Changing Wiper Blades Inserts in Q50 and Retaining the Wipers.

Having a streaky wiper is huge pet peeve of mine. The windshield is meant to be used to look outside not be distracted but some dirt line on the screen.

I like the outside shape of the stock OEM wipers blades, very aerodynamic. I also like the silicone material that comes with the OEM Infiniti and Nissan cars. I have tried many aftermarket wipers one ranging from $10 to $25 per blade and all I have found is that they have a short life and right after the first winter they harden and start streaks…so irritating. So either go cheap so you can throw them away every 6 months or go OEM, but Infiniti charges quite a bit and also use the “value line” instead of OEM Japanese ones.

OEM High Quality Silicone Inserts

Getting Rid of Run Flats & Adding a Spare Tire to The Hybrid Q50s

It has been a very big point of contention within the Q50 community about Infiniti’s choice to opt for run flat tires on the Q50. Not only do run flats ride harsher, cost more but they have a low thread wear rating of 280AA which translates to 18,000 miles only. Lastly run flats are great if you “plan" on having protection against getting a nail/screw etc, but if it ends up 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 old school, but one one the first 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, replace with spare, soft tighten lugs, lower jack, fully tighten lug nuts, off you go.

Hybrid Trunk WITH Spare underneath.