YouTuber encounters $30,000 Nissan GT-R repair nightmare, solved with a surprising $3,000 eBay upgrade

A YouTuber bought a damaged Nissan GT-R for just $30,000 and ended up fixing it with an ‘upgrade’ from eBay.

Now that you’ve read the price tag, and obviously you know the car, you’re thinking there must be a catch.

There is, or rather there was.

But the YouTuber was able to work around the issue by spending $3,000 on eBay.

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The reason why this damaged Nissan GT-R ‘only’ cost $30,000

The Nissan GT-R has a very complicated transmission.

It has a dual-clutch gearbox, like many other high-performance cars, with one clutch for second, fourth and sixth gear, and another one for first, third and fifth.

The problem is whether there’s an issue with one of those gears or all six won’t make a difference.

This is because Nissan doesn’t sell individual parts, and if you need a clutch, Nissan will only sell you an entire gearbox.

Buying a full gearbox would defeat the point because it would cost more than the car itself.

Fortunately, Mat Armstrong, the YouTuber behind this purchase, was able to find a compatible gearbox on eBay for $3,000.

Fitting the gearbox and making it work wasn’t easy, but it was definitely cheaper than buying a brand-new gearbox from Nissan.

The YouTuber behind this build

Mat Armstrong, the YouTuber behind this build, runs an entire YouTube channel with a focus on rebuilding luxury cars.

He famously bought Marcus Rashford’s totaled Rolls-Royce and fixed it.

It cost him a lot of cash, but it still meant he essentially got himself a Rolls-Royce at half price.

At some point Mansory even told him they wanted the car back, but that was just because they wanted to help him fix it.

Although, to be fair, the bill they then sent him wasn’t anything to sneeze at.