Road noise and tyres

Buggins

Hi
Has anyone still got last Saturday's Telegraph motoring section? I read a question about Honda Jazz and road noise. Honest John suggested two makes of tyres which help with this problem. I forgot to keep the info, the paper has been thrown out and I can't find answer anywhere on the web!
Thanks
Buggins

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Narrow and high-profile tyres will reduce road noise. As for brand, I use Michelin Exalto, nice and soft, and quiet.

harveybobbles

Honda Accord 99-2003 models suffered bad road noise from most tyres. They even used to eat the rears on the inner edge.

Wig

Someone once mentioned Continental as being quiet. But no, I didn't see the telegraph bit, however, I might be able to dig it out for you tomorrow if it hasn't gone to the recycling yet. Check back tomorrow evening.

Buggins

Thanks Wig - will check tomorrow evening and hopefully get lucky.
Buggins

Rallydriver

Try looking up the tyres available in that size and spec using mytyres, blackcircles or camskill. Then look at the general reviews on https://www.tyretest.com. One of the review categories is road noise.
TBH though, road noise always features low on my priorities. No point in a quiet tyre if it grips like a wet bar of soap on teflon.

fatbelly

Autoexpress recently did a tyre test and the quietest was Bridgestone, followed by Dunlop, Fulda(!) and then Continental.

Premier_2

The problem with all the reports on who tested what and what results were obtained all fail to mention what exact tyre compound was used.

OEMs together with their tyre suppliers spend an awful lot of time & money developing tyres to give optimum performance with their vehicles. This takes into account all attributes including wear, adhesion (dry & wet) and tyre noise.
Some even retune them for localised road conditions for the territory the vehicle is destined for.

You can have what looks like 2 identical tyres from a specific tyre manufacturer (i.e. same type, size, speed rating, etc) but are of different compounds optimised for different vehicles.

All this is a bit academic really, since it's almost impossible to obtain specific OEM compound tyres once you come to replace them. You take pot luck what compound you get and so although one test finds brand X best for tyre noise, the same test carried out by someone else may find brand Y better.

ailuro2

Also they check for good harmonics - think of the millenium bridge is the nearest I can get to give you the gist of it!! - the wrong harmonics in a tyre can make your car noisy too!!

For most people's needs, buying the same spec. of tyre as your car came equipped with when new will prove adequate for your needs -basically make sure they're the right size and speed rating, and from a quality manufacturer then you'll know that the quality of the tyre will be good and within tight limits, just like where the original equipment tyres were made.;)

Michelins' energy saver tyres are meant to be quieter, as the lower rolling resistance required to save fuel also cuts down on road noise.

Don't take my word for it, though, I'm biased because I work in the tyre industry, and always encourage people to buy a tyre manufactured here in the UK.:D

Wig

Buggins wrote: »

Hi,
Has anyone still got last Saturday's Telegraph motoring section?

Daily_Telegraph wrote:

...Honda Jazz....excessive road noise...185/55/R15 plenty of tread and inflated correctly. Can you recommend quieter tyres?

Switch to Michelin Energy or Vivacy when the [current] tyres get down to 2 or 3mm tread. Being a harder low rolling resistance compound, these tyres will be quieter in the summer. In the cooler temperatures of winter, road noise will increase.

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ailuro2 wrote: »

Michelins' energy saver tyres are meant to be quieter, as the lower rolling resistance required to save fuel also cuts down on road noise

Give that man a star! :starmod::starmod::starmod: :beer:

molerat

ailuro2 wrote: »

............. and always encourage people to buy a tyre manufactured here in the UK.:D

Which unless you have a tractor or a truck is becoming increasingly difficult. I am currently running on Goodyears manufactured in South Africa.