Man tries to build a $200,000 Nissan GT-R R35 Nismo for under $14,000 using Temu parts
Published on Mar 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Mar 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Mason Jones
A YouTuber with a Nissan GT-R R35 Nismo worth $200,000 has attempted to rebuild the crash-damaged sports car, using Temu parts, to keep the price as low as possible.
Dean from Saving Salvage has owned the crash-damaged Nissan for around three years, and it is nearly ready to go.
However, he decided to see if he could take this standard version of the GTR and turn it into a Nismo version, and try to keep costs below $14,000.
So he set himself the challenge to do so, using parts from Temu, to see just how close he could get his R35 to match the Nismo model.
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Why Saving Salvage is using Temu parts for the Nissan GT-R R35 Nismo
The GT-R R35 Nismo is Dean’s favorite looking car, and it is certainly a good looking machine.
The facelifted version wasn’t sold in the UK, but the pre-facelift version was.
But rather than spend over $200,000 on an actual Nismo or $20,000 on real parts, he headed to Temu.
That meant he spent £6,000 in the UK, or around $8,000, to get the body parts.
Temu parts seem to be popular right now, and it is easy to see why with the savings in money.
His R35 was the cheapest in the UK, but that was down to the major crash damage it had.
Parts included were a new rear spoiler, a new bumper, and a new hood design.
They certainly looked like genuine parts for the sports car.
Did the budget Nismo look like the real thing?
The biggest question was whether the new parts would make the GT-R look like a Nismo version.
While they looked good, fitting them to the Nissan was not easy.
Some of the edges were rough, and they had to be adapted to fit onto his car.
This was also true for fitting the lights into the cutouts on the bumper.
Only when the parts were placed onto the car did Dean get his answer as to whether it was worth it.
Thankfully for the YouTuber, his home-made Nissan GT-R R35 Nismo looked the part.
The parts were convincing enough for him, with the rear spoiler the icing on the cake.
Even the Temu hood helped give the illusion that this car was the real deal.
So if you want to turn your Nissan GT-R R35 into something that looks like the high-performance Nismo version on a budget, you could attempt the upgrade yourself with budget parts from Temu – as long as you’re ready to put in some hard work.
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Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a heritage steam railway.
