Happy New Year, everyone! Let's hope this is a better year for all of us.
In a previous post where I reported on what Mine's had installed in addition to their new exhaust, my friend Matt commented that the "O" on my Nismo oil cap did not match the "O" on the newly installed Nismo plenum.
Apparently, Nismo has another oil cap - the ratcheting one - which has the newer matching "O". When I asked at Nismo Omori Factory, Ochiai-san immediately told me that the current oil cap they had in stock does indeed match - so I went ahead and got it on the spot during my last visit!
Finally - no more cognitive dissonance. I want to make sure there is NO mismatch! Call it attention to detail, or OCD, but hey little things matter, especially when it is easy to make the comparison on the logos.
Speaking of which - There was one more item I picked up as well at Omori Factory.
Behold Nismo's newest steering wheel. Another limited edition production, this one sold out as soon as Nismo announced it was for sale, and the inevitably I started seeing people trying to resell at inflated prices.
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| Sorry - that center cap is just plain ugly... |
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| Maybe get one of those detachable bosses? |
Now, at this time I am not sure if I will install this steering wheel, if I am honest. Why? Because while I very much like the look - as you can see here it has a deeper dish than my current Ital Volanti steering wheel - there are two small things that bother me.
First, the stitching is black, not red. When the BCNR33 was announced, one of the details that separated the GT-R from the non GT-R models was that the steering wheel had red stitching. Thus for me, a GT-R should always have red stitching on the steering wheel.
Second - the horn button has the most recent Nismo logo, with the hollow "O" but why is the lettering below it, just plain? Was it not possible to make the "O" here red, as well?
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| WHY? |
On the red stitching issue, I suppose I could always have Robson redo the wheel with red stitching, but that seems like such a waste. On the logo, not sure I can do - maybe use some red enamel paint and a small paintbrush and VERY carefully paint it?
Or, I could simply put the wheel up for sale?
So what do you all think? Am I being too particular on this steering wheel? Word from Nismo is that they DO plan on a second run next year, but cannot guarantee that it will happen or that the specifications will be the same. Maybe I just hold onto this wheel and see what happens...