new tire roar article in autoweek 12/08/03
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I think this has already been posted. But as long as you bring it up the AutoWeek people need to correct the article, particularly this part:
"Here’s what we know: A yet-to-be-determined number of the 39,000 2003 model year Z cars sold in America left Nissan’s Oppama (Japan) factory with incorrect front suspension toe settings. The result—after driving only a few thousand miles—is an uneven, “cupped” wear pattern on the inside edge of each front tire that causes irritatingly loud road noise, particularly at speeds below 30 mph. We experienced the phenomenon firsthand with our long-term 350Z test car (AW, Dec. 1), and a click on Z enthusiast website my350z.com reveals over 1000 posts on the matter to the site’s online discussion board."
This is not "what you know". This is what Nissan told you and it is incorrect. Mine didn't leave the factory with incorrect alignment sepcs and it didn't arrive in the US with incorrect specs. It's been aligned three times and has never been out of spec. Nissan also left out the part about how they changed the nominal setting from 1 to 2mm in a vain attempt to solve the problem.
"Here’s what we know: A yet-to-be-determined number of the 39,000 2003 model year Z cars sold in America left Nissan’s Oppama (Japan) factory with incorrect front suspension toe settings. The result—after driving only a few thousand miles—is an uneven, “cupped” wear pattern on the inside edge of each front tire that causes irritatingly loud road noise, particularly at speeds below 30 mph. We experienced the phenomenon firsthand with our long-term 350Z test car (AW, Dec. 1), and a click on Z enthusiast website my350z.com reveals over 1000 posts on the matter to the site’s online discussion board."
This is not "what you know". This is what Nissan told you and it is incorrect. Mine didn't leave the factory with incorrect alignment sepcs and it didn't arrive in the US with incorrect specs. It's been aligned three times and has never been out of spec. Nissan also left out the part about how they changed the nominal setting from 1 to 2mm in a vain attempt to solve the problem.
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