I am a new owner of a 2005 g35 coupe and i have been reading all the hype and news about how bad the tires wear on this cars. My question is does anybody have issues now with the tires not wearing even?? or about the camber and alignment issues?? help any input would be nice....thank you

 

hmm it depends on if you're lowered. if you're not, you should just stick to factory settings and be fine. regardless, unless you go HellaFLUSH, you should be able to correct camber and toe.

most peopel get a heavy foot when they get a car with 300 hp, and they think every light and HWY is a track, so rear tires run out faster.

Take it for what it's worth, but shouldnt be THAT abnormal on tear unless you drive like a doooooosh bag

 

oh, and welcome. info on car? plans?

 

I go through 2 sets of tires a year minimum (note the avatar).

But in stock form I got 15000 miles on my first set of tires which I though was just fine. I still keep a pair of those original tires as spares.

 

Yeah same here; I'd stay away from Pilots...not sure if 05's used that tire as the stock? I try to avoid tires that have a center specific tread as I've notice those tend to wear out sooner than other tires.

 

from what Ive seen even on stock setup (no drop or nothing) and Ive seen some SERIOUS camber wear (ONLY IN THE FRONT)

rears wear quite even from my experience - again this is on a stock setup.

 

^^^+1000
My stock tires in the front were horrible! Bald as a baby on the inside!!! Jake can confirm. Stock settings.

 

i dont get to drive my car longer than 2 months at a time before something goes wrong, so i am a bad judge of character on this

 

^dang son.. really?

when the tires were removed for the installation of the spacers, camber wear was noticed.. I'm getting a camber kit as a result. I'm lowered only .6" in the rear, and 1" in the front (advertised drop, I think it's lower in the rear).. But from what I understand, Gs roll stock w/ negative camber (most cars are anyway, performance cars especially).. So the insides of your tires will wear out a little more..

 

**************this is what i read and how true is it im skurred now...lol what u kids think bout this issue******any true stories from anyone???



Coupe owners with at least 12K miles on the original equipment tires are likely to be experiencing the loud, rumbling, sometimes ROARING noise from the tires as they continue to feather/cup on the inside edges due to excessive negative camber in the original factory alignment. If you're at this point already, call the SERVICE MANAGER at your dealer and tell him you want your tires replaced. You may have to place a call to Infiniti Consumer Affairs (1-800-662-6200) to get them the authorization. They're trying to keep the problem (which by my research affects every single coupe that rolled off the line in 2003) under wraps, as if they thought we wouldn't find out that there is a class action suit prepared and ready to file over on the Nissan side as the Z has the exact same problem. They've gone as far as to have the service writers at the dealership play dumb when you ask if anyone else has had tire problems, but a couple of guys at my local dealership finally broke down and told me that it's becoming a big problem. At a dealer cost of $1200 per set for the tires, Infiniti's "goodwill" is running up a pretty sizeable tab and the higher-ups are starting to feel the heat.

Do not -- under any circumstances - eat the $1200 for new tires yourself. It's Infiniti's responsibility. They told us, and they showed us, that this car would corner like it's on rails -- and it does. Problem is, they never told us all that negative camber needed to corner like that would eat the inside edge of the tires in 15K miles while leaving 50-60% tread on the rest of the tire.

Discover Infiniti in San Diego is replacing tires, as are several Orange County CA dealers. I've had my coupe aligned with the specs from the 350Z technical bulletin (NTB03-006) and I'm running the new tires at 44PSI in hopes of avoiding a repeat shred of the inside edges. There are reports however of 350Z owners who are 5K into their replacement tires, with the new alignments specs, and are beginning to experience the problem again. If it happens to me, I have spoken to the attorneys handling the 350Z class action and I'm going to be a representing plaintiff in an action against Infiniti.

I'll post updates when I come across anything new. But for now, check your tires and get to the dealer and get replaced while they're still doing it without a fight.

 

Its a problem with the suspension geometry. Factory specs are quite broad, and set up more for comfort and daily driveability, rather than reducing tire wear. The feathering or cupping is partially to blame on the camber, but moslty on the excessive toe in on the factory alignment settings. Witch is why the first thing i did when i bought my G was align it to my specs. As a side note the stock springs on these cars are made from a relatively soft metal, and as such will droop over time. My 05 was rocking almost 2.6 degrees of negative camber on both rear wheels. The aligment was out, but equally so on each wheel(fr=fl, rr=rl) All i can say is....if your gonna buy a sports car, expect to keep paying. I knew what i was getting in to, and still chose this car.

BTW- Im an Infiniti Technician

 

so did you get better results after you aligned it yourself. i'm very curious about this since i have never been fully satisfied with my alignment...

 

My tires arent wearing near as fast. My handling isnt as aggressive but, for me thats a quick jump on the alignment rack after work.

 

just curious - what dealership do you work out of?

 

Im up at crest in plano.