Buying a Z from g35
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Buying a Z from g35
About a year ago i was in the market for a Z and decided to buy a G35 instead because of the 4 seats. After having the G35 for a year now,i still have the bug for a Z, so i will be selling my G35 and buying a Z.
Back about a year ago i remember there being a problem with the wheel allignment of the 350z? something about tires getting worn out unevenly? did nissan fix this problem or ? any info would be great. is there anything else i should know about taht has changed in the past year 1/2ish or so?
I am not keeping the stock wheels on the car, will the feathering issue still come into play even after changing the wheels to 19s?
Back about a year ago i remember there being a problem with the wheel allignment of the 350z? something about tires getting worn out unevenly? did nissan fix this problem or ? any info would be great. is there anything else i should know about taht has changed in the past year 1/2ish or so?
I am not keeping the stock wheels on the car, will the feathering issue still come into play even after changing the wheels to 19s?
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Originally Posted by 703z
About a year ago i was in the market for a Z and decided to buy a G35 instead because of the 4 seats. After having the G35 for a year now,i still have the bug for a Z, so i will be selling my G35 and buying a Z.
Back about a year ago i remember there being a problem with the wheel allignment of the 350z? something about tires getting worn out unevenly? did nissan fix this problem or ? any info would be great. is there anything else i should know about taht has changed in the past year 1/2ish or so?
I am not keeping the stock wheels on the car, will the feathering issue still come into play even after changing the wheels to 19s?
Back about a year ago i remember there being a problem with the wheel allignment of the 350z? something about tires getting worn out unevenly? did nissan fix this problem or ? any info would be great. is there anything else i should know about taht has changed in the past year 1/2ish or so?
I am not keeping the stock wheels on the car, will the feathering issue still come into play even after changing the wheels to 19s?
Even still, I think if you can afford a G35 then you can definitely afford a new 05 Z. In the event that it does have problems is minimal. Since you did say you were changing the wheels out, I think there have been little to no cases on 19" wheels on the Z. I distinctively remember a thread correlating bigger tires & lowering the car to remove any kind of feathering.
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I distinctively remember a thread correlating bigger tires & lowering the car to remove any kind of feathering.
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Originally Posted by JDUB34
i always thought lowering a car increases cambering and increases the amount of tire feathering... is it different for our Z's? ive been holding off from lowering the car because i was afraid of getting too much camber
Its the toe that does it, not the camber. The only way to really fix it right is to buy about $1200 of adjustable suspension parts.
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Originally Posted by Risk
Its the toe that does it, not the camber. The only way to really fix it right is to buy about $1200 of adjustable suspension parts.
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I got the feathering problem on my 04 Z but when I went to the dealer they said that if you start seeing the problem 10K miles early that they'll replace for free. My luck is that I didn't notice the problem till the Z had 28K miles on it, so I just decided to buy new wheels. The service maneger said that as long as you get an alignment done every 12K miles on the Z it shouldn't give you a feathering problem.
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