In reply to rwdsport :
Any pics?
In reply to rwdsport :
Any pics?
PDoane said:My wife's 2007 G35X sedan went through rear brakes like crazy. Pads wore out ridiculously fast. My wife often ignored the metal-to-metal sound when the pads wore away completely. Had a couple of rear calipers get stuck on their slide pins also. Has G_Body_Man ever heard anything about that? I thought I read on-line somewhere that the traction/stability control pulsed the rears too much. When I asked the dealer about it he made some stupid statement that made it very clear he didn't know anything about brake design. I was always amazed that the tiny rear pads only swept about 2/3 of the available rotor surface.
Otherwise that car was great. It was an automatic, but one of the best I've ever driven. Only other issue in 10 years of ownership was a water hose leak that never left any puddle. When we traded it in last summer (July 2017) she went with the QX50 because the interior/controls were so much like her Gs. That car is also wearing the rear brakes quickly too.
I'm not as familiar with the V36 chassis as I am with the V35 chassis but I wouldn't be surprised if it suffers from quick brake wear. OEM Infiniti pads and rotors are pretty garbage. Glad to hear that it was otherwise a great experience.
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In reply to rwdsport :
She sure is a beauty !!!! Thank you
I bought some G37 wheels with snows on them from an Infiniti master mechanic, a year later bought a set from him for my son in-law.
His current project car is an M45, that will be up for sale when he is done with it. With his knowledge he has a habit of buying, fixing and selling really nice Infiniti. What I know about it, it's black, wears Q-car 20" wheels, and is getting an 80k mile replacement engine. If I were in the market it would be my wife's next car.
This guy loves the G cars, they appear to be his primary hobby car and supplemental income source.
Y replacement engine?
In reply to mr2s2000elise :
Good question, he did tell me that it took over a year to find the replacement do to low production numbers.
G_Body_Man said:2004: The automatic AWD sedan joins the fray. The 6-speed RWD sedan gains a viscous limited-slip differential in place of the open diff. The biggest news is that all 2004 models can be tuned using UpRev software.
2004.5: Revised manumatic mode for automatic cars, new shift knob on automatic cars.
2005: Sedans get a new front clip, new headlights, new side skirts, new taillights and a new rear bumper. 6MT cars get the revised CD009 transmission and the RevUp engine that bumps output to 298 HP, although torque drops slightly to 260.
What mods should you do
With the G35 being virtually identical to a 350Z underneath the aftermarket is simple huge.
A catch can is probably the best reliability mod that can be done to a G35 as most of the oil consumption is due to PCV blow-by. Other great reliability mods include polyurethane bushings in the front suspension compression arms and an oil cooler if any significant track time will be seen.
Many owners report gains of 10 horsepower or more from a cold air intake. Stillen makes a fantastic one, as do Z1 and Admin Tuning.
Non-RevUp G35s gain about 15 horsepower from a simple 5/16" plenum spacer. RevUp G35s benefit strongly from the MRev2 lower plenum and the 5/16" plenum spacer together, although the 5/16" plenum spacer by itself won’t really do anything for a RevUp engine.
The factory exhaust is very restrictive. It’s been dyno-proven that ISR has the best aftermarket y-pipe and fortunately it’s quite cheap. As for a midpipe and tail section that’s mostly up to personal preference. Test pipes are also good for an extra 6-8 horsepower although they’re not exactly legal.
A lot of owners have been really happy with BC Racing DS coilovers. They don’t cost an arm and a leg and the digressive damping makes them a lot more comfortable for street driving while still being good on the track.
Solid diff bushings really help with combating wheel hop and aren’t as uncomfortable as one might imagine. Best of all, they’re cheap.
The G35 doesn’t have a full-off mode for the VDC system but a simple SPST switch wired into the orange wire on the harness for the yaw sensor (mounted under the centre console) allows for full deactivation of the VDC system.
RWD automatic cars strongly benefit from a 3.54 diff out of a 6MT car. Apparently it shaves almost half a second off the quarter mile time.
A set of 4.08 rear gears in a 6MT G35 adds tons of pull in every gear. Not only will the car feel way faster but the gears will shave a significant chunk off the quarter mile time. Best of all it doesn’t require an ECU tune to maintain speedometer accuracy.
So, looks like 2004 is possibly a sweet spot. There's 35hp from 'easy'/'cheap' mods. Coilovers available... and..
maschinenbau said:
I can attest to everything said here! They are fantastic cars, now entering the bottom of their depreciation curve. Even the base non-RevUp engines feel much more powerful than their 260hp rating would suggest. There is torque EVERYWHERE. The powertrains seem pretty darn durable, both engine and trans. No timing belt, and the timing chain system seems to hold up well at high mileage.
The 6MT diff swap (LSD 3.54 gears) is pretty easy. I did it recently with no trouble. I found a guy parting out a wrecked 350Z and got the diff for $125, but they normally will set you back about $300-$400. Still a great value.
Supposedly the engine is good for a 100 wet shot untuned before you need to pull timing.
so... uh... theoretically speaking... if you had a 150kmi G35 sedan... and you wanted to run ~12minutes of a 100shot through the engine in {ahem} 3 lap sessions over the course of, let's say... a week... what would one recommend doing to the engine so it could handle that, and the odd 4000 miles of additional mileage... hypothetically?
