#Widebody 10/12

Sep 20, 20162 min read

Nissan Wide Body GTR, by VAD

A couple of years back we built a GTR with one of our carbon fibre wide body conversions, it was a build that divided not only internal opinions but at the time the company too, maybe one day in the near future, along with our RWB story the truth will be told, but for now, let’s discuss this incredible wide body GTR.

The colour of the car, along with the wheel design and finish, are the perfect GTR ingredient, add then the wide body, and 13x21 boots wrapped with 345/25R21 tyres and you have one special vehicle, I don’t know what we were thinking when we added the yellow decals, but hey not all of us at VAD have bad taste, it was an error and one the customer agreed with, and has since rectified, we are happy to say.

With all of our builds, its always nice to keep in-touch and meet up from time to time with the customers that buy the cars, and hear the feedback, especially when Trevor and Deborah’s other cars, are a Ferrari 458 Spider & the latest 550 bhp Range Rover Sport SVR, but the car that brings him the most attention is the GTR, and seeing it again in the flesh we can see why, it’s a beauty from every angle.

The car is now for sale, it’s a 59 plate black, that is pushing over 700bhp, and has the full VAD wide body in carbon fibre, it sits on Meister coilover suspension, and has a full Meister sport exhaust system, all finished off with our 13x21 VAD CR Evo with a brushed matte bronze centre, with hidden hardware, in a spec 1 concave profile, all wrapped in 345/25R21 Hankook rubber.

For more details of the full spec along with the purchase price, email the sales team on enquiries@vaddesign.com

#VAD #VADDesign #VADWheels #GTR #NissanGTR #NissanGTRWideBody #WideBody #Vadzilla

VAD Admin

Jun 2, 20161 min read

Nissan GTR Wide body

By popular demand we have decided to finally release our Nissan GTR Widebody programme in FRP, it seems our carbon option is beyond most GTR owners budget, considering the wide body purchase is just the start, you then have to fit and paint colour of choice, along with suspension system.

With the final piece of the conversion being the wheel and tyre set up, with huge 13” widths in either 20” or 21” size, fitted with 35 or 345 section width tyres, so it all totals up to be quite a costly conversion,

but with the launch of the FRP programme, it becomes a more affordable package, with builds now happening globally.

So what do you get for your money, the panels will consist of: front bumper, front splitter, front wider replacement fenders, side skirts, rear wider quarter panels, rear bumper panel.

Hit up our sales team with any information required, they will be more than happy to discuss any requirements you may have.

#VAD #VADCREVO #WideBody #widebodygtr #NissanGTRWideBody #VADForged #Nissan

VAD Admin

May 25, 20163 min read

Nissan GTR GT3 Amber Performance

We have been discussing the prospect of a GT3 road going GTR for a while now, but as most ofyou that read our blog will know, we hit a few problems, some of which are still ongoing, so we shelve the idea, as it wasn’t worth the hassle or aggravation, as well as the cost of lost funds in the process, which we are still fighting to get back through the legal channels, but lets cover that in another blog post, as this post is all about a build we have longed to do and be involved with, and we are happy to say it’s all systems go.

We have said it before and we will say it again, the GTR in GT3 form is the pinnacle wide body, everything else for us falls short, even our own VADZILLA, this for us is the Numero Uno, the ultimate GTR in wide body form, and were excited.

After returning from our German trip it was time to assess the situation with our business associates Amber Performance, as the proprietor Jason Hawes 2009 award winning Seibon GTR has been sitting at the LA Paints body shop in Milton Keynes for over 12 months waiting for the new GT3 body panels which didn’t arrive and won't be any time soon, so plan B was put into operation which was to fit Jason's GTR with the VAD carbon wide body programme, so with that organised it was time to spec the wheel build with design and required finish, we already knew the build would run a 21” set up, as the 345/25R21 have been sitting around gathering dust for the last 7 months at Amber HQ.

Scouring the net for a few race wheel ideas, we stumbled across an eBay posting for a used GTR GT3 race kit, with a bit of negotiation, Jason was able to secure the kit, with every part needed to complete the build, the parts were originally purchased for a time attack GTR build, which we are happy to say didn’t materialise, which has made our year, we can tell you that Jason & Lee havent stopped grinning.

The car has already had the engine removed a while ago for a serious upgrade in the power department, so LA paints gave the engine bay its first few coats of paint, the colour we will reveal at the time of launch, it will certainly get people talking, so it will be left in the capable hands of Lee Ayre of LA Paints, who is in control of bringing this beast to life.

Now to the wheels of choice, with the original planned build hitting problems, the original idea of fitting the VAD CR-Evo has changed, simply because it’s become a quite popular design of wheel and this build demands something new and fresh, and with the all new Trafficstar forged range going into production, the 5 spoke STR in concave profile is the design that Jason has decided on, with matte black centres, gloss black outer rims and inner barrel, with copper hardware, in size 13x21, we also looked at the the OZ race wheel design, but the Trafficstar brand just made more sense.

We will keep the blog updated along with our Instagram and Facebook page, so keep an eye out for pictures in build, cant wait for launch day .