GT-R TYRES

[clint thrust]

Hi All,

Anyone know where they will be selling these Bridgestone runflats. I want to find out how much I am going to be stung for!!.

[tokyogtr]

the cost in japan is yen40k each. the biggest shock thought is the cost of the brake disc rotor. one disc, just one, is Yen464k!!! jeesh....

[clint thrust]

Pardon me but what does that equate to in GBP?.

[sarnie]

Originally Posted by clint thrust

Pardon me but what does that equate to in GBP?.

Thats about £200 a tyre and £2300 for the disks........

[clint thrust]

One disc is £2300

That can't be true surely.

[Thrust]

Originally Posted by sarnie

Thats about £200 a tyre and £2300 for the disks........

400,000 yen is 2,000 GBP, so tyres/tires are 500 GBP (1,000 USD) a pop.

PS I also heard that it's 700,000 yen to change the brake pads... with Nissan's specially bedded-in ones. That's 3,500 squid...

[sarnie]

Originally Posted by Thrust

400,000 yen is 2,000 GBP, so tyres/tires are 500 GBP (1,000 USD) a pop.

PS I also heard that it's 700,000 yen to change the brake pads... with Nissan's specially bedded-in ones. That's 3,500 squid...

But in the second post in this thread he says that tyres are 40k yen which is £200 or did i get that wrong?

[tokyogtr]

i'll post the exact service costs for all the items soon. at the performance center they walked thru it all with me and on the doc is all the equivelant costs for porsche owners. the nissan parts are ALL more expensive than 911 parts... you're almost better off with aftermarket for everything as nissan is definitely looking to recoup their costs via parts.

[DCD]

No way are tyres that cheap! I paid more for my 19" RE-11's this week!
I distinctively remember one of the Nissan guys saying 100,000 Yen a tyre for the Bridgestones!

4 pads and 4-rotors (the whole lot) are the 400 and something thousand yen. Project µ have released their new pads for the R35, they cost around 45k for the fronts and 25k for the rear. Which is normal brake pad prices....
Tuners like Mine's are jumping on the "silly-price" bandwagon and charging 90k or 130k for the fronts (2 different specs) and 50k or 60k for the rears (again two specs).

So there are more and more options out there. More cheaper options will also come from the US I'm sure.

[tokyogtr]

Originally Posted by DCD

No way are tyres that cheap! I paid more for my 19" RE-11's this week!
I distinctively remember one of the Nissan guys saying 100,000 Yen a tyre for the Bridgestones!

4 pads and 4-rotors (the whole lot) are the 400 and something thousand yen. Project µ have released their new pads for the R35, they cost around 45k for the fronts and 25k for the rear. Which is normal brake pad prices....
Tuners like Mine's are jumping on the "silly-price" bandwagon and charging 90k or 130k for the fronts (2 different specs) and 50k or 60k for the rears (again two specs).

So there are more and more options out there. More cheaper options will also come from the US I'm sure.

ah, you might be right about the tyres but bad news about the rotors... EACH one is Yen464,000. not joking. Each caliper is roughly Yen100,000. I've asked the performance centre to fax me the costs guide presentation that they run you thru when you go to pick up the car. stupidly i didn't ask for this at the time.

a mate of mine has a cayman S and came with me to collect the car. we were both shocked at the individual parts costs, they are very very extreme...

[hyrev]

I just checked and the RE01R in the US is 270 each (USD). Not bad.

As for the R35, for the front you could get Pirelli PZero for 440 USD each
and for the rear 486 USD each. I know they are not run flats but it is a
cheaper alternative at the moment.

[Bean]

Originally Posted by tokyogtr

ah, you might be right about the tyres but bad news about the rotors... EACH one is Yen464,000. not joking. Each caliper is roughly Yen100,000. I've asked the performance centre to fax me the costs guide presentation that they run you thru when you go to pick up the car. stupidly i didn't ask for this at the time.

a mate of mine has a cayman S and came with me to collect the car. we were both shocked at the individual parts costs, they are very very extreme...

Well, Nissan Prince told me the same as DCD said...

[mindlessoath]

hirano tire said they have tires for sale at 500,000 yen. tehy got them half off for the gt-r that they own.

[mindlessoath]

Ｒ３５ＧＴＲにはまだ２０インチで装着できるＳタイヤがないためノーマルのランフラットで
サーキットを走行するしかないのですがこれからサーキット走行を考えている方も
気になるのがタイヤの消耗度だと思います。ディラーでは５０万とも言われるタイヤですので
（当店では半額くらいで販売しておりますが）いまいちサーキット走行に気がひけてる
ユーザーも多いと思います。ただＲ３５GTRは本当にサーキットでドライブしてみてください
サーキット走行経験者、未経験者に限らずその運動性能は本当にすばらしいの
一言ですし一般道では３５GTRの性能の１割もひきだせないのではと思わせてくれます
現に当社の社長も２０年振りにサーキットを走行したにもかかわらず（４０才半ばですが）
ノーマルラジアルタイヤで筑波で１分２秒７を記録しました。社長いわくドライブ中は
車がもっともっと踏んで攻めてくれと訴えかけてくるのがわかるのだが横Gとか体が
ついていかないと言ってましたしサーキットを走る前に体を鍛えなければとも言ってました。
ご要望の多かった今回の筑波での使用後のタイヤ画像をアップしました
１アタック約３ラップを１日で４～５回アタックした使用後の画像ですもちろん新品で
持ち込みました。

[clint thrust]

Thanks for that!.