custom chassis skin to their site. Trim to fit. “Clear” Bash Armor

Custom Chassis Carbon Fiber for Remote Control Car

Custom chassis. The car started life as a TLR 8ight XE Elite.
RC Car Chassis and Skin

Custom Built RC Car 1/7th Scale

RC Car Read End Splitter Diffuser

More of the awesome chassis skin here, really looks incredible.
Nissan Skyline R34 GTR Remote Control Car
Nissan Skyline R34 GTR Remote Control Car

RC Cars are an excellent hobby to get into that can provide you with (in may ways) superior enjoyment, for less money, and it's a heck of a lot safer too then hurling your human body around a track in a full size thousands of pounds automobile.

Related Reading for Gear Heads: Step-by-step Engine Rebuild of the Skyline GTR RB26 Engine.

If you haven't been bitten by the Remote Control car bug yet, maybe this one will be your gateway into this incredibly fun world with seemingly limitless possibilities for building something your own, something awesome.


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