In the greater Kansas City area, a lot of the track guys and exotic car owners use Zohr’s mobile tire service, because they’re known for taking good care of the wheels. In fact, one of the previous technicians I had do a mounting/balancing job on the Project Supra showed me a recent job he did on a beautiful (and impeccable) midnight purple R34 V-spec that’s also been gracing these Kansas streets. Zohr’s services can be found in the greater KC area, as well as the Dallas and Houston areas in Texas.It’s a night-and-day difference with the Volk wheels and Fallen tires installed. Upon my first zig-zags down the street, the difference in feel compared to before was nothing short of awesome! The steering response and grip is going to be intoxicating. Already, these tires remind me of the several R-compound tires I’ve had through the years. In this picture you can also see the aforementioned taller center caps needed for a Skyline, which are sold separately by RAYS Wheels.Let’s talk some subtle aesthetic changes. The 95-96 Series 1 and 2 cars were supplied with the front lip in the foreground, while the 97 Series 3 cars had the much larger one with bigger brake ducts in the back. As hard as they are to find, my man JC Chavez at SDR Garage came through for me, and sold me one of his Series 3 front lips.This car didn’t come with the brake ducts connecting to the lip, and I didn’t like the open space behind that—at least not for a car of this caliber. I found what were the only Series 3 brake ducts available anywhere online (that I could find, anyway) on Ebay by a company in Australia. With so many connecting points, they really firm up the underside of the car’s plastics. I recently saw the same brake ducts, but unfortunately they have since more than doubled in price already. $780 shipped for Series 3 and $430 for Series 1-2. Yikes!
You can’t go wrong with TE37-s on a GT-R. Like BBS E88-s on an aircooled Porsche, or BBS RS-s on an E30. The brake ducts seem like a prime example of parts that need to be reverse engineered and remade from carbon fibre.
I saw some Rays wheels on a wrecked Nissan Z at the junkyard and the barrel was massively bent out of shape, but there were no cracks whatsoever. I am an engineer and I have never seen aluminum deform like that. It was seriously impressive. They must use some kind of proprietary alloy. I don’t know how you could do that with 6061.
New wheels/tires look awesome, and fit the car nicely!
Seems like it’s an easy opportunity to make reproductions of the brake ducts on a 3D printer a la Billy Johnson’s articles on Project NSX. Should cut down on the cost a fair bit, even if you have to get them 3D scanned to develop the initial model.
The last picture on page 1 made me chuckle pretty good.
Thanks for replies, guys. I agree, reverse engineering some of these parts would be awesome. Another impossible part is the most forward of the two under trays (that actually attaches to the lip). Of course someone could fab that out of some aluminum, too. I’m afraid I’ll find some other forbidden-fruit parts as the years go on. Andy ;-).
My UPS guy has a stash of treats for “overzealous” pets. Would have been hilarious if he threw you a Snickers or something to keep you “calm”. That pic made the article lol.
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You can’t go wrong with TE37-s on a GT-R. Like BBS E88-s on an aircooled Porsche, or BBS RS-s on an E30.
The brake ducts seem like a prime example of parts that need to be reverse engineered and remade from carbon fibre.
I saw some Rays wheels on a wrecked Nissan Z at the junkyard and the barrel was massively bent out of shape, but there were no cracks whatsoever. I am an engineer and I have never seen aluminum deform like that. It was seriously impressive. They must use some kind of proprietary alloy. I don’t know how you could do that with 6061.
New wheels/tires look awesome, and fit the car nicely!
Seems like it’s an easy opportunity to make reproductions of the brake ducts on a 3D printer a la Billy Johnson’s articles on Project NSX. Should cut down on the cost a fair bit, even if you have to get them 3D scanned to develop the initial model.
The last picture on page 1 made me chuckle pretty good.
Thanks for replies, guys. I agree, reverse engineering some of these parts would be awesome. Another impossible part is the most forward of the two under trays (that actually attaches to the lip). Of course someone could fab that out of some aluminum, too. I’m afraid I’ll find some other forbidden-fruit parts as the years go on.
Andy ;-).
Rear spats & hood lip would be even nicer😉
I DEFINETELY remember the 2nd video from back in the day, I remember just being like “HOLY SHEEYYT”
Isn’t it great? I was so happy to find them. I lived by those videos
My UPS guy has a stash of treats for “overzealous” pets. Would have been hilarious if he threw you a Snickers or something to keep you “calm”. That pic made the article lol.
lol that’s awesome. (I probably would have eaten it, too)