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This is a Custom '99 Nissan Skyline 25GT fitted with the LB-ER34 Super Silhouette SKYLINE Complete Body Kit. Well, at least that's how they name it. I've gone over the R34 as a whole many times so this time I'm going to talk about the kit itself and some other finer details about this.
The kit for this car consists of a front bumper, widened fenders and side skirts, rear bumper, diffuser and wing and a new hood. Manufactured of fiber-reinforced plastics just like virtually all other Liberty Walk kits, the kit comes out to ¥1.87m for domestic sales and $18,700 abroad. "Long Nose Exclusive Wheels" (Advan Racing GTs with a dedicated spacer) are also available for ¥847k or $8,470 abroad. The livery of this car is directly inspired by the Nissan Skyline Super Silhouette driven by Masahiro Hasemi for Hasemi Motorsport in Fuji Super Silhouette races, with the body kit being sort of an updated version of whatever kit the actual race car sported. As with the Silvia, take it as a modern interpretation if you will.
Now this casting was designed by Mark Jones and introduced in 2022 in the Mountain Drifters set in the Premium line. This casting has seen three known releases, the last being this one, packaged with a new Team Transport truck, the Fleet Street. This release was previewed early in a photo published by Hot Wheels design manager Dima Shakhmatov on Instagram, in a photo with Liberty Walk founder Wataru Kato.
