Buying tiny work wheels and Weld and A Tiny Drift Touge at Yokomo
The next stop on our adventure was Weld, a shop we had wanted to see for years. We had a reason to go there, as we would buy some TC stuff. Weld has a huge RC drift presence with its brand Overdose, and we wanted to check out its workshop and pick up some small parts, too. They do officially licensed wheels from work and other companies and brands like Voltex, so it was super cool to see this place in real life.
Overdose items are on the more expensive side of the RC scale, so a fully modified chassis could venture into the thousands.
Check the Voltex Aero!
The officially licensed wheels were awesome.
This is the ultimate rabbit hole.
Lots of money was exchanged, at least these smaller wheels arent as expensive.
In another way, this was so good to see in real life. It was excellent to see the MK2 that Koichi Yamashita drove in Formula D. I’d never seen a Tomei 2JZ before, so it was indeed something else.
A 2JZ C35, I bet this sounds epic.
Outside was arguably one of the best-looking 180sx I’ve ever seen, just sitting on their trailer.
We said our goodbyes and hit the road. We were heading to Yokomo this time to check out their indoor shop and RC drift arena.
We spotted lots of unusual gems on our travels.
I’ve said it a few times in these articles, but seeing places like this in real life is mindblowing. The sheer scale of the operation is hard to comprehend in a photo or video. It’s about the size of a shopping centre, but it’s all dedicated to RC.
This was the main course, and it was 3/4s the size of our shed!
We rented a little RC car and hit the Touge with it. We picked up a few parts and hit the road, heading towards that gigantic statue out in the countryside by Tsukuba.
The Yokomo shop itself was something to appreciate. They had everything.
There was a little D1 museum display area for old shells, too.
Ive always loved the Toyo shells, this one was super cool.
I picked up some more parts here, and it’s hard not to get excited.
We rented some RC cars for an hour and tried our hand at it.
After we finally peeled ourselves away from the Yatabe arena, we started returning to Tokyo.
This selection stopped us right in our tracks. It’s hard to believe these cars have been sitting here this long.
That night, we went into Tokyo to hook up with our friend Alec, who shoots for Speedhunters. 
I’ll let the rest of the photos do most of the talking here, as that was such an exciting night hooking up with Alan, who used to work for Tomei and Dino from Speedhunters and stumbled upon a Hiace meet at a parking area.
I followed Alan and his build for years online, so it was super cool to go for a drive with him.
We accidentally stumbled upon an 86 meet at this PA.
At the very same time, a Hiace meet was also happening.
This 13 hit the spot at Daikoku.
I loved this P10, too, sitting on model 6’s.
The Demio was giving me strong GranTurismo vibes.
We finished the night off not too far from Shibuya.
Ill leave this one here, hope you enjoyed the photos from this day out.