Had a good look at an MY14 GT-R in the new Vermillion Red colour today at Glyn Hopkin in Romford as they'd borrowed one from Nissan HQ as the demo cars have not arrived yet.
It's not as bright as I was expecting, certainly nothing like the press photos.
Kind of a medium metallic red that really comes alive in the sun when the gold flake looks really good.
They have finally sorted out the suspension too.
While I didn't drive it the comfort on the road was very good, certainly noticably better than the MY11 upgraded suspension cars and with this I can't see any reason why you'd change for the Litchfield kit set up. It's close.
This car also had the red premium interior (£3,500 extra) and to be honest I just wouldn't.
It's more brown than red and it's too expensive for an optional interior trim.
The only real benefit is you do get a set of nicely trimmed back seats too, like the fronts where the stock interiors have quite basic back seats.
Overall, very nice looking car.
Maybe it doesn't even need a lairy wrap as it the sun it looks great...
Amazing what an improvement the retrim makes to the ambience of the car. It feels a lot more 'together' and grown up, in keeping with what you expect from a car costing £75k. My MY13 feels very disjointed and a bit all over the place inside, with loads of different materials, in a rainbow of colours:
- Black faux leather dash and door tops
- Black textured rubber on dash also
- Scratchy black textured plastic on some trim pieces
- Grey carpet on doors
- Grey material headliner
- Black faux leather rear seats
- Grey and red perforated front seats
- Black perforated steering wheel
- Shiny faux metal trim pieces on doors and stereo surrounds
All over the place! Sticking to two colours and consistent materials makes such a difference.
would be interested in seeing someone do a back to back with a car equipped with litchfield suspension. I'm about a couple of months away from upgrading my 59plate with Litchfields suspension, and big brake kit, the cost of which plus p/x could also count as a deposit for a new MY14 instead. Although i prefer the wheels of the older car, the thought of a new car warranty, especially with my bell housing on the way out is a tempting prospect
Litchfield suspension and big brake kit are components that can be sold on. Bellhousing is a non issue and if you wanted you could get a litchfield warranty.
Personally I'm suitably unimpressed with the improvements of the 14 over the 13/12/11 to make it worth while. I was really hoping for a step change forward but haven't seen anything to show that it has moved on since the DBA was introduced - so I'm sticking with mine.
I'd rather buy either an R36 or an MP4 next - but that's coming from someone who has a GT-R. For Rich who doesn't have one, I would certainly order an MY14 (not in that red!), or a second hand 11/12/13.
I'm tending to agree with your thoughts, i wasn't intending on getting a new car on a whim because a i had a £600 bill coming up, i was also factoring the cost of litchfield suspension + Alcon BBK, but Adam has made very valid points which i have convinced me to stay the original course
For those who've had their engine built, did you bother with changing the valvetrain components?
I've been look at various brands and specs but having searched on here I struggled to find people talking about their experience with brands or timing duration etc.
I'm thinking about shooting for...
Hi All.
I'm thinking of upgrading my standard GTR to Stage 4.25 and am wondering what peoples opinion is who have done this?
Were your reactions like OMG this is amazing performance or it doesnt feel as powerful as I thought it would be?
Personally I've never thought my R35 is that quick...
A body have any really good imagery of the valenti lights with the oe look in red. Trying to see how the ring from 2015 setup compares and if it's just worth going the extra few hundred pounds on 2015 over valenti. Anyone got any opinions on the valentis look. I've scoured google and you tube...
My 2009 R35 has just experienced the dreaded steering lock fail, car had to be towed.
Lock was removed and fixed, fully tested and working fine now, but as a precaution the lock fuse was removed.
It obviously never had the re-call as it is the early metal lock, not the later plastic cased...
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