XMODS - A Blast from the Past!

In today's video I've got a blast from the past. XMODS! These cars came out in 2003 and took off due to the success of the Fast and Furious franchise at the time. Every car came ready to run with a copy of "Tuner Magazine". Parts availability at the time let you upgrade the cars and trucks with a whole slew of accessories to customize the look and performance of your car. I was able to get about 15 minutes of runtime out of the two XMODS I could get working and afterwards they no longer worked at all...

A comparable car in 1/28th scale that you can still purchase today is the Kyosho Mini-Z. If you want to relive the glory days with your XMOD cars you can put the bodies on a Mini-Z and enjoy the nostalgia!

[youknoweverything]

I loved these as a 11 year old we actually would drag race these at school when they first came out we even had a list of the top ten fastest cars in school and it was like 50 of us that would drag race them every day what a good times it was for us kids back then

[Your-Not-Him-]

I’m currently moving and when me and my pops was cleaning out our old apartment, he found 13 brand new cars in his office. He used to sell them back at radio shack, I use race these cars as a kid. I’m happy got them now so I can enjoy them

[estebanflores]

I’ll never forget when I was a child about 15 years ago my dad taking me to RadioShack to buy me one. Such good memories.

[ekojar]

I had a friend in high school who went to an X mods tournament. He hooked and hot glued at least 6 9v batteries to his X Mod, and won the drag race high speed record of over 100mph. I want to say it was 112mph and it totally melted the motor or the board or something XD
He won, but the car needed a lot of replacement parts.

He also had a drift setup that was a black painted 350z with the green under glow lights.
Once i saw him race these cars around the high school. I had to have one! And i did get one that Christmas.
And another one layer that year.

We would bring our cars to school and talk about upgrades we heard about or wanted, and just drive them around the school, inside and outside in the parking lot.

These things for some reason made it cool to play with RC cars in high school and nobody said anything except, yo that's tight ! Look at how fast it goes!

[PokemonZed]

Very nice to see a current video on Xmods! I though I was the only one that still had them, I probably haven’t ran them in 10 years but it’s part of my childhood and plan to give them to my son.

[Jmoney-dbrp]

A blast from the past was right ! So much fun

[andystech]

These where my first RC car as well. I had the civic. Actually used the AWD kit to make it FWD by removing the rear diff and taking the CV shafts out. Also had the Camaro, Humvee, Mustang GT

[usrnmeunknwn]

I think i still have one of these kicking around in the attic. My one was a white honda nsx.

[bustabeatz]

these were so awesome! I had quite a few myself... what a time to be alive

[deater_ski]

The amount of nostalgia thats just flushed over me is insane haha. So many hours went into customizing and re customizing these things.. Was such a cool hobby back then, just happened to find my skyline but it doesnt run Im so sad ! Not sure I know enough about them to fix it haha -

[Cyberdyne_research]

I’m currently restoring as many xmods as I can get my hands on. I have the technology to be able to keep them alive for another 20 years. The crystal in the radio will have died out long before then and they’ll still be tearing it up at the track. It’s my ultimate goal to reproduce 3D printed replacement parts and hop ups. That means replacement gear sets and metal ball bearings. That also means 2s and micro servo compatibility. I need as many as I can get, working or not.

[mindofmyown]

I spent so many hours driving my Xmods! The R34 was my first one.

With the upgraded motors, they would absolutely move out!

[florpdorp]

I remember going to the Radio Shack when I was a little kid and looking at these I was so mesmerized by them I had the fire bird My parents bought it for me I was so excited😊

[kylejonesUB]

I bought mine as probably a HS junior on a 2-hr snow delay. Ended up modding almost everything, including an alloy frame. Back in the days before internet was such a shopping place.

[SnJMAX]

Even after all these years I still run mine I might be able to help get your truck back up and running

[Traffic_cone_official]

Hi I am 16 I just found one of these in perfect condition in my dads garage he gave it to me I am loving it so much

[SiberianRomeo]

My mom recently moved to town and brought a bunch of my old junk that had been sitting in her basement for years. Just dug out a 1st Gen White Supra and Yellow Acura, found the case for the red Supra I had but no car, so holding out hope that's in a box somewhere. Working on them tonight.

[knightairsoftwarrior]

I miss my xmod I had a mustang fastback when I was kid 😢

[andrehooker]

Man I miss those, I had the red Supra, the yellow NSX as you do and the Black R34 as you do. I purchased every hop up kit that was available even the 4wd conversion kit to make my R34 authentic.. I will love to get my hands on some more, if they become cheap again.

[jetegtmeier]

soo cool, I've still got my Nissan Titan and Hummer :)