The R35 GT-R's Blue Suspension

You learn something new everyday or so the saying goes.

Well, here is something which you might not have known. The R35 GT-R's shock absorbers are blue.

OK, so it is not ground breaking news. Nonetheless, it caught me by surprise the other day when we had our R35 test mule up on the hoist to fit the HKS GT600 kit. I expected that the dampers would be matt black. I did not expect that a production car, particularly one of the GT-R's calibre would have shock absorbers that looked so "aftermarket". But really, it should not come as a surprise because the shocks are in fact "aftermarket", being Bilstein items, albeit fitted as standard from the factory.

I would not have thought that a coat of black paint would have been to much to ask though...