Consider me an "ambassador" from the Nissan 350Z owners . The 350Z experiences a chronic tire wear problem called "feathering" where the inside edge of the front tires wear improperly causing a roaring noise when slowing from 30mph. It's pretty bad, and so far Nissan can't fix it. Since the G35c is pretty much the same car mechanically as a Z, we're wondering if you guys have the same problem??? Thanks!!!

 

No, no one has ever reported having feathering issue's on the G35 Coupe.

The G35 coupe use's much softer valving in it's struts vs the Z. I don't think the Gcoupe has alignment specs as aggressive as the Z either.

Also I have 350Z springs and struts on my sedan, I don't have feathering issue's either.

"All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.”
Edmund Burke

G35 6mt

 

i have it on mine, but it's not really bad.....yet. I have about 9200 miles and noticed it at around 8500 miles. BUT, my alignment was off, so i suspect that was the cause. I spoke with my dealership about it, as well as the michelin dealer in my area. Of course, neither will really do anything about the tire wear.

Michelin's story is: the alignment was off and there is NO treadlife warranty on the tires. Only a manufacturer defect warranty for problems like tread seperation.

Dealership's story is: They are performance tires, that are soft and noisy. No one really gets more than about 15k miles out of them.

The car is being aligned under warranty.

Edit:
Neither the Michelin dealer or my Infiniti dealer recommened a braek down tire rotation. On the contrary, they both looked at me like i was crazy when i asked about it.



03 6MT coupe, red/willow, premium, aero, splash guards, alum pedals, clear corners, 15% tint

 

i have on mine too, i have about 15k miles and noticed it at about 11k, don't live near dealer and had 13k when i took it to be checked ,dealer said needed alignment but i had to pay for it, which i was very disapointed about, they also recomended not to break down rotate even though i would have payed for it

03 coupe, bs ,splash guards tint clear corner, premium package 18 wheels ,at<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by crown on 02/10/04 04:49 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

I am at 12k miles right now and I havne't noticed any wierd sounds or alignment problem.... then again i'm usually blarring music too loud to hear anyone or anything coming from the outside.

I will leave music off on my next run to work tomorrow and listen for this unusual sound you are talking about.

ace

 

At 7,500 i had my tires swapped/rotated/remounted/rebalanced and at 10,000 miles i put on the snows.... Now with the michelons, i did notice slight feathering when rubbing my hand on the inside edges of the tires (now the feathered edges are on the outside edges because of rotation/remounting)

This seems completely NORMAL to me, since i remember reading that our suspension has a slight camber angle to them from factory, which would make the inside of the front wheels wear out more quickly...

I believe they call this feathering....am i correct or totally off?

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G35c-6MT-DG/Willow/HyperGround/BorlaExhaust/350Z-intake<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by ramborami on 02/10/04 07:12 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

I thought feathering, was where part of the tread bends up so every other tread it high then low, high low. Its cause by ballence and alignment problems.

Here a good link:
http://www.goodyeartires.com/kyt/mai...e/index.html#2

"What if there is no tomorrow....There wasn't one today!!!" Bill Murry

 

hmm... yeah, its getting oddly worn... for example, if i run my hand the way the tire rolls on the road, i feel that it is rough, just as you explained...

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G35c-6MT-DG/Willow/HyperGround/BorlaExhaust/350Z-intake