Is it just me, but when I just went to buy some chains for my JX-35 with the R20 tires, I was shocked to find the manual strongly recommending that there was not enough wheel well spacing to accept chains/cables! I know this thread is about figuring out a way around this, but my question is more about, was I an idiot to not check on this myself? Shouldn't Infiniti have warned me about this (and the fact that there doesn't seem to be any 20" snow tires for this car), and given me an option to get the 18" wheels, even with the Touring Package? I'm in California and I ski. I may never have to actually have to put chains on, but I'm pretty aggressive about going up during bad weather for powder days and going to a wide variety of locations. Do I have any grounds to be outraged and feel blindsided?
Also, if I never go on snow with the vechile heavily loaded, would I be able to get away with some low profile cables at low speed for the odd time I had to put them on? In other words, is Infiniti just covering their rears when the vechile is extremely loaded, running at highway speeds, on curvy roads?
And if I feel compelled to get some 18" rear wheels during ski season, could I just put them on the rear wheels? The manual appears to be silent on this, although it may be obvious for AWD situations as being a bad idea; more than just an annoying idea (TPMS issues, tranny and speed being off by 10%, ...).