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Old Apr 26, 2018 | 11:10 PM
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Car is in the shop getting BFG G-Force Comp 2 A/S , Infiniti somehow didn't realize that the G35 is staggered, so it turned out they only had 4 front michelins lmao, not all of them. Excited to have a higher quality all season tire on it.
Post how you like them when you've had a chance to put a few miles on. Super happy with mine on the G and the GTO.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2018 | 02:56 PM
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You might think it's late April, when really it's January 116th.
LOL. Sure feels that way. Damn you, climate change
 
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Old Apr 30, 2018 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by philbegas
That's true, but because I can walk to school I don't *have* to drive my car from September - Mar, so all seasons should be fine for me. A bit better in the cold weather than summer tires and can deal better with the moisture and the light snow I occasionally drive on
Gotcha. Makes sense.
 
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Old May 9, 2018 | 10:06 AM
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Post how you like them when you've had a chance to put a few miles on. Super happy with mine on the G and the GTO.
I've put a couple hundred miles on them now. They're really nice tires. I've never tried PSS tires but these are nice. Nicer than the Nitto Motivos I had on it FOR SURE. Much more confident, less likely to lose the tail end under hard cornering, but still really predictable.
 
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Old May 9, 2018 | 01:54 PM
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Old May 9, 2018 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by philbegas
I've put a couple hundred miles on them now. They're really nice tires. I've never tried PSS tires but these are nice. Nicer than the Nitto Motivos I had on it FOR SURE. Much more confident, less likely to lose the tail end under hard cornering, but still really predictable.
Probably the best tire for the money I've ever had and mine seem to be wearing well.
 
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Old Jul 2, 2018 | 06:56 AM
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^Famous last words I suppose, for all the gory details read this......I need to use a tire depth gauge more often, obviously my eyes deceive me.

https://g35driver.com/forums/g-spot/...out-tires.html
 
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Old Jul 2, 2018 | 09:38 AM
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IDK which car you have but was it just down to 2/32 because of toe wear? That happened to my last fronts since I can't rotate (staggered coupe)
 
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Old Jul 2, 2018 | 08:46 PM
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My daily now is a bone stock 06 GTO M6. With all that I put myself through modding the G I made a pledge to myself to keep the Goat 99% stock. I bought it almost 3 years ago now and it had 27K miles on it when I picked it up.

Alignment has always been in factory spec and the tires wore very evenly across the tread. I'd say more but read through my thread above, it's got all the gory details.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2018 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue Dream
My daily now is a bone stock 06 GTO M6. With all that I put myself through modding the G I made a pledge to myself to keep the Goat 99% stock. I bought it almost 3 years ago now and it had 27K miles on it when I picked it up.

Alignment has always been in factory spec and the tires wore very evenly across the tread. I'd say more but read through my thread above, it's got all the gory details.
Fair, but dynamic toe (loaded around turns and under power) can prematurely wear tires too. Example - compression rods.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2018 | 05:28 AM
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Heard, but wouldn't that show up as more pronounced inner tire wear as regular toe does?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2018 | 08:08 PM
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Yeah, exactly. My feathering was diagonal wear. Fixed with adjustable camber arms and toe bolts.
 
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