Hey guys, Got a few tire questions for ya.

I have a Bridgestones on the car, with the stock 18s. They are only a couple months old and only a few thousand miles on them. Right now they sounds like an 18 wheeler (Very loud, I dont know the best way to describe it). They are extremely loud. This is VERY VERY annoying specially that it is coming close to the end of my lease and i cant buy new tires right now. I was told this is due to the tires "feathering". I was told this by the dealer, I would like to know if there is some truth to this and how does this happen and is there anything that can be done now, or in the beginning to prevent this. I was told this is one of those things that just happen with this car. Sounds like BS to me.

Anyways this is one of the deciding factors if I keep this car off the lease or not. So the help is MUCH appreciated!!!

Thanks!

 

So I guess I am crazy?! No one knows about this?

 

i did a quick search and 49 threads came up about this issue. search it.

 

Oh well thanks so much such a great help.

 

Sounds like the dealer was telling it straight. Tire feathering is very common on this car (and many performance cars for that matter). My front OEM Pilots started to feather after just a couple thousand miles. It's important to keep proper alignment in the car, but you can get feathering even with very strict maintenance. The brand and type of tires will make a difference, too. If it's that important to you, switch to a harder compound all-season tire. You'll give up some grip, but you should definitely get better wear. Technically speaking, you should also get better gas mileage. Good luck!

 

If this feathering concerns you enough, I would rotate your tires on a regular basis. The only way to rotate them would be to dismount your tires from the rim and flipping them and mounting them on the other side, another words driver side tires goes to passenger side. I'm only talking about doing this if you have a coupe with a staggered setup. Even if you buy non-directional tires it's still better to follow the same procedure because you always want the tires going in the same direction. IMO, you would probably still get some feathering but I would assume you would prolong it before the feathering starts. In general terms a directional tire will be nosier than a non-directional tire.

 

Thats crappy I do not understand why this happens. This is really stopping me from buy another G35. I have my leave coming up I am not sure what to do. There isnt a fix for this yet? Isnt there a way to adjust the camber of the wheel so this does not happen?