P15UL T Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 If you don't know about these cars please read on. I've been in the 350z community since 2005 and have owned many 350's, 370z and a GTR in that time. There was only about 1500 of these cars built in Japan. They were not available in the UK. They have the 3.5L HR engine in them. These Nismo versions were sent to the Autech factory and had extra strengthening carried out, extra seam welds and reinforcement in key areas. They have the nismo v3 body kit Forged rays alloys which are 18" fronts and 19"rears. Yamaha suspension damper with nismo springs Nismo exhaust system Brembo brakes Yamaha front and rear chassis damper bars behind front bumper and below rear strut tower. Nismo gauge cluster The interior is slightly different to the standard 350z. It has grey with red stitching on the seats, door cards and steering wheel. This model is even Rarer due to having the auto tiptronic gearbox. It also has been fitted with carbon fibre paddles in Japan to make gear changing more fun. Car currently has 36000 miles on it. I've just had it fully resprayed in the original factory colour. A previous owner had someone roll into the rear of him and replaced the rear bumper with a fibreglass version. This wasn't fitting of the car so I bought a genuine v3 bumper and had it professionally fitted. While doing this we notice the metal skin under the bumper was dented in so I have it removed and a new piece welded in to keep it all perfect even the bits you don't see. I have all pictures to show the work carried out by the body shop. The car also had the spoiler, roof, mirrors painted dark grey which did look nice but I wanted to return it to a more factory look. Bumper, bonnet and roof had some stone chips so I ended up just getting the full car done in the factory paint so now it's perfect. The car has being mapped using Uprev by Chris at Dynatune in East Kilbride making 276whp so 317bhp. The car is totally standard apart from Torqen high flow cats and modified rear back box for more noise. An up to date pioneer stereo and I've replaced to rubber intake pipes to silicone as the rubbers ones started to crack. I've also replaced the gallery gaskets which are weak on all the early HR engine cars. These cars are only going up in value now and getting harder to find in Japan. Last one I seen with this mileage was £25k plus import fees, tax and vat. In America there are now selling for $40,000 for low mileage ones. A great car to invest in and enjoy as well. £25000 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 GLWTS, didn't realise that they had some of the extra bits from the 380rs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayd350 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Nice machine. The V3 nismo HR is a lovely thing indeed and i've often scowered the classifieds to find one in the UK. Never any luck. A rare beast and almost guaranteed to be a collectors car in the future if not already. If i was less attached to my 350 which i've owned pretty much since new i'd be incredibly tempted. Best of luck with the sale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Glwts Paul. This is an awesome looking car. A credit to your perfectionism and knowledge. I hope it finds a new home that will take great care of her like you have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy1980 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Lovely motor. Not sure if they would help with the sale or value etc. But I have a pair of stock intake hoses I removed from the Nismo along with the jubilee clamps. If you want to put it back to 'stock' in that sense you can have them GLWTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) They were around or near £20k in Japan last year. Crazy. Edited April 10, 2022 by GranTurismoEra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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