light weight Bonnet

[butthead]

My bonnet on the GTR seems quite light, so this morning i put a magnet onto it to see if its metal, the magnet didnt stick then i put the magnet on the 2 front guards & they didnt stick there as well, just wondering if that is normal on GTR's or if thet are aftermarket parts. By the way the rest of the car was metal.

[V8skylineMAN]

R32 GT-R's and R33 GT-R's have aluminium bonnet and guards.....:headspin:

Unsure about R34 GT-R's but I guess they would.

[wilch]

I'd be damned if my r33 bonnet is alluminium. It's so heavy compared to any other bonnet on any other car I've owned!!

wil..

[V8skylineMAN]

That would be because your car is NOT a GT-R (no matter how much you want it to be)

[T0nyGTSt]

I'd be damned if my r33 bonnet is alluminium. It's so heavy compared to any other bonnet on any other car I've owned!!

Skylines (excepting the R32) are big cars.

The bonnet is large - no two ways about it.

And it's build strong with many trusses. If you replace it with carbon, weight is halved usually at the very least.

T.

[GTRgeoff]

What an absolutely delicious thing to unexpectedly discover.

I don't know whether to feel good for you for discovering something nice or despise you for buying a GTR and knowing nothing about them.

Seriously though, very nice choice of automobile. Hope you discover more great treats

[wilch]

That would be because your car is NOT a GT-R (no matter how much you want it to be)

oops didn't notice that he had a GTR!! LOL

my bad....

/me hides

ps. I don't want my GTS-T to be a GTR! wouldn't mind owning both though

[T0nyGTSt]

The cliffnotes is that the GT-R does not need carbon bonnets except for rice value.

If you want your GTS to loose roughly half the bonnet weight and flaunt ADR laws, look rice and got some $$$ in your pocket, go carbon.

T.

[ManiPuLatoR]

How dose a nice cf bonnet look like rice?

[EnricoPalazzo]

i was thinking of gettin a carbon f bonnet.... They look yummu

[butthead]

v8skylinedude says that the bonnet & front gaurds are made from aluminium not carbon fibre, they do sound tiny when tapping against them.

[Nozila]

just a question here, my brother has a gtr bonnet on his r32 gtst which is so damn light and i was wondering if an r33 gtrs bonnet would fit my r33 gtst.

[LBR33]

are there any aftermarket aluminium bonnets available

[paulr33]

i love the stocks series 2 bonnet

[predator]

it must be made of bog.. take it back..

i think the weight difference is less than 10kg between the aluminium and non-aluminium bonnets though.. its less than it feels.

[wilch]

just a question here, my brother has a gtr bonnet on his r32 gtst which is so damn light and i was wondering if an r33 gtrs bonnet would fit my r33 gtst.

Unique Autosports have an alluminium R33 GTR bonnet for sale. It says that it is "NOT suitable for R33 GTS-t's" though.

wil..