Tamiya Electric DF-03 Dark Impact 4WD Buggy Kit

An excellent 4wd remote control car. Takes roughly 5 hours to build it correctly. Complicated dif assembly but satisfying when you get it completed. Kit still requires an electronic speed controller, battery, remote control and servo to make the kit fully functional. Very fast car with excellent handling and runs great on all surfaces be it tarmac, sand and even grass. I also have an old Tamiya Madcap and this car leaves it for dust but then again the Madcap is nearly 23 years old!

Good value, excellent service in sale/delivery.

Having searched everywhere this was the cheapest I could find this car on the net by around £40 and was free delivery. Great model turned up within a couple of day. Very happy.

This chassis gives great stability and a great starter kit for people wishing to get into This hobby as it is quite easy to assemble. I got this kit when I was 14 and was able to build it myself without any help. I wouldn't advise letting a child build the kit by themselves though if you are giving this as a gift for a child if they haven't had any experience in building RC cars before hand. make sure your by their side to make sure they don't do anything dangerous or are damaging parts. This isn't because the kits hard to assemble but for safety and common sense. I only built it young because I had previous experience and new what I was doing. I'd advise though if you are going to get this kit to also buy a slipper clutch to help protect the gears.

Well took a lot longer to arrive than stated. And had to pay a hefty customs charge. So buy locally I would advise as you may save initially but you won't allways save money or wait as long, it was for my husband for Christmas, he seemed pleased with it! Still to assemble though so can't give full rating, but other second hand tamiya buggy's are exceptional quality 'toughness' speed and off course fun! Just watch out for pedestrians and animals as can reach a very fast speed! Just a note iff you are new to tamiya cars, you need to purchase a battery pack and remote separately, I read the small print and was aware that you only got the buggy in kit form, my husband previously purchasing second hand got thease two said items included with purchase off buggy.

Beautifully engineered buggy. I build Tamiya cars/buggies professionally and have done for years but after being very excited as the Dark Impact progressed, when I took it to my test track, the drive shafts kept falling out! More adjustments made and finally got them to stay in but... The swing arms on the rear are very weak so as soon as the buggy hit a bump, it broke. Repaired twice and still not running right. Disappointed as the drive system is so well implemented but in practice, not good. I wanted to love this buggy but a redesign is needed. If you want a strong, fast, durable and reliable buggy, buy a hot shot!!

I recently brought this car for £118.00 + £19.00 fast shipping, to then fine out theres a £46.00 custom charge. on opening the product I find out its just the car and nothing else in total this car has cost me £295!!! the only Reason I did not send it back is it would have cost me more money

I'm sure the kit will be fine but I have just had to pay £34 to the good people at Customs in order to pick up the parcel. If I had known this I would have shopped locally

タミヤの1/10 4WD RC「ダークインパクト」（2006）。「アバンテMk.II」や「キーンホーク」等と同じDF-03シャーシを採用したシャフトドライブ4WD。以前は叩き売り価格に遭遇したり、パーツリッチ版の別キット「DF-03 MS」がある事から、本キットがシンプル＆質素構成と思いきや、定価（税込19580円）からわかる様に意外と装備が整っている（前後オイルダンパー・フルベアリング・前後ボールデフ・アルミプロペラシャフト等）。また発売当初からブラシレスモーターを想定した設計（と言っても13.5T辺りが無難）。価格帳尻としてか樹脂パーツ全般にはやや安価感有り、ダンパーステー等で目立つ樹脂テカリは今となっては時代感有り。耐久性を意識して強化ロッドに差し替えたり、ダンパーステーを補強したり、一般的なパーツグレードアップを施す程度でも値段相応以上の走りが楽しめる（懸念点はモーター下部のシャーシ厚→厚めまたは重ね貼りカーボンテープ等で上下から補強で対応可・起伏ある悪路走破性は何気に想定以上）。前後分「OP.791 DF-02 アッセンブリーユニバーサルシャフト」に差し替えると、シャフト抜けだけでなく軸ずれも抑制できる。初ボールデフな人なら調整が走りに直結する辺りも面白いはず（他キット経験での「締め触感＆ギア回転加減記憶」があると作成は楽になる＝前後ボールデフ部は説明書工程順でなく連続して作った方が締め差を防止できる・前後の左右単体タイヤを回した挙動に注意：ユルユルだったり締めすぎだったと、このバランスが崩れるとトラブルを招く）。付属ベベルギアには2種余剰不要パーツ含む→組み立て後に焦る必要は無し。塗装の際の窓マスキングシール等はなく、1色裏塗りの後に外側から窓風シールを貼るだけのお手軽感（但しそのまま作るとステアリングロッド干渉部があるので要調整）。何十年もRCが趣味でもボールデフを敬遠したきた人がどうも多い印象（自分の周りでは）。個人的にはとてもとても楽しめている。残念ながらリファインキットではない様だが、付属デュアルブロックタイヤは当時の物が廃盤化された様で現行品に刷新されている。激安な場面に遭遇したなら追加買い衝動も出てくる良キットである。

È stato divertente assemblare e verniciare il modello. Meccanica fantastica a questo prezzo.

Great Kit! Box is sealed.

This is more than a skill 1 build but it is not too advance that a person should not try it. It took my about one day to build it and another to paint the body. The car performs well with its brushed set-up but I have run into a few challenges when trying to install a brushless motor (it seems like it will only accept a certain style of brushless motor). Either way, the car performs and handles great when assembled. I would recommend it for others.

Ich wollte endlich in die RC-Car-Szene einsteigen und habe mir dazu das DF03 chassis von Tamiya zugelegt. Ob Dark Impact oder sonstwas ist eine rein optische Frage. Das DF03 ist ein Bausatz für einen Buggy mit 4WD. Alleine das Zusammenbauen hat mir enorm viel Spaß gemacht. Man benötigt allerdings viel Zeit und Geduld, vor allem wenn man vorher nicht viel mit Modellbau zu tun gehabt hat. Der große Vorteil eines Bausatzes ist natürlich die Tatsache, dass man sein Auto in- und auswendig kennt. So habe ich schon ein paar mal direkt vor Ort einen Schaden beheben können einfach weil ich genau wusste was kaputt sein kann und wie man das richtet. Die Teile sind sehr hochwertig, man hat das Gefühl seine 180 Euro gut investiert zu haben. Es gibt ein paar Ersatzteile, sodass eine verlorene Schraube keinen Baustopp bedeuten muss. Der mitgelieferte Motor ist durchschnittlich gut, zum Beginnen ideal, ich werde aber bald auf was besseres umsteigen. Ansonsten muss man sich bewusst sein, dass man noch einiges investieren muss bevor man endlich fahren kann. Fernbedienung, Fahrtenregler, Akkus plus Ladegerät, wer davon noch nichts hat muss mindestens 200 Euro dazurechnen (wenn man nicht gerade das Billigste nimmt). Der Vorteil von Tamiya ist natürlich auch die gute Verfügbarkeit von Ersatzteilen, mir ist leider die Bodenplatte gebrochen (selbstverschuldet natürlich) und in 10 Tagen ist die neue da. In Summe eine klare Kaufempfehlung für all jene, die gerne ins RC Geschäft einsteigen möchten.