Nissan 370Z Forum - VA Beach/Hampton Roads

Probably a haul for you coming from Williamsburg, but I get all my tire work done at:

Professional Rim Shop
929 Ventures Way
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Phone: (757) 577-3348

I had to change out a tire last year and took my tire around to all the places here. No one could do it except these folks - even Merchants didn't seem comfortable at the time.

At any of these places, do a joint inspection of your rim with the manager. Once Pro Rim Shop lightly scratched the inside of my rim taking a weight off and they painted the inside of my rim for free. Looks awesome.

Their balance is good for high speed racing that onelownismo and VABAM do.

I actually get all my tire and alignments done there for all my cars.

Good Luck!

Thanks!

Voice59

12-17-2015 09:39 AM

Anybody running different tires than stock?

VABAM

12-17-2015 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Voice59 (Post 3370057)

Anybody running different tires than stock?

Yep. For my summer tires I'm running Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08Rs and for winter/storage Continental ExtremeContact DWS.

Voice59

12-17-2015 10:33 AM

Estimate on tread life?

VABAM

12-17-2015 11:59 AM

The AD08Rs are what I drive on the most. The treadwear rating on those is 180 which is about 13k miles. I haven’t worn out a pair of rears yet because of having to replace them due to damage. Now the fronts lasted about 12k but I had to replace them early too due to a slightly unbalanced wheel putting excessive wear on one. That 12k also included a few track days and multiple ZDayZ trips. I figured I can get 15k+ out of them if I actually wear them out instead having to replace them due to damage.

The ExtremeContact DWS’s barely get used so I can’t give you an accurate estimation on tire life.

Voice59

12-17-2015 02:51 PM

Got it. Got the car back...feels so weird to drive now. Guess this is what ACTUALLY having an ATB LSD is like.

VABAM

12-18-2015 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Voice59 (Post 3370369)

Got it. Got the car back...feels so weird to drive now. Guess this is what ACTUALLY having an ATB LSD is like.

Did take a few days for me to get used to the Quaife but now I can't imagine not having it. You’ll notice it a lot in the turns. It will feel like you have all wheel steering. You might find that you’ll need to soften up the rear suspension if you have issues with over steer. When mine was installed we had to put the rear sway on its softest setting.

PapoZalsa

12-18-2015 09:26 PM

Founded a Shop in Williamsburg that changed my tires without any damage to the rims, Auto Haus of Williamsburg. They did a nice job and great customer service. My Z was probably the cheapest car in the Service Shop.

Voice59

12-18-2015 11:24 PM

I actually saw a blue z in this area. First time in a loooooong time.

240se

12-23-2015 11:51 AM

What Nissan dealership in HR has the best service department for handling warranty work?

Voice59

12-23-2015 05:03 PM

Yikes... I dunno. What I can say is that I've NEVER had a problem with the one in Hampton, right off Mercury I think it is. Pomoco?