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Old 08-02-2018, 12:12 PM
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I think he meant winter tires. I've never heard of winter wheels.... Doesn't mean they don't exist though !

I suspect your wheel bearings are fine. How much work is involved in changing them ? I don't know if they're the press-on type or simply bolt on. If it's easy, I'd put the old ones back on and save the new ones until you really need them. They are wear items so they'll need replaced eventually but why not get the most life out of them that you can ?
 
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As in put another 5x114.3 wheel on there and drive on new tires. Some of us have winter wheel and tires set ups for winter driving.
 
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Old 08-02-2018, 07:10 PM
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Finally installing these tommorow. Been in the shed for months lol. They are nothing fancy but I'll post a pic tommoro with them on
 
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Tease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Can't wait to see.
 
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i searched and didnt find one of these threads so i thought i would post it up! like the title says, what did you do to the G today? give a short description and pix!

yesterday i took off the lettering on the back and just left the emblem and tomorrow im polishing the headlights.


 
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Old 08-02-2018, 10:49 PM
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Looking good Jeff!
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:09 AM
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is that the original grille, just painted black? Or is it an aftermarket black one?
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Hall Stevenson
I think he meant winter tires. I've never heard of winter wheels.... Doesn't mean they don't exist though !

I suspect your wheel bearings are fine. How much work is involved in changing them ? I don't know if they're the press-on type or simply bolt on. If it's easy, I'd put the old ones back on and save the new ones until you really need them. They are wear items so they'll need replaced eventually but why not get the most life out of them that you can ?
The front is not bad... I could do each side in about an hour. The bearing and hub are sold together as a unit so all u really have to do is undo the bolts and swap it out with the new one. I think theres a company that also sells the rear hub and bearing as a single unit but I wanna go with Timken's as theyve already been proven. Unfortunately, Timken only sells the rear bearing by itself so I'm gonna have to remove the hub and take it in to a mechanic to press it out and press the new one in. Should still be pretty cheap though.

My car has 112K miles on it right now so the bearings could use a refresh. These new ones will probably last me longer than I'll be owning the car...so its worth it to me.

If anyone in the LA area wants my old bearings, they can come pick em up for free.
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:22 AM
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As in put another 5x114.3 wheel on there and drive on new tires. Some of us have winter wheel and tires set ups for winter driving.
Yup...thats what Ima try next. My dad just bought a Scion...gonna do some research to see if its the same bolt pattern.
 
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is that the original grille, just painted black? Or is it an aftermarket black one?
Looks OEM from here.
 
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Yup...thats what Ima try next. My dad just bought a Scion...gonna do some research to see if its the same bolt pattern.
I'll save you time, it's not. They're 5X100 and you're 5X114.3.
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 09:47 AM
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I'll save you time, it's not. They're 5X100 and you're 5X114.3.
Yup, youre correct!

Good thing my sister has a 2012 Mazda 3
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 12:19 PM
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is that the original grille, just painted black? Or is it an aftermarket black one?
Remove grill, remove Infiniti emblem, paint black. Looks way better than stock!
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 01:15 PM
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Remove grill, remove Infiniti emblem, paint black. Looks way better than stock!
save the hassle of all that outcast has black emblemless grill for 100 shipped I believe
 
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Old 08-03-2018, 02:18 PM
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save the hassle of all that outcast has black emblemless grill for 100 shipped I believe
I wanna keep the emblem. It looks too plain without it, if u ask me. Plus it looks like the car has a cute little nose.
 


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