Not really... Near as I can tell they are made only from cold hard cash.

 

lol, well they do know how to align wheels but they did it with a toe out for performance handling reasons in mind, they didnt think thousands of Americans will ***** about it....no one in Japan moans about it, mainly cause they are geared at total performance and tire wear isnt a huge issue compared to top performance. You cant get top handling performance with alignment being all zeroed out for optimized tire wear, a bit of toe out and camber helps alot, afterall this is a sports car isnt it what its all about? I can understand if soccer mom has tire feathering on her minivan but come on guys this is a world class sports car!! -on a brighter note Nissan has extended the tire feathering warranty to 3 years unlimited miles on 03 and 04 models ok enough of my rant

 

Counties like Japan do not put anywhere near the high miles that us Americans put on cars.

having to replace tires in some cases after 10K miles isnt cool.

on top of that, only SOME cars have the issues of the cupping sound and bad wear. If what you said was true every car would have the same wear. but that's not the case.

I agree a more agressive camber/toe/ setup helps out but it shouldnt cause this much of a problem.

Besides look at the other cars that are in the same class or higher that have the tire issues.... um...... none.

 

1)Countries like Japan do put enough miles to notice tire wear, its just that it doesnt bother them as much as us Americans.

2)Many sports cars tires only last 10K including NSX's, Vipers, many German cars like BMW, MBZ etc, it has alot to do with tire compound and low profile design, dont expect to get 40-50K miles out of your tires like you do on your chevy truck or anything. Considering out OEM tire has a treadwear rating of 140, i would be suprised if it lasts that long.

3)I work at a dealer, they all have tire feathering except 05 models, (none of them have enough miles to feather their tires yet). The reason i think you say some people dont have it is because some people, dont drive their cars enough to notice it, and some dont consider this to be a problem cause most 350z i seen are modified one way or another suspension wise and think that has something to do with it. They all have tire feathering, its just some are worse then others.

4)Tis why it handles so nice, and why it lets you exit corners fast Any performance alignment will cause accelerated tire wear one way or another.

5)What other cars in our class without alignment isues? A mustang? A camaro? Those cars handle like s**t. Cars that are comparable to ours handling wise all seem to have uneven tire wear, i got a buddy with a Z06...bone stock, has camber wear, BMW M3 has inside tire wear, S2K same thing, NSX same thing, none of the vehicles are lowered BTW, but all those cars handle like a dream, very impressive, but all of those tires wear oh so very fast.

Im not trying to make this into a argument but just merely stating what ive noticed.