This summer I put new front tires on my 05 coupe... Checked alignment and all is OK, but tire feathering is killing me and it sounds like a cheapo car...

Everyone else have this problem...

 

no my alignment is set and never had issues...you might want to have your alignment checked again

 

Unfortunately, this is an issue that plaques many of the first generation coupes with 18" wheels. I assume you are talking about the uneven tread block wear on the inside of the front wheels. Seems that not everyone has the problem but many do.

I had the problem with every set of tires I had on my 04' coupe. I had it aligned at least a half a dozen times by the dealer and independent shops, yet the problem persisted. The 350z had the same known problem and Nissan issues a TSB for it. I tried getting my car aligned to the specs in the TSB but that did not work as well. It was frustrating to say the least. I finally moved to the much quieter 08' sedan.

If you have this problem, there does not seem to be a solution. The noise is going to be there regardless of what you do, but to extend tire life, you should consider swapping the tires side to side (by dismounting from the rims and remounting).

 

i have an 03 6mt coupe with no issues with the stock tires...even when i changed to my new setup 255x35x18 and 295x35x18 i had even wear

 

^ your one of the few fortunate ones

....if you do a search, plenty of owners have this problem.

 

+1 I have never had this problem with my car.

 

dont think its about being fortunate but proactive...alignments go out of whack very easy and often so why not get it checked...i bought the lifetime firestone alignment, they set it to my specs...

 

The car can still be within spec and still have the inner front tire wear. I had mine aligned at least a half a dozen times over 4 years of ownership and only once was it out of spec.

The inner tire wear causes the tread blocks to wear more in the back than in the front, therefore creating a "fish scale" like feel. This is what makes the horrendous noise.

 

I was fortunate as well, I had close to 28,000 miles on my Michelin Pilots before I replaced them. They wore perfectly even.....
If I hadn't picked up a piece of steel in the sidewall of one tire, I probably could have gotten another 6,000 miles out of them.

 

I only have 16,000 miles on mine but everything is wearing evenly (*crosses fingers*). However, the fronts have started to roar a little bit despite little wear (treads look great, inner and outer sections, after looking with the car jacked uo). And the tire wear is usually a result of negative camber, which is unadjustable from the factory. So, the alignment could be in spec, but sitll wearing out the tires faster than if the car had neutral camber.

 

I always figured it was the 03's and early 04's... I thought the 05 were rid of this problem...

Why cant a company like infiniti / Nissan get this right?

 

I have an '04 with 52k miles and never got an alignment. I still ride on original tires, but I did flip them a while back due to light feathering and I take them off for the winter months, since I also have winter rims and tires. Rears are due for replacement this year. Other than noise I can't complain.

 

ive gotten 35k+ miles on each set of tires without uneven wear

 

i had an 05 and my tires had terrible tire feathering. alignments didn't do jack squat. it sucked because i had plenty of meat left on the outside.. but the insides were bald. the tire roar was horrible. low mileage too.

 

For the most part all Coupes 03-07 are plagued with the front feathering/tire roar issues. I've given up trying to do any more remedies and no longer waste money on alignments. Different tires might slow down the feathering and noise but there is no fix. I would have to rate tire issues as the number one biggest complaint for me of ownership. I've been told that the G37 is not experiencing the same problems. At least not so far......