R32 V-Spec "spartan Air" Bbs Wheel Centres - Are They The Same As The Standard Gt-R Wheel Centres?

[mjtown]

Hi everyone,

The 'silver' plastic wheel centres in my V-Spec BBS 17" rims are starting to lose their silver coating.

Does anyone know if they're the same as the ones in the standard 16" GT-R wheels, or are they unique to the V-Spec?

If they're not the same and I can't find an easy replacement, does anyone know where a similar item can be found, or how to get the plastic silver coating restored?

Cheers!

Mike

ps - here's a pic of mine

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I think most stock R32 GTR wheels came with an off grey colour:

But the "S" and "Spartan Air" badge is the same.

Or just repaint your original ones.

[mjtown]

Yeah, repainting might be the go.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Or if you can find another set of BBS wheels and get the centre caps from those.

Or yeah, just re-paint them.

[StevenCJR31]

or if you have deep pockets they are available new (for gts-t at least) for about $60 each from nissan

[Miguelone]

V-Spec silver centre caps.

4034204U10

$31 ex Japan, nfi what Nissan Aus will be, $60 sounds about right though.

New V Spec wheels too if you have the cash.

4030005U27

$2K EACH

[mjtown]

Thanks guys... and awesome info miguelone

Where did you source them from? www.rhdjapan.com?

[Miguelone]

amayama.com, usually heaps cheaper than Nissan aus. Those aren't mine just a part number I found and a picture from Japan to confirm it's the right part #

[mjtown]

Yeah, amayama are definitely cheaper. Have you ever used them?

[Miguelone]

Yeah, shipping charges are pretty reasonable and their customer service is good. Get email replies next day usually.

[mjtown]

Cool - the website doesn't fill me with confidence. It's not what I would expect from an e-commerce site dealing in high value items, whereas rhdjapan has all if the functionality that I'm used to (pictures, descriptions etc)i. It'a good to hear that they provide good service because I'm going to start ordering new OEM stuff to freshen up my car soon and amayama have a far larger range.

[mjtown]

Interesting that those wheel centres show up as BNR34 V-Spec on anayama though.

[xALmoN]

hmmm maybe i should get a set..

[Miguelone]

Cool - the website doesn't fill me with confidence. It's not what I would expect from an e-commerce site dealing in high value items, whereas rhdjapan has all if the functionality that I'm used to (pictures, descriptions etc)i. It'a good to hear that they provide good service because I'm going to start ordering new OEM stuff to freshen up my car soon and amayama have a far larger range.

Yeah it seems a bit dodgy at first, spent some time looking them up on google and people on a few Toyota forums were very happy with them.