Congrats to John Shepard and AMS for setting the new 1/4 record for the GT-R at 8.6!!!  Drop us an email at sales@gt-rr.com if you want big power with your GT-R and we’ll be pleased to get you the best service and price on a full build collaborating with our friends at Shep Trans and AMS!

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Gentlemen appreciate beauty of carbon fiber.

This handsome cigar case is 100% dry carbon, handmade by the Griffin’s cigars in Switzerland.  They’re moving pretty quickly on GT-RR.com — check the page to get some dry carbon in your life!

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Here are the brand_RR custom dual HID headlights on our 2012.  The OEM headlights were not that bright at night so we added a second HID Bi-Xenon projector to increase visibility. The custom painting is just icing on the cake, but we’re still keeping the orange accents minimal.

We’ve been working on the latest version of GT-RR.COM for multiple years and finally this week we were able to relaunch it!

I welcome everyone to take the site for a new test drive. We’ve spent this week working out the kinks and we are happy to officially announce it and share it with you all!

Some of the big changes besides a huge change in style is the addition of sub categories which really have helped navigate the approximately 1000 or so products on the website. The old version of the website was getting drowned out by our steady addition of parts and it became troublesome to find anything. Now it is easy to sort through our 105 exhaust products by drilling down isolate just the 52 available cat back systems and then drilling down further to find the 31 full titanium constructed cat backs. (Damn that’s a lot of full Ti catback exhausts for the GT-R!!!)

We hope you like it!

* Thanks to our website guru David and our graphic design master Edwin!

Today ended up being a major day for GT-R fans worldwide as a comprehensive amount of new information went public about the refreshed 2012 GT-R.  Since everybody’s probably already seen all the nitty-gritty details, and I’m going to be discussing the car from an aftermarket perspective, I’ll just give a basic recap… Some of the predicted improvements include upgraded suspension, brakes, overall fit and finish, and of course more power.  However, perhaps the biggest highlights were the ones that came as a complete surprise, like the new, even lighter-weight Rays wheels (saving over 6lbs total unsprung weight) and the amazing, new 2WD mode that allows the GT-R to finally be driven in full RWD (can anybody say, ‘drifting’)!!

For the last year or so, many people were speculating that Nissan would only do minor updates to the exterior of the car; with the changes merely evolving the look, but not improving it much.  However, I personally was surprised to see that the changes the front fascia alone have drastically improved the look of the car (giving it a little more class in the process).  The rear under spoiler has been completely changed as well, with added side vents and a center diffuser that features an F1-style LED lamp.

From a tuning perspective, I think this new GT-R will have a big influence on current R35 owners.  From the reactions I’ve seen so far, it seems like the new exterior parts, carbon interior pieces, improved suspension and ultra light-weight wheels are all desirable upgrades.  Being in the aftermarket industry, I’m personally wondering just how many of the the newer parts will be a straight swap with 2008-11 GT-Rs. For example, while wheels are an obviously easy swap, retrofitting the new RWD only computer settings may prove to be a much more involved job.

Undoubtedly it will be interesting to see people start “upgrading/tuning” their first generation R35 GT-Rs with the some of the newer OEM parts (just like owners in the past have done with S13 and S14 Silvias, R32 and R33 GT-Rs, FD RX-7s, and Toyota Supras).  Conversely, it’ll also be interesting to see how creative owners can get with modifying the new GT-R, and how the car can be improved with already existing aftermarket parts (and which parts are compatible).

There’s always room for improvement over stock; which can even be said of Nissan’s “OEM perfect” SpecV GT-R (I’ve seen it already firsthand, as several of our customers have even gone as far as doing full motor builds on these ultra-rare toys).  With that said, I’m excited to see what kind of tuning potential this updated GT-R has when it finally goes on sale next Spring!

Credit goes to GT-R Blog for the tech info on the car.

I just returned from my most recent trip to Japan. During these trips I’m often lucky enough to find some really cool stuff because of my network of friends out there in the industry. Usually its new parts and inside news, but this time it was something far different… I was shocked to find a friend of mine who asked for my assistance in selling a very VERY rare BNR34 GT-R Z-Tune by Nismo. This is an authentic Nismo produced car (only 19 were ever made). The car (as expected) is an extremely special collectors car which is unlikely to ever depreciate in value due to the historical significance and legendary status amongst GT-R enthusiasts (plus only 19 exist and no more will ever be produced). Not to mention is runs like a monster on crack for those lucky enough to take it to the streets or circuit.

I took some pictures of the car when I got a chance to see it in the flesh. It was a really special moment to get up close and personal with this rare piece of JDM GT-R history. I’ve seen these cars in the past at events but usually they were roped off and inaccessible. Checking out the custom bits that cant be bought was a special moment for me. Things like the carbon fiber reinforced chassis points and the insanely over-engineered titanium Z-Tune SPL strut tower bar were the little joys in life that remind me how much I love my job!

I’ve added the car to GT-RR.COM’s website and it can be found here:

http://gt-rr.com/r35/gt-r/jdm_tuning/cars_for_sale

For those fortunate enough to ask the scary question of how much it costs, please email us at sales@gt-rr.com.

For the rest of us, more car porn (pictures of this beast) can be found at the link above and a couple of extra pics below.

Sometimes we all drive ourselves crazy trying to be perfectionists, GT-RR.COM is a good example. We were not content with just using a yahoo store or some prepackaged solution, instead we wanted something bespoke (since we’re all about custom solutions over mass produced public consumption goods). So we set out to build a fully one-off solution, building a database and website framework from scratch to try to make it the best it could possibly be.

GT-RR is now nearly a year old and yet despite steady updates and improvements, we still display that it is in BETA mode on the website. We’re very happy with the website and the feedback has been great over the past year, but it is not yet where we envisioned it would be so the BETA remains displayed. We want perfection.

One big piece of the puzzle was just completed however, we finally launched our e-commerce. The big missing piece of being able to order online is now complete. For all the GT-R owners out there, I’m proud to introduce our new and improved GT-RR with online ordering now available!

http://www.gt-rr.com