Question about tire noise and centric hub
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Question about tire noise and centric hub
I just bought lowenhart ls1 wheels from MIRICE14. The wheels look great and also had l tuned shocks and eibach springs installed today. Overall, car looks great and feels great but I have issue with noise and little vibration. On my previous GS300, I had l tuned setup with 18's and I didn't have this much noise.
For some reason I have way to much noise from front tires, I am going to take it back to dealer tomorrow to see if they could fix it but I wanted to ask you experts for advise.
My question is does removal of rotors or brake calipers required for springs and shock installation? because my front brake feels like its fading after installation and also it kinda feels like the pads are touching the rotors when driving, you know like wheels are dragging something.
Also I have to replace the rear tires and wanted to know which would be quietest tire. Currently I have bridgestone so3s, front 235-35-18 and rear 275-40-18s.
Dealer also recommend me to get centric hub for my wheels to balance the wheels better. Any ideas where I could get them?
Thanks for your help.
For some reason I have way to much noise from front tires, I am going to take it back to dealer tomorrow to see if they could fix it but I wanted to ask you experts for advise.
My question is does removal of rotors or brake calipers required for springs and shock installation? because my front brake feels like its fading after installation and also it kinda feels like the pads are touching the rotors when driving, you know like wheels are dragging something.
Also I have to replace the rear tires and wanted to know which would be quietest tire. Currently I have bridgestone so3s, front 235-35-18 and rear 275-40-18s.
Dealer also recommend me to get centric hub for my wheels to balance the wheels better. Any ideas where I could get them?
Thanks for your help.
Last edited by kapdori; 07-08-04 at 11:35 PM.
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You can do some research on tirerack.com There I found that for my 18" wheels, the quietest tire available was the Yokohama AVS dB S2 tire. I'm running these on front and back, and they are quiet. Good luck!
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Re: Question about tire noise and centric hub
Originally posted by kapdori
My question is does removal of rotors or brake calipers required for springs and shock installation? because my front brake feels like its fading after installation and also it kinda feels like the pads are touching the rotors when driving, you know like wheels are dragging something.
Also I have to replace the rear tires and wanted to know which would be quietest tire. Currently I have bridgestone so3s, front 235-35-18 and rear 275-40-18s.
My question is does removal of rotors or brake calipers required for springs and shock installation? because my front brake feels like its fading after installation and also it kinda feels like the pads are touching the rotors when driving, you know like wheels are dragging something.
Also I have to replace the rear tires and wanted to know which would be quietest tire. Currently I have bridgestone so3s, front 235-35-18 and rear 275-40-18s.
The tire sizes you mention are strange. I hope you meant 235/40 and 275/35. What widths are your rims? Although your current sizes work (and I have contemplated running mine that way too), 235/265 and 245/275 are better matches for diameters.
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Neo,
yeah you are right.
My tire size is 235-40-18s and 275-35-18s.
It was late last night and I mistyped it.
Anyways, I hope dealer can fix the problem. Otherwise, the wheels are beautiful. I will try to post some picture tonight.
yeah you are right.
My tire size is 235-40-18s and 275-35-18s.
It was late last night and I mistyped it.
Anyways, I hope dealer can fix the problem. Otherwise, the wheels are beautiful. I will try to post some picture tonight.
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Just bought hub centric rings from discount tire and it seems to help on the balancing the wheels. I also ordered yokohama avs db2's from tire rack for rear. I hope this will help with noise. I will post results next week.
by the way rings are about 30 bucks from discount tire.
by the way rings are about 30 bucks from discount tire.
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