In reply to sleepyhead :
I'd say oil cooler, 05+ brakes, catch can, upgraded pads and fluid, and either a prayer that the clutch holds, an invoice from the previous owner showing a recent clutch job or an upgraded clutch. That being said, if they're only 3-lap sessions you probably don't need an oil cooler.
Does anyone know if the ATESSA-ETS works on these like the old skylines? Or is a watered down version like the JUKE?(JOKE?)
_ said:Does anyone know if the ATESSA-ETS works on these like the old skylines? Or is a watered down version like the JUKE?(JOKE?)
It's the same system used on most old Skylines.
I just spent a good chunk of my evening looking at G35's and G37's. Thanks a lot! 
You guys are right, they are bottoming out. Clean examples with a manual are getting tough to find, and they carry a premium. Still, a lot of car for the money.
My parents have a 2014 Q60x (aka G37x coupe) and I love the way it drives. It's not a sport model, but they baked enough sportiness into that chassis, I'll tell you that! It gets up and goes really well, too. Only gripe I have is the clunky infotainment system. Other than that, I love the thing.
I've been considering a Q50S myself. I am really digging them.
Did Nissan bury the knock sensor in a stupid place on these engines? Are they still using Allen Head bolts that corrode into the aluminum and take a bit of quality time with an impact set to get loose?
Not that I'm bitter about those features on the old Nissan V6es or anything.
How are the G35s in Autocross events?
Tony Sestito said:I just spent a good chunk of my evening looking at G35's and G37's. Thanks a lot!
My parents have a 2014 Q60x (aka G37x coupe) and I love the way it drives. It's not a sport model, but they baked enough sportiness into that chassis, I'll tell you that! It gets up and goes really well, too. Only gripe I have is the clunky infotainment system. Other than that, I love the thing.
I've been considering a Q50S myself. I am really digging them.
Tony,
I love my '13 G37 sedan...guess it was probably a '14, but they didn't officially have a '14 G37....mine was built in Oct '13 and sold in late '14. I'll give you my pros and cons:
Pros: The driving experience is about as close to hey-day BMW as you can get without it being German. Fabulous throttle response, very sharp steering with lots of feedback, incredible brakes, really fast. Great power band, I love that I don't have to wring the engines' neck to get power. The 7 speed auto is pretty good, it'll hold gears properly and does nice downshifts even as you're just slowing to a red light. Seats are plenty comfortable. Even though the center stack is pretty ancient by todays' standards, it's very well laid out and easy to use. I know it's a subjective thing, but I also love the VQ engine rumble. It gets rough over 5000rpm, but below that it's a sweet sound. I also think the body design has aged well...after all it still looks almost exactly like it did in 2003. Overall, it's truly a drivers car.
Cons: Premium unleaded, and it can be thirsty. I do mostly highway driving, so I can get 26mpg out of it, but if you do mixed driving you'll get way less. I know it sounds silly, but the cup holders suck balls. My protein shake bottle really won't fit, and no way in hell can you put two decent size coffee mugs next to each other. Very annoying. One major, mind boggling flaw...there is no way to get music from your phone to the car stereo unless you have the navigation package. Mine is the base Journey model. It can't stream, nor is there an aux plug. So if I want to stream anything in the car, I have to carry a little Bluetooth speaker and put it in my useless cup holder. It's ridiculous, my 2010 base model Kia Sedona has a 3.5mm aux plug. Plus, as a whole, while it's easy to use, the interior design definitely shows its' age.
Overall, the car is a thrill to drive. But the very dated interior and tech (not even 3 blink turn signals) are a problem for me. I may trade it in fairly soon and get either a Q50 or more likely a CPO BMW 328i.
I leased a 2015 Q50 with the 3.7 and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately, so did my wife and she ended up driving it more than I did.
Chada75 said:How are the G35s in Autocross events?
I've run 3 events in mine since I bought it and placed either 1st or 2nd in STU out of 4-8 drivers.
In reply to Klayfish :
Bluetooth dongle for the power port, they dual as a hands free and usb port.
In reply to akylekoz :
OK, as much as I want to be able to stream stuff, I'm not a tech genius. Can you expand? My car has built in Bluetooth already. It has no 3.5mm aux port. If I got a Bluetooth dongle, would it interfere with the built in Bluetooth if I were to get a phone call? How do they work...do they use the cars' Bluetooth to play the music?
In reply to Klayfish :
Does yours have the RCA inputs in the center console storage bin?
There are no inputs anywhere.
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Adapter-Handsfree-Infiniti-Panasonic/dp/B018LCBX8G
So you have a blue tooth connection in the car already but not a fast enough one to stream music. That is a different problem.
The link is specific to your car and plugs into the CD changer wiring that is in your car somewhere.
This is what I was thinking, plug this into your cigar lighter, tune into the required frequency, link you phone, BAM, music.
Here is another option.
https://gromaudio.com/store/bt3_adapters/grom-bt3-nis02.html
It plugs into the back of the factory stereo.
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