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dukestar · 13th November 2009, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by srandall

I am still stressing over this. I took delivery of my new car last Friday, and this posting makes me wonder if I have made a major mistake.

I just checked the Courtesy Nissan website, and they are charging $49.95 for a hood hinge. I could not find the ram prices, but based on the hinge price, I think £140 for a one inch square of polystyrene is a serious rip off.

If Nissan UK are reading this, they need to sort this situation out now!

USDM cars don't have this fancy pedestrian saftey bonnet so that is why you won't find the parts on Courtesy's website. In NA pedestrians are as we say "a dime a dozen" so we don't try and protect them...lol...

11K is almst as bad as the GR6 cost...damn if I part my car out I could buy 5 or 6 GTRs...

zeyd · 13th November 2009, 01:20 AM

i don't believe this for one second ( the fact that USDM don't have pedestrian protection )

dukestar · 13th November 2009, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeyd

i don't believe this for one second ( the fact that USDM don't have pedestrian protection )

Can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not...but if not...

No fancy bonnet hinges that deploy when hitting a pedestrian. JDM's have it, NA (US and Canada) don't have it.

gtrterry · 13th November 2009, 08:01 AM

this price is unbelievable
i think we need to get our european friends in they seem to get more response than we do to any problems
surely there is an over priceing somewhere in this
mate i feel for you, once again nissan has pulled our pants down and given someone a right royal shafting
we all need to get to the bottom of this before it gets completely out of hand

Hope4Sun · 13th November 2009, 09:31 AM

OMG! i'm still in shock from reading this from yesterday!! i'm now refering to mine at the Gold Plated Clown Car!! as it must be to cost that sort of money for something that should have been at worst a new bumper, but any good body shop should have been able to reform and weld the bumper!!!!

If Crispy does not mind i'm going to forward this onto the TG news desk, they may not do much with it, but who knows, i do agree that this needs to stop now otherwise no one's getting insured next year

BT52 · 13th November 2009, 10:42 AM

Who will be first to provide an ipod "disable bonnet pop up" option ?

NITO · 13th November 2009, 11:06 AM

That's crazy.

I've been following R35 threads with interest and will continue too. These things are worrying, particularly on the insurance front.

Still, there'll be some cheap cat d write offs, remove the struts and the ECU (saving weight) and put it back on the road or track

. The aftermarket will make a killing on parts if Nissan don't sort out their prices.

It definately needs looking into otherwise residuals will be hit terribly. The crazy pricing of parts was the same on the R34, where the front lower lip/undercover was £650-£1000 for a piece of plastic. They got away with it to an extent because they were so few in numbers. I remember speaking to Nissan France etc about the prices to no avail. Thankfully GTC came up trumps with a carbon version for £200-300.

Good luck to all of you.

Regards
Nito

mr_maj · 13th November 2009, 11:12 AM

11K is outrageous! I wouldnt have accepted the cost being so high for an ecu reset, new bonnet and bumper in the worst case.

Wildrover · 13th November 2009, 11:18 AM

If this situation isn't resolved to sensible figures then I can see a few GT-R's being advertised for sale soon - including mine.

Philip · 13th November 2009, 11:34 AM

There is either (a lot) more to that repair than is obvious or someone is on the make.

Either way, the first thing I would do on delivery would be to disable the pop-up bonnet hinge system. If the dealers can't (or won't) do it, this should be a priority for the ECU experts ...

Philip

jon- · 13th November 2009, 11:52 AM

I would be very wary of disabling the pedestrian safety system in the UK. Imagine a scenario where you hit and kill a pedestrian through no fault of your own.

If the PC discover you disabled a safety system I'm sure they'd try and press for man slaughter or something equally as ridiculous.

Philip · 13th November 2009, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jon-

I would be very wary of disabling the pedestrian safety system in the UK. Imagine a scenario where you hit and kill a pedestrian through no fault of your own.

If the PC discover you disabled a safety system I'm sure they'd try and press for man slaughter or something equally as ridiculous.

There's no legal requirement to have it.

Philip

phill200sx · 13th November 2009, 11:59 AM

Any chance off getting the ECU that was replaced or the bonnet rams??

Could we potential to get the ECU cracked so in future it can be reset to save members money and do a bit of reverse engineering on the bonnet rams to get cheaper alternatives made??

