Nismo’s Official R34 Skyline Grillz Are Real Teeth Jewelry
Nismo has done a lot of things to celebrate the GT-R‘s legacy — limited editions, anniversary models, race liveries — but a set of handcrafted teeth jewelry might be the most unexpected move the performance division has ever made. Working with southeast London-based jeweler Loud Mouth LDN, Nismo has produced four one-off grillz, each replicating the front-end styling of a specific Nissan performance car in miniature, wearable form.
The timing is deliberate: the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship heads to London for its penultimate round, and Nismo wanted to mark the occasion with something that would land in the city’s culture as much as its racing paddock. What they landed on is, arguably, the weirdest piece of official JDM merchandise ever sanctioned — and somehow, it works.
Four Cars, Four Designs, Zero Compromises on Detail
Each grillz in the collection pulls from a specific car in Nissan’s performance catalog. The Bayside Blue R34 Skyline GT-R gets its own piece, rendered in that unmistakable shade with small black accents and amber dots standing in for the car’s turn signals. Alongside it sits a red design based on the Z GT500 Super GT race car’s front fascia. Then there’s the yellow Pennzoil-sponsored R34 race car — complete with tiny, simplified Pennzoil decals — and finally a silver, white, and red piece modeled on the GEN3 Evo Formula E car, cherry blossoms included on the front wing.
Loud Mouth LDN founder and director Reece Garcia described the process as a genuine creative challenge. “Rather than starting with letters or logos, we looked at the shapes and details of the cars and translated them into something that works as jewelry,” Garcia said. The attention to detail is real: the colors are accurate, the proportions track, and each piece is clearly identifiable to anyone who knows the source material. The main trade-off is scale — the detailing is fine enough that you need a close look to catch all of it.
One-Offs on Display, But Commissions Are on the Table
All four pieces are one-offs. They’ll be shown first at a Westfield shopping center in East London before moving to the Formula E event itself on August 16. Fans attending the season finale will have the chance to win a bespoke custom piece from Loud Mouth LDN — though notably, the giveaway is for a custom Loud Mouth set, not a Nismo-branded one specifically. That distinction matters: it signals that Loud Mouth sees this collaboration as a launchpad for broader automotive commissions, not a one-and-done brand stunt.
For anyone who wants their own version, Loud Mouth does take custom orders through its regular business. The Nismo designs aren’t available for purchase directly, but the jeweler has demonstrated it can faithfully recreate a car’s front end in wearable form — meaning the door is open for anyone willing to commission their own build.
Why This Makes Perfect Sense for the GT-R
Strip away the novelty and this collaboration actually says something real about where the Skyline GT-R sits in culture right now. The R34 stopped production in 2002. It has never been legally sold new in the United States. And yet it remains one of the most recognizable performance cars on the planet — not just among gearheads, but in streetwear, sneaker culture, gaming, and now dental jewelry. That’s a cultural footprint most automakers would pay significant money to manufacture artificially.
Nismo didn’t have to invent a reason for the GT-R to be relevant here. The Bayside Blue colorway alone carries enough recognition to anchor the whole collection. The Pennzoil race car adds a layer of motorsport history that hardcore fans will immediately clock. The Formula E and Z GT500 pieces tie the collection to Nissan’s current racing presence, bridging the legacy with what the brand is doing now. Together, the four designs read as a genuine cross-section of Nissan performance history — just one you can put in your mouth.
Whether grillz are your thing or not, the fact that Nismo greenlit this at all is the point. The GT-R has long since escaped the confines of car culture, and official merchandise this far outside the norm is proof that Nissan knows it. Here’s hoping Loud Mouth gets a few more commissions out of it — an R32 Group A piece would be hard to argue with.
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