Check out HiPowerMotorsports.com for exhaust
I got my Tanabe Medalion Touring Exhaust from them for only $1600.00 shipped and it sounds great, they had it in stock and only took about 3 days for shipping

Im contacting them about brake pads/rotors because im not paying $8000 for a brake job

 

Yeah, I've heard lots of rumors but haven't seen any real numbers from people who serviced brakes yet. Heard lots of people go aftermarket instead. Thanks for the advice on the exhaust, I'm interested in how it sounds!

 

The service writer at Town North Nissan here in Austin quoted me exactly this number, before sales tax. Mine does not need brakes yet (3,200 miles when I received it Monday) but I will be doing them myself I think

Anyone interested in a petition on Facebook or something to get Nissan USA to lower the price?

 

Wow, so it is true. Bummer... looks like I'm going to also be doing them myself

 

Hi, I'm new to this forum and don't know much about GT-R, except that it's a beast.
I've been actually thinking to replace my vette with GT-R within a year or so, but this thread really got me worried.

I track my toy car (HPDE) about 7-10 times a year. If it's $8K per brake job, (and the tires seems crazy expensive too...) I am not sure whether it would be a good move to get into GT-R.

Any member here who tracks their car? If so, I would like to hear their secret to keep the cost to minimum to run this monster on the track.. Thanks!

 

The solution is simple enough, if inconvenient ... don't buy your brakes at Nissan :-)

They are common-or-garden Brembo race brakes, as you might find on a Group A rally car, and it shouldn't be hard to find OEM parts from other sources. I haven't looked into it in detail yet, got my GT-R in April with 3,200 miles on it, so it will be a while :-)

I plan to get the parts and do the brakes myself ... I figure to replace pads only the first time [1] which I'm guessing will be about $700-800 a set, and and do discs every other time (I'm guessing around $1200-$1400 for a set of discs).

If you're not inclined to get busy with a wrench yourself, then find a trustworthy local performance shop or independent Japanese car specialist and have them order the parts and do it.

As to tyres, I don't think they are egregious ... the local Bridgestone franchise quoted me about $1600 for a full set of the OE tyres (RE-070A, 255/40x20 front, 285/35x20 rear) including mounting with N2, balancing, taxes, etc. .... this struck me as pretty good all things considered. For example, that's less than a set of the OE Pirelli's for a base model Porsche 911, which is slower even than my shopping car :-) .... Porsche has fought to tame the 911's unique handling characteristics for decades, and so the rear size on a current base model with the 3.2 (3.4?) engine is 315/20x19 (ouch!)

A full set of tyres for a C5 platform Corvette Z-06 will run you well over $1000, and the GT-R is a higher performance car. If your Corvette is a base model, you're in for quite a surprise when you test drive the GT-R .... ;-)

[1] the idea that you have to replace the discs every time you replace the pads is purely an American affectation [2], we don't do it over the pond .... I guess it maybe comes from Detroit putting out cars with really thin discs in the 80's?? [3] With most European sports sedans, even with uprated pads, I get 2-3 pad changes on a set of discs (e.g. my current shopping car, which is a mildly modded Audi A6 turbo, C5 platform).

[2] the other one being changing the oil every 3,000 miles even if it's a shopping car with Mobil 1 .... all the shops here love to put stickers in the windscreen telling you to do this :-) Maybe this was necessary with 1960's dinosaur juice, but oil tech has improved just a little since then. In Europe, VW ships the 4 cylinder non-turbo Passat with an extra-large sump and Mobil 1, and the recommended oil change interval is 18 months or 20,000 miles.

[3] The GM Europe subcompact in the 80's, called the Opel Kadett / Vauxhall Astra, had ludicrously thin discs, and they needed replaced every major service along with the pads; it stands out in my mind as an oddity.

 

Thanks for the reply dcrooke.
What I spend on my regular C5 is much lower... set of 4 summer tires - around $700, front pads (hawk hp+) about $130/set, rear pads (EBC yellowstuff) about $100/set.
New pads every 3-4 track days front, every 6-7 track days rear. New rotor probably every other time I get new pads (not due to wear but due to heat cracks). New tires every 5-6 track days...

I know I have to pay to play... Well,,, I guess it would be 'pay more to play better'.


Anyway,,, GT-R is one hell of a car that I want to experience on the track.

 

The Brembo pads are quite a bit harder than the Hawk ones (which I happen have on my A6) and should last more than a few track days; the discs should also stand up to the punishment very well.

The GT-R will definitely eat through those nice RE-070A tyres if you track it hard.

This kind of performance doesn't come cheap :-!

 

That's completely insane. I can't believe it's going to cost you so much. That doesn't seem right.

 

Hey DjIce .... it's a supercar, and the brakes are fantastic. Yes, they cost more than my entire shopping car is worth. With any technology product, as you push the extremes, prices go up exponentially for a linear increase in performance. The top speed of a Bugatti Veyeon is 30% higher than that of a GT-R, but the price of the car (depending on the exchange rate) is 1830% higher.

State Farm is a waste of time for people like us with high performance cars, they want soccer moms with minivans. They quoted me about 70% higher than the gecko did for the Audi and the Merc, and for less coverage (I have $1m/$1m with Geico) and so I didn't even approach them about the GT-R. You're fishing in the wrong pond.