I know nothing about this. But if I were to buy new tires I would be interested in staggering the wheels. I have base sedan.

What do I do?

Thanks, hive mind, in advance.

 

I'm not a 100% sure, but i think our cars come staggered. I know for sure they do on the coupe.

I don't think you will have a problem, you just have to make sure u get the right offset for the wheels that u pick. Also, keep in mind that you always want to get the diameter as close as possible to the factory wheels.. otherwise your speedo will be off

 

Yes you can run staggered. https://g35driver.com/forums/search.php

 

if its a sports model then you have no problem
if its an awd model then you cant go too crazy, has to be between a % which i dont know about because i could careless since i dont have an awd

 

Nah just bought a base sedan. Does the base sedan come staggered? I was thinking not, but I don't know. I might have to get new wheels as well.

 

I'm AWD and I'm running 19x9 f and 19x10 in back as long as you have the right tires you can run staggered on any G35

 

I have a 2nd gen sedan and i bought staggered wheels and have not had a problem.

 

No, they're not if you have the 17" base wheels.

 

Here are a couple threads that have staggered. If you search you will find a ton more

https://g35driver.com/forums/v36-bra...ims-tires.html


https://g35driver.com/forums/media-s...installed.html

 

if its the basic model non awd, then you wont have a problem with stagger set up

 

Running "staggered" wheels just means they are different sizes between the front and the back (usually just in width, but can also be diameter as well). What matters for our cars is what the overall diameter is of the tires you choose to put on those different sized rims. Since the rears are usually wider, they will typically receive a wider tire than the narrower fronts. If you played around with tires sizing much, you should realize that there is a (small and simple) science to choosing the right sizes for matching diameters. Cars without VDC usually don't care about diameters (within reason), but mismatching diameters on our cars makes them "think" the tire is slipping excessively when it actually isn't. Since it's often not possible to them sized EXACTLTY right, and there is a necessity to accommodate changes due to normal treadwear, the VDC sytem has a tolerance window of X % (where x is some secret number Infiniti doesn't want to tell us), but common experience has shown 3% to be safe and workable. Greater deviations are possible, but may yield premature VDC activation accordingly. I have found this online calculator to be useful in determining proper sizing:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

AWD won't have issues either

 

This is generally true as far as different wheel sizes, but the AWD models do have a more acute sensitivity to overall tire diameter differences than the non-AWD models due to the added transmission/transfer case considerations. Dealers will definitely scold you and likely hesitate on warranty repairs to the AWD system if you have dissimilar diameter tires on the front and back.

 

That was my second post. I have yet to read anywhere where anyone had issues running staggered on a G35X. It's because of how the ATTESA works that allows us to run staggered

 

Did you catch my point about overall tire diameters?

You can be "staggered" all day long and still be within very close tolerances as far as diameters go, or you could also be wildly different in overall diameter and run into issues. Additionally, whether or not people have "gotten away with it" in the past is irrelevant in the advent of any current problem arising in the AWD system while you've been running dissimilar diameter tires. The owner's manual SPECIFICALLY states (ref. page 8-38 in '07 manual, page 8-40 in '08 manual) with a bold CAUTION flag type bulletin for AWD models:

"Always use tires of the same type, size, brand, construction, and tread pattern on all for wheels. Failure to do so may result in a circumference difference between tires on the front and rear axles which will cause excessive tire wear and may damage the transmission, transfer case and differential gears."

Please note that they even went so far as to say you must use the same brand and tread pattern since different manufacturers and models can have variations in overall diameter. After a warning like that, if anything happens, you're definitely gonna be on your own as far as repairs go if you're way off in your diameters front to rear.