Hi All

I am new to G35 and this forum. I found this very useful and great.

I have my 03 G35 Sedan for 60k Factory maintainence. Dealer is asking for 650$, but other car servces like, pep boys, CarX, MIDAS, are all doing it for $300. They promised to do , exactly what's mentioned in the infiniti maintainence manual.

Whom do I go with? Dealer or other regular car services.

Also can you suggest me some good tires to replace my old ones.

215/5/17 are the specifications. MIchellins are pretty costly for this specifications, can I go with yokohoma yk520

I would really appreciate your help. I am struggling with these questions for past 2 months. I think I am in the right place now.

 

Yokos are good tires.

For the same price you could go with the Goodyear ResponsEdges like I went with on my 2003 coupe. 22,000 miles and running great.

For a more compliant ride, with nearly as good handling, the H-rated Goodyear Triple-Treds, would be a good choice. I know many Benz E-class and BMW 5 series owners who replaced their OEMs with the TripleTreds.

As to the 60K mile service you can negotiate labor rates with dealers. They are dying - no pun intended - for the business.

 

dude, go to a regular shop, i work at a mom and pop shop and there isn't anything different. just make sure that the shop you end up choosing uses only genuine infiniti/nissan parts and fluids and whatnot.. thats how we do where i work at.. u'll be good to go and save a bundle..

 

Thanks for the reply.

I will try to negotiate the labor with the dealer and see if that works for me.

As for the tires., I planned on Michelin H rated(primacy mxv4), but some one told me., that an H rated tire in place of V rated will greatly influence the handling of the vehicle. So I was reluctant , else I really see very good reviews for this tire.

 

Handling at an auto-cross course perhaps. On the street I seriously doubt it. So it is rated for a maximum SUSTAINED speed of 135 mph rather than 149 mph.

Actually the Michelin MXV4 Primacy are super tires. Had the defective OEM MXV4s on my former 2005 Volvo S40 replaced under warranty with the MXV4s Primacy. Quiet tire, decent winter traction and good handling.

 

the michelin primacy's i have installed on i30's and g's have been very very nice tires, great ride associated with them, and they balance out great as well provided your rims are fairly true.

as for the 60k for 650 bucks thats not a bad deal out dealer charges quite a bit more, but we also do every flush on the vehicle make adjustments to the computer, rotate and balance tires, replace all filters (aside for seat filters on M's) and a load of other crap. Trans flush is the most expensive as the matic-j is pretty costly. Keep that in mind, and if your getting a trans flush i would go to the dealer for that since most dealers have a dedicated machine for Matic-J so you don't get the fluid mixing, don't want to mix fluid with that trans fluid since it has a clutch in the torque converter and Matic-J has higher heat properties than regular dextron mercon stuff. Most guys here i believe do go to the dealer for trans fulushes from what i have read, shouldn't matter as long as you keep up with the servicing of the car.

 

By any chance that "other crap" wouldn't be visual inspection of items such as brake pads, rotors, lines and drive belts, services most private service shops perform for "FREE"?

Remember per the original owners manual, Schedule I and II service do not even recommend A/T flushing at 60K. At my dealer oil service is still $32 and cabin filter replacement is $80. And you cannot rotate the tires on a coupe, an item for which some less scrupulous dealers never discount on services where it is included.

 

fbem - Are you referring to primacy mxv4 "H" Rated tires?

yes, transmission fluid is not required to change at 60k. So, if its not for transmission fluid, we can go to other car services ..right?

 

no i don't just do a visual inspection, i clean the pads off, stop squeal them, adjust the ebrake (at the drum and then the pedal or lever), i do adjust the belts to factory spec (there is a stretch gauge) i mean if we see soemthing wrong we are probably gonna fix it. There are a ton of things to be done on a 60k at least in my area, dc metro area.

03-04 coupes can't rotate the tires, since they are directional but anything that is an inside/outside can be cross rotated, and balance is something that needs to be checked.

Trans fluid yes i understand isn't what the factory recommeneds but a lot of dealers do this not for the reason of making money but the fact that it works, and works well, i have had numerous letters of how good the trans feels after the flush at around 60-70k when said customer gets the service done.

I'm going to be honest not all dealers and techs are going to do the same job as i do but i always let my work speak for itself always have and always will. Also on side jobs i'm pretty cheap and you get a long term factory tech quality

A lot of shops do do a drain and fill, 11 quart trans capacity, 3 1/4 quarts come out put it back in, new fluid to old fluid ratio is 1 to 3 roughly.

Also can't forget about differential services that are part of the major services here as well.

 

Well at least you sound to be very conscientious about your work.

 

if the customer dosn't notice a difference for the better i didn't do my job correctly thats the mentality i go by.

 

For what it's worth, I did make a tire switch on my maxima a few years ago. A buddy that owns the garage my car was serviced at told me I wouldn't notice the difference between V (standard on the Maxima) and H (which I ended up putting on). Well, I did notice a difference. I don't auto cross but I like to have some fun once in a while. My advice, stay with the V rated tires. They won't have quite as long of a life span, but you'll get better handling out of them.