Brandon’s T1 x Nelson Racing Design Full Carbon R35

Some projects just have the extra little bit of “it” when the plan starts coming together. You just know it’s going to be a special one once done and it ignites a special fire with everyone involved. This is one of those.
Our awesome customers Brandon and Ayla are giving us the opportunity to build an R35 that will go down in the books as one of the greatest of all time. This 68mm class car is going to showcase anything and everything we are capable of doing and we can’t wait to show you guys the process along the way. The first step is a giant one, but one we are all eager to see come together. We are teaming up with Nelson Racing Design to create an full carbon body, with a few extra touches. Various carbon panels are nothing new on the platform, but all carbon bodies are quite rare. This isn’t something most carbon companies are willing to take on, but the crew at Nelson’s isn’t your normal carbon company and the body on this is going to be world-class. We will also have our own line of carbon panels once this car is done, all of which will be available for sale.
Once we have the car back, we can get cranking on the fabrication work and one of our Stage 7 4.3’s will be ready to drop in. We will try and keep you guys in the loop along the way, so keep an eye out!

Post 1 – Car drop-off  and tear down.

We  received the car from Brandon, took some preliminary photos, and started the tear down process.

Post 2

Factory NISMO bodywork is put back on the car in preparation for transport to Nelson Racing Design in Colorado.

Post 3 – The car get shipped off to Nelson Racing Development in Colorado

Not too crazy of an update today, but the car transport showed up to T1 HQ and the GT-R is on its way up to Colorado to Nelson Racing Development.

 

Post 5 – Our first carbon drag front bumper arrives. 

Today we received the first, and most intricate piece of the project. Watch the video below for a full rundown of the insanely tough and beautiful T1 Race Carbon Drag Front Bumper

 

Post 4 – The GT-R makes its way back to T1 and final installation takes place.

Steven Nelson of Nelson Racing Design arrived from Colorado in the early afternoon and began fitting all of the carbon pieces that weren’t attached during transport. It’s just in time too, as TX2k 26 is this upcoming weekend!

Post 5 – The Carbon GT-R heads to 2k! 

If you watch our TX2k26 video, you can see Nadia Khar piloting the full carbon R35. We wanted to put the new carbon parts to the test and see how it held up against real racing conditions. We learned of a few things we need to change, addressed them, and can now sell this complete kit in confidence.

 

Post 6 – Teardown for cage fabrication begins 

The guys in the shop started removing the interior, doors, and all other unnecessary parts of the car in order to get it prepped for cage fabrication.