Road noise and tyres

mikey72

Wait for Inactive. He must be able to suggest a tyre, no doubt his Honda is the quietest car he's ever had.;)

I've got energy savers on both of our none Hondas, they are ok, but don't seem much different to others.

Buggins

Thanks to everyone for their input but especially to Wig who trawled through the recyling to get the answer... however having got the answer I'm now wondering what you do in the winter!!! I didn't expect so much response!
Thanks again
Buggins

A._Badger

harveybobbles wrote: »

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

I solved that problem, I replaced the OE Bridgestones, first with Dunlop SP01s and, when they wore out. a set of Toyo Proxes. Both made a dramatic difference to reducing cabin noise.

Rallydriver

Buggins wrote: »

however having got the answer I'm now wondering what you do in the winter!!!

Nothing unless you want to have two sets of wheels. This is what I do, high performance summer tyres sometime in March to the end of October, then switch to winter tyres for the coldest 4-5 months.

dada44

so.... the wider the tyre, the more noise that is generated. And the bigger the profile, the less noise that is generated.

What about size (diameter) on the noise level? Say, R15 vs R16? and what effect would each by like for ride (ie, less bumpy ride)?

Hintza

dada44 wrote: »

What about size (diameter) on the noise level?

This is tricky to explain so I will take the default position.

Your speedo will alter if you increase/decrease the total circumference of your wheels/tyres. Therefore if you get bigger wheels you will need a lower profile thus greater noise.

Of course you could change the whole set up of your car and increase wheel size and retain profile but that will need altering your speedo, checking clearances and informing your insurer.

Bigger wheels in general will give a smoother ride.

Interestingly as a slight emergency measure I'm running 16" on the back and 17" on the front but I have checked them out and they are OK. It was cheaper for me to buy a set of 5 x 16" with tyres than buy 1 x 17" wheel from the dealer. One of my chores this morning is a trip to the garage to get them sorted out.

ailuro2

Wig wrote: »

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

since this thread's been resurrected, I feel obliged to point out I'm not a bloke....:wave:

Also,there are millions of car tyres made in the UK every year...

[QUOTE = http://www.michelin.co.uk/michelinuk/en/about-michelin/michelin-activities/20070917170310/20070917170309_17092007172504.html]

Our Dundee factory manufactures over 7,000,000 car tyres each year for export all over the world. Opened in 1972 it currently employs just under 1,000 people. In 2006 Dundee was the first Michelin factory in the world to embrace wind energy with two wind turbine generators helping to reduce our environmental impact and energy bills.

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Note that not all of the tyres made in the UK are for the original equipment market, which means you the people and skills that go into making the OE tyres are also there to make the tyre you buy off the ATS shelf.

eta, when tyre labelling comes out the labels will not only have an energy efficiency rating, but will carry info on road noise too.

pstuart

Every car will have different noise charisteristics caused by the tyres in the wheel arch, so a Michelin in a Corsa wheel arch would have different 'harmonics' than the same tyre in say a Fiesta.
Its very much a suck it and see situation unless you can Google it and find out first hand from one if the web car club sites.

dada44

Ok. I wouldn't need to change the car's calibration. I'm about to (probably) buy a Vauxhall Astra and depending if i get club or life trim i can get R16 or R15 wheels. 205/65R16 or 195/65R15. I was thinking of changing the tyres on either one for an aspect ratio of around like 80.

allan673

i recommend toyo proxes too, ive got cf1 on my car - really low road noise, great grip in all weathers, and they wear well.
i paid £50 per tyre fitted and balances, 195x60x15