SHIBATA Teases a VeilSide GRK5-R Collaboration

The other half of the teaser is a VeilSide F86GT body that SHIBATA says it has been developing with Addiction. SHIBATA says that body is also due to go on sale soon, and that a prototype body is on display at the event.

No final body specifications are stated in the post. The source does not give scale dimensions, wheelbase, width, included decals, light bucket details, masking information, release timing or price. Until those details appear, the safest reading is that SHIBATA is previewing a coordinated chassis-and-shell direction: a GRK5-R collaboration model with VeilSide graphics and plate design, plus a matching F86GT body moving toward release.

For a polycarbonate drift body, the eventual decisions will matter more than the name on the announcement: arch line, bumper depth, window masking, decal placement, light treatment and how the shell sits over common 1/10 RWD drift wheel fitments. SHIBATA has not published those production details yet.

GRK is SHIBATA’s RC drift chassis line, with the GRK5-R sitting in its RWD kit family. This collaboration appears to use the GRK5-R name while changing visible chassis architecture through new plate work, rather than presenting itself as a body-only edition.

For readers comparing the teaser against the existing car, YAW’s library page for the current GRK5-R manual is the reference point for the standard kit documentation, not confirmation of the collaboration model’s parts. The new main chassis, upper deck and vertical deck are named in SHIBATA’s teaser, but their final product specifications have not been published.

SHIBATA says more details will be announced soon. The first post to watch is the maker’s GRK5-R x VeilSide collaboration announcement, which is also where the brand ties the reveal to the 2026 GRK deciding event and notes the VeilSide F86GT prototype body display.

Until SHIBATA publishes the follow-up, the open items are the launch schedule, price, production contents, and whether the collaboration model and F86GT body are both release products in their final form or still pre-production previews.