How to Get Rid of Flat Tire Warning on Q50

Information technology has been a very big signal of contention inside the Q50 community nearly Infiniti’southward choice to opt for run flat tires on the Q50. Not merely do run flats ride harsher, cost more but they take a low thread vesture rating of 280AA which translates to 18,000 miles only. Lastly run flats are bang-up if you “program” on having protection against getting a nail/screw etc, simply if it ends upwards being a side wall damage or damage due to a big pothole or other object then the run-flat tire is pretty much useless. Call me former schoolhouse, but i one the showtime things my dad taught me was to change a spare on a car before I could even drive the car – secure car with chucks, loosen lug nuts, jack up, remove flat, supervene upon with spare, soft tighten lugs, lower jack, fully tighten lug nuts, off you go.

Hybrid Torso WITH Spare underneath.

The attack my Q50 managed to last about 22000 miles with proper rotations and had nearly iv/32nds of thread left, while not beneath the legal limit of ii/32nds, and anyone who lives in a snowy winter place, knows that is just asking for trouble. And then earlier winter I decided to go with not run flats and based on the reviews and research on Tirerack.com decided to get a set of 4 Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus Radial Tire – 245/40R19 98V  have thread rating of 700AA or fifty,000Miles and also features eco drive, depression rolling resistance technology. I got mine from Amazon and they were at my door footstep in 2 days. Information technology cost some other $98 to have them mounted and road-force balanced.

Overall the ride has been much better, much quieter, much smother and much better snow and pelting traction.

This means I really do non accept a need to the styrofoam insert that Infiniti gave me on my Q50 that does its chore of simply occupying 3” of already express trunk space and serving no purpose but to hold a toe hook…seriously?

What a waste of space

Body without the junk

Built to have a spare

Instead I decided to use the space to put a real spare in at that place. I looked at the prices from Infiniti parts to get a Q50 three.7 spare with Jack, and proper inserts which would need to be modified and it was well over $1000 dollars, I retrieve I’ll relieve that money to get buy those set run flats when I trade in the car in a few years. In the meantime I hit ebay and got myself a spare removed from a G37..complete bicycle and tire, it had all just 1 scuff and had never been used, got a Nissan Jack and it came with a set of tools and bag for inexpensive.

Spare from G37 Model, Clears Forepart Caliper

Put  the spare tire into the dorsum on body into the depression that was obviously made for the spare tire and information technology fit perfectly, I put information technology confront downwardly, and so that I would accept space to put stuff into the cycle such as the tool bag and finally the jack upside down into the wheel hub space.

What was needed adjacent was some pieces of styrofoam inserts to all the trunk mat to be level and sturdy. Rather than getting 3.7L Q50 model inserts for hundreds of dollars and modifying them, I hit home depot, got a sheet of insulating foam board 2” thick and cut it into 3 shapes, ane for the left of the spare tire, another for the correct and another rounded to fit into the wheel with a slot for the jack to get upside down. Glued them upward and saran wrapped them to let them cure, into shape. These are rough cuts correct now When they cure and I have mode time, I tin actually hollow out the left and correct inserts to provide storage space to agree a 12V tire Inflator kit or jumper cables or whatever.

The bottom of the jack is level with the side inserts and information technology provides a very sturdy surface in the body for cargo as it transfers the weight directly to the bicycle which is in direct contact with the trunk. And I can stand on the cream inserts without making a dent.

Put the original trunk mat dorsum and Viola….a Q50s Hybrid with an OEM spare tire, jack & tool  set and net loss of space has ben just about 2 1/2 inches from the bottom upwardly.

I feel a heck of a lot safer knowing that no matter where I am traveling, no affair what fourth dimension of twenty-four hours or dark and in which remote area,  I don’t take to exist stranded because of a flat tire and i don’t take to ride on less than desirable run flats.