'Summer' wheel quandary - Page 3 - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion

May 2, 2011 | 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by whatacar

Hmmmmmmmm. Noticing that my summers seem to be noiser than I recall. The garage flipped my RE050A's from side to side. Fronts stayed front and rears stayed rears. IIRC, they are asymetrical. Can I leave them flipped or should I undo the flip? Would this account for the noise?

RE050s notoriously get louder as they wear. Had worn ones on the front of mine 2 years ago...deafening!

May 2, 2011 | 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SwivelHips

RE050s notoriously get louder as they wear. Had worn ones on the front of mine 2 years ago...deafening!

Odd, mine are no more than 1mm over the wear bars and they're quiet. I've had plenty of summer performance rubber that got noisy as a cement mixer near wear-out. All the more reason for 3 season skins IMHO.

May 3, 2011 | 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by forweareLegion

It will likely take a lot more than 500 clicks to muck up your tires. They'll just wear funny, make your drive louder and probably make the handling a little spongy.

... unless you drive like foreware... 5 minutes in a weigh station and he can mess up a good set of tires going the right way, or sideways!