Iron Mike

My guess is buying them off the net will be much cheaper than a group buy through said agent (his cut will probably offset most of the discount from the supplier). The Hasemi skirts are currently selling for $776 online though various vendors which is pretty good considering genuine R34 GTR Nismo skirts retail for at about 50% more. Bare in mind that that price doesn't include shipping, though I'm sure if one of you interested R33 drivers contacted the online store they would post your skirts out together to help you save on shipping costs. Just a word of advice to anyone who's new to buying GTR parts, often in Australia you will find a 'GTR tax' on a lot of the parts you buy, along with a disproportionate 'Australia tax' (pretty much a big f u from retailers because we live so far away from the rest of the world and back in the days we had no internet to to compare prices with). In my own experience (and I've been doing this for years), I have consistently saved 35-60% on brand new parts when buying online from Japan, compared to the prices offered by purchasing locally. Just a thought...

WOW that's different. Sounds like it would be safer than using the studs on the spacer. Hope it works well for you What is the significance of 66.1mm? Do you think if I used 15mm spacers I would have the problem of the factory studs poking through? I think they would... Racepace do a lot of things but at a price

You mean 'Nismo R34 GTR' side skirts. There are no side skirts specific to the Z-tune

Two questions for anyone that knows or has experience, when hubcentric wheel spacers are fitted, do the factory studs have to be cut down so that when the rim is fitted back it sits against the spacer and not on the ends of the factory studs that poke through (ie. you only get say a 15mm spacer and not a 40mm one which would conceal the factory studs)? Also, has anyone run spacers on a GTR with over 300 awkw? I know they're not ideal and I'm in 2 minds about running them, but I want a bit of fatness and I'm scared a wheel will come flying off! How safe are they? In my own experience I was once sitting in a mate's Aristo when 1 of his rims came off the custom-made hubcentric spacers he was running. Luckily he was only driving at about 40 km/h ps. I am quite aware of the legal issues surrounding their use

In before threadlock too. Bigger turbos eg. Garrett 2860 -5, HKS GTSS or GTRS or older 25/30s (or 32/40s if you'e a really old school bad ass who can find them ) Basiclly bigger turbos, free-flowing exhaust from turbo back, larger injectors, fuel pump, Power FC or similar, cam shafts and cam gears - that'll do it easily.....don't bother with a bigger intercooler at this stage, you're factory one is more than sufficient for that power output. Upgrade the clutch too instead of waiting for the extra power to chew through your standard clutch.....

Very loud RB26s can sound awesome but are a pain in the ass. I personally know I can't tlak to my passengers without almost yelling at them, I can't answer my phone (via bluetooth), I have to blare my sound system to offset all the cruising drone which makes even more noise, and after driving for more than half an hour I have a headache. Plus my neighbours hate me now...

This is true. I think his passion was more for performance and let's face it, on the world stage competing with cars that are 5 times the price, have double the power, and more impressive performance figures, the z-tune just doesn't cut it. There was a tonne of hype about the car preceeding its release and maybe some of it was a bit far-fetched. Don't get me wrong, I am obsessed with this car (I still remember patiently waiting for the issue of Autosalon in 2007 which featured the Z-tune on the front to be released!!) but I think the only people who will really appreciate it are people like us, GTR nuts who know the dedication taken to build each one by hand, that it is at the top it's game and that it is at the top of the Japanese performance tree.

Also, I once asked the owner why he sold it. I could not understand his mentalty because to me, the z-tune was and still is the pinnacle of performance street cars - something you buy and never sell, at least not for a very long time. This is what he replied. Sit down before you read any further..... "IT WAS JUST TOO SLOW!!" :O :O I know, crazy right? I didn't believe him either, especially having sat in it when he put his foot down. But he eventually became disenchanted with the laginess of a turbocharged 2.8, and also doubtful of the performance claims from Nismo. He ended up contacting the boys at Nismo and asking them to send down their official documentation of the car's performance haha (to be perfectly fair though the 2013 GTR does 0-100 kmh in a claimed 2.8 sec while the Z-tune did it in what is by today's standards a more 'lackluster' 3.8 sec) . I guess that's what happens when you're an ex-GT race driver with a garage full of million dollar exotics :I

This thread is pretty old but I still thought I'd input. The first Z-tune to be brought into Australia was brought in about 6ish years ago. The owner went directly to Nismo Japan to purchase it (was imported by Powerplay imports in NSW) and only paid around $275,000 AUD for it brand new at the time (a steal if you ask me). The car was then sold onto a chap in Greece and exported some time later for a mere profit of around 45k. I say 'mere' because the few z-tunes that have popped up recently have had asking prices much higher than this.... On another note, to the person who was asking if there were only 30 z-tunes built, and to answer the rumours that production stopped at no.18, this is in fact incorrect. There were 20 Z-tunes made to commemorate the 20th Anniverasry of Nismo - makes sense if you think about it hey?!!

LLOL if this involves my anatomical sword then count me out!!!.........unless you're a female GTR dfriver...

Did you fix the ribbons on the sae way as in the vid Terry?? Also was i light scuffing that can be polished out or is it deeper scratching??

Ready for round 2 of GTR weddings Dim??

sounds interesting

LOVE IT!!^^

This is true. They sell everything the Omori factory sells plus more - and they stock human sizes too

LOL WTF DEFINITELY!!!

pretty good value!! KING87 what will you be using instead?

Excellent Jamie this is spot on. It's worth noting too however that the '"Nismo front bar" from above is sometimes also called the Nismo ver.1 front bar (and also the "s-tune" front bar as it appeared on the s1 and s2 models that were prototyped before the release of the z-tune), while the z-tune bar is also sometimes called the Nismo ver.2 front bar. You will see this a lot in Japanese publications and auction/sales info. There is definitely a difference between them though (and quite a significant difference too), which is why it sh!ts me when someone only gets the Nismo skirts and pods and claims they have a "full z-tune bodykit" :I

^point proved Sorry it was on a 4-wheel dyno so that was awkw

Lol dude are you serious? On my last gtr with only a high flowing turbo back exhaust system and 10 lbs i had over 220 rwkw. Plenty of GTRs have similar power from similar modification...

Hmmm they look completely different though. One has additional air vents adjacent to the front indicators, while the other doesn't have these and has a blended middle-lip section (ie.all 1 piece vs. front bar in 3 sections including the diffuser)

my bad. a GTR with an exhaust and a couple extra pounds of boost from the stock turbos

Drive the car into a pole. Take the insurance money. Save a bit more. Buy a GTR. Problem solved.

LOL I've seen it 100 times. I don't know if people do it intentionally to BS their add and make their cars seem worth more, or because they genuinely don't know that those rear pods and side skirts came out long before the Z-tune, they are not specific to the Z-tune nor do they comprise a "full z-tune kit". Maybe they can't see that the front bars are so clearly different also???

"z-tune bodykit"? Don't you mean Nismo side skirts and rear pods? I don't see how its a z-tune bodykit when it's missing the whole z-tune front end (guards, hood and front bar)!!