Luke's 7 ELEVEN Nissan gtr shoot


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Some of the best photo shoots I have ever done involved little to no planning what so ever.  This shoot was no different.  Armed with 30% battery life, no tripod, and the threat of bad weather, I was absolutely setting myself up for failure...or so I thought.  The only bit of planning I had was to shoot at a 7 Eleven somewhere but needed to wait until the sun had set to get the vibes I was looking for.  While I waited, I made my way over to a pop-up meet in Uptown Charlotte at a parking deck that has hosted events before.  Unfortunately, there were two concerts happening at the same time, J Cole and AC/DC, so the city was VERY busy with traffic jams and of course instead of spending $5 for the parking deck, it ended up being $25.  No worries though, I was there to grab a few cool skyline and city photos, hang out with car friends, and kill some time before the shoot later that night.


This Nissan GTR belongs to Luke.  Its has been through many different stages throughout its lifetime.  The OEM color is Katsura Orange or Blaze Metallic here in the states.  Before this rendition, the car was wrapped in a Midnight Purple scheme with gloss black Advans, yellow headlight tint and an APR Performance GT350 wing.  This current setup is my personal favorite setup and is tailored more to looking like it's made for the track.

as the sunset came and went, it was time to head to the 7 eleven location.  we had to make a quick pit stop at lukes place to switch out the wing stands for the samller ones.  the 17" risers are just too aggressive in my opinion so we took the time to swap the old 12" risers in their place.  i think the 12" risers fit the build better.  to match the aggressiveness of the rear end, luke added a nice front lip with an intergrated splitter and some canards from apr performance.


for wheels, luke opted to go with nismo lm-rs1's which you'll find on the nismo 400z.  they look at home on the gtr, espcially paired with the stock orange calipers.

 

the build list


exterior:


APR PERFORMANCE GTR FRONT SPLITTER

APR PERFORMANCE GTR CANARDS

KPMF K75500 MATTE PHANTOM BLACK WRAP

AERO MOTION 72" R13 STATIC WING

17" AND 12" AERO MOTION WING RISERS



WHEELS AND SUSPENSION:


NISMO LM-RS1 19 X 10.5 +22

VITOUR TEMPESTA P1, 305/30/R19

SWIFT LOWERING SPRINGS

T1 TITANIUM LUG NUTS

AMS STEEL BRAKE LINES

ENDLESS MX72 GTR BRAKE PADS

H&R REAR 20MM SPACERS

WHITELINE SWAY BAR SYSTEM

SPL BUMPSTEER ADJUSTABLE OUTER TIE RODS

SPL REAR CAMBER LINKS

SPL REAR TOE LINKS

SPL FRONT UPPER CONTROL ARMS

SPL EXCENTRIC REAR LOCKOUT


POWER AND DRIVETRAIN:


3.5" INTAKES WITH K&N CONE FILTERS

JXB DRIVESHAFT SUPPORT

ID 1300 INJECTORS

R2558E-9 RACING SPARK PLUGS

RADIUM COOLANT RESERVIOR

T1 FLEX FUEL KIT

AEM 340LPH DROP IN FUEL PUMPS

TORQUE SOLUTIONS BRAKE BOOSTER SUPPORT

ETS RACE INTERCOOLER

BOOST LOGIC GTR INTERCOOLER PIPING WITH TIALS

RADIUM TRIPLE GTR OIL CATCH CAN

ANTI GRAVITY LITHIUM BATTERY

TRP HARDWARE KIT


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