G35 tire feathering problem?

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IlsG35
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is there a fix for this tire feathering problem? i have had a lot of older coupes come in to my shop to get new tire because of this probelm, is there something that can be done about it or is it there for good??


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There is a TSB that Nissan was doing for the z's, which was resetting the toe on the alignment. There has been some research and debate about certain directional tires being part of the culprit as well. Specifically on the g/z and even going back as far as the q45.

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honestly...pretty much no fix for it. we aligned cars all the time for it...but never fixed it. negative camber from the factory

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So, your advice would be to just get tire rotated even more regularly than normal? We talking every 5000 kms?

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yes. I rotate tires every 3-4k miles and just reverse mounted the tires this time around.

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so if i were to go as positive as possible, i mean not put it as positive to make it go out of spec. but if i move it right at the line?would it at least help at all u thunk?? i cant rotate my tires front to back because i have staggered tires i can move them from the right side to the left side but thats about it.

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in order to get any adjustment on camber, you would have to buy adjustable A arms, which run anywhere from 400-800 dollars. Just reverse mount the tires every 3-5k miles.

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i do have the arms i got them for $650 from a firend who totaled his G. oh and i have inner and outter tires so reverse mounting them wouldnt do much for me.

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In that case, take the car for an alignment, have them set the camber as close to zero as possible, maybe just a bit of negative camber and then adust toe. See if that helps your problem.

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Unfortunately the high caster compounds and grows [multiples] the negative static camber when the wheels are turned....................Measure your camber changes with turning angles.

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Caster for the rear???

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no caster for rear. you shouldn't be having any feathering problems in the rear.


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