Scrappy · 13th November 2009, 12:08 PM

sounds to me as though they have firing charges in them like the airbags. If thats the case they would need whole new rams etc just like we would need a whole new steering wheel aswel as a few other bits lol if our airbags went off.

coopersjcw · 13th November 2009, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BT52

Who will be first to provide an ipod "disable bonnet pop up" option ?

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13th November 2009, 01:20 AM	#47 (permalink)
zeyd zeyd has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: french riviera Posts: 229	i don't believe this for one second ( the fact that USDM don't have pedestrian protection ) __________________

13th November 2009, 08:01 AM	#49 (permalink)
gtrterry gtrterry is just running my baby in GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Cars owned: gt4 350z Posts: 84	this price is unbelievable i think we need to get our european friends in they seem to get more response than we do to any problems surely there is an over priceing somewhere in this mate i feel for you, once again nissan has pulled our pants down and given someone a right royal shafting we all need to get to the bottom of this before it gets completely out of hand __________________

13th November 2009, 09:31 AM	#50 (permalink)
Hope4Sun Hope4Sun is Detaling the GTR most likley. GTROC Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norwich/Essex Cars owned: R35 GTR, X UK R34GTR V Spec :( Posts: 764	OMG! i'm still in shock from reading this from yesterday!! i'm now refering to mine at the Gold Plated Clown Car!! as it must be to cost that sort of money for something that should have been at worst a new bumper, but any good body shop should have been able to reform and weld the bumper!!!! If Crispy does not mind i'm going to forward this onto the TG news desk, they may not do much with it, but who knows, i do agree that this needs to stop now otherwise no one's getting insured next year __________________ Andy Mr Sheen has nothing on me!

13th November 2009, 10:42 AM	#51 (permalink)
BT52 BT52 has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 44	Who will be first to provide an ipod "disable bonnet pop up" option ? __________________

13th November 2009, 11:06 AM	#52 (permalink)
NITO NITO has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kent Cars owned: V-Spec II Nür Posts: 1,438	That's crazy. I've been following R35 threads with interest and will continue too. These things are worrying, particularly on the insurance front. Still, there'll be some cheap cat d write offs, remove the struts and the ECU (saving weight) and put it back on the road or track . The aftermarket will make a killing on parts if Nissan don't sort out their prices. It definately needs looking into otherwise residuals will be hit terribly. The crazy pricing of parts was the same on the R34, where the front lower lip/undercover was £650-£1000 for a piece of plastic. They got away with it to an extent because they were so few in numbers. I remember speaking to Nissan France etc about the prices to no avail. Thankfully GTC came up trumps with a carbon version for £200-300. Good luck to all of you. Regards Nito __________________ "She'll make .5 past lightspeed"

13th November 2009, 11:12 AM	#53 (permalink)
mr_maj mr_maj is selling fabric GTR Register Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Yorks Posts: 227	11K is outrageous! I wouldnt have accepted the cost being so high for an ecu reset, new bonnet and bumper in the worst case. __________________

13th November 2009, 11:18 AM	#54 (permalink)
Wildrover Wildrover has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Cars owned: R35 - Mondeo - 6R4 Posts: 300	If this situation isn't resolved to sensible figures then I can see a few GT-R's being advertised for sale soon - including mine. __________________

13th November 2009, 11:34 AM	#55 (permalink)
Philip Philip has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,983	There is either (a lot) more to that repair than is obvious or someone is on the make. Either way, the first thing I would do on delivery would be to disable the pop-up bonnet hinge system. If the dealers can't (or won't) do it, this should be a priority for the ECU experts ... Philip __________________

13th November 2009, 11:52 AM	#56 (permalink)
jon- jon- is http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk GTR Register Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hitchin Cars owned: 350z / SW20 Turbo Posts: 9	I would be very wary of disabling the pedestrian safety system in the UK. Imagine a scenario where you hit and kill a pedestrian through no fault of your own. If the PC discover you disabled a safety system I'm sure they'd try and press for man slaughter or something equally as ridiculous. __________________

13th November 2009, 11:59 AM	#58 (permalink)
phill200sx phill200sx has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 78	Any chance off getting the ECU that was replaced or the bonnet rams?? Could we potential to get the ECU cracked so in future it can be reset to save members money and do a bit of reverse engineering on the bonnet rams to get cheaper alternatives made?? __________________

13th November 2009, 12:08 PM	#59 (permalink)
Scrappy Scrappy has no status. GTR Register Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 295	sounds to me as though they have firing charges in them like the airbags. If thats the case they would need whole new rams etc just like we would need a whole new steering wheel aswel as a few other bits lol if our airbags went off. __________________

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