Been a few days now and wow, the Michelin tires make sooooooooo much of a difference! Infiniti should have used these as stock instead of the Bridgesquares er... I mean Bridgestones

 

How bad was the vibration with the Bridgestones? Did the steering wheel shake badly or was it just a gentle vibration?

I do experience a gentle vibration once in a while going over 65 mph that goes away after a mile or 2; I'm not sure if it's steering feedback from bad roads or bad tires.

 

Exactly the same symptoms I had. It was bad enough that you could easily see the stitching on the underside of the steering wheel blur. Did that for about 2-4 miles depending on how cold it was then went away for the day. The next day it would repeat all over again. With a little persistance and a lot of above and beyond help from America Tire I got rid of the Bridgestones and have 4 new Michelin A/S sport tires for ZERO cost! And NO vibration!!!!

 

Took the car to America's Tire yesterday to do a Road Force Balance and to my surprise both front wheels were out of balance even though the car is only 3 months old with the original wheels and tires.

They had to move the tire around the rim 90 degrees for better weight distribution before it balanced on the Hunter machine.

$50 later, the ride is butter smooth and I'm satisfied with the car again ; but I'm a bit surprised that the tires were not balanced properly from the factory.

 

I have the exact same flat spotting in colder weather .. takes a good 20 minutes of driving for it to go away

 

Ever since I replaced the Bridgestones with the Michelins, I've never once had the vibration/flatspotting again.