Please don't skimp on tires. I know it's a pain to put out around $1K for new tires, but it's not woth trying to save money driving on tires that aren't in good shape. Have your alignment checked and corrected, and then buy the tires. Some places will guarantee their alignments for a set period of time, and provide free alignment checkups. Go to a tire guy near you with a good rep, and get his advice about how to prevent a recurrence of your problem.

BTW if it's any consoliation to you my Audi TT tires had a similar problem with a little over 10K miles. I could hear the telltale tire thumping at low speeds. So I had an alignment done and replaced the M Pilots.

 

Back when I lived in the Jacksonville area a few months ago, I took my G in to the local Infiniti dealer (Atlantic Infiniti) to just get the oil changed at 7000 miles. They said the front tires were starting to feather so they gave me a free alignment job under warranty.

 

Sorry. Best pictures I can produce. As stated above, I had to go out of focus a little and stand back for the effect to show up at all. The best I can tell you is to look at the pictures and my description again. The white areas are where it is rasied as I have it marked in the last photo.

 

If the car was a Porsche or NSX, it would make sense to have aggressive toe
settings to squeeze out the last bit of handling, but on a touring coupe... nawww.

I'd get it re-aligned at the dealer and have no more than 0.04 degrees toe in
on the front per side, no more than 0.15 degrees toe-in on the rear per side.

 

I appreciate the concern but hey are not completely worn out. I've been driving for 16 years I know how to gage my tires and there is plenty enough tread on the front (even in the orn areas)they are just unevenly worn and noticeably.. The rear are brand new.

 

I bought my car used and I really can't tell if the tires have "feathering" damage to them but I can tell you that I've had alot of people ask me about a loud roar (road noise) coming from the front of the car. I even rode shotgun and definitely got a feel for it. I am taking the car in on Thurs to get this inspected. Hope they can do something about it.

 

Clinty. You are more than welcome to write off this thread.

But when I get my coupe back from the sensor problem and my alignment, I will be happy to give you some measurements right now. They don't need to be before and after. I can just give everyone the readings on the treads now where the cupping is. Each tread on the inside front rim is higher and lower than the next causing the rough and loud ride.

 

yeh, you don't need any special equipment to identify irregular tire wear.

 

OK. Well I got my car back today. Same noise as expected - they did an alignment but I do not expect miracles. He also described the wear as cupping that was indicative of the soft tires mixed with the aggressive suspension.

Also, found out that You cannot dismount and rotate the '05 tires as they are designed for only one side to face out. The dealer was going to do it for $46 but then found that it cannot be done with these tires.

 

I wonder if this wear issue is similar to the problem that the 350Z's had that Nissan supposedly remedied last year.

Didn't they do something with camber plates to correct the Z's problem? Anyone remember?

1200 miles and I'm not looking forward to new tires any sooner than at least 20-25k miles. I try to take it easy on 'em! Winter wheels set first...

 

Please tell me this isn't so. I went from the 350z to this car to finally get away from this issue.
Lips

 

Before I completely changed out my suspension (shocks, springs, control arms, radius rods, and camber arms, I took a good look at my tires. I never noticed any feathering, but my insides were wearing faster due to my excessive negative camber from my drop. Since then, I've gotten everything back into specs and still no feathering. I still have my OEM 18" Michelin Pilots with 20K miles on them and they wore nice and even. Nissan should go ahead and design an adjustable front control arm.

 

There is a news article I saw today on www.autoweek.com that says Nissan was extending the 350Z tire wear warranty, but I can't get on the site right now....

 

I just took in my 2004 G35 for its 15k mile service. My front tires had the feathering problem. The alignment checked okay in the front but the rear alignment was out slightly. No feathering noted on the rear however. The stock Goodyears were replaced with Avons at 9k miles because they were about half gone and treacherous in the wet. The Goodyears showed no sign of feathering but the Avons at 6000 miles feathered. Question: Are different brands of tire more susceptable to feathering? The wear rating on the Goodyears is 260 versus 360 on the Avons. Should the higher wear rating decrease the tendancy to feather. Thanks.