A more Quiet Ride
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A more Quiet Ride
I have a Lexus 1999 ES300 (Coach Edition). I made the mistake of getting the Weapon R Dragon Air Intake system, not knowing it wouldn't make much of an impact with performance and make my car sound more like a race car. I have now realized (as the newbie that i am)*that focusing on performance, for a car that was engineered as far as it well get, was a bad idea and I should focus my time on the making it smoother (if possible) and more quiet.*
I'm hoping to get some suggestions. I plan to get the engine cleaned out (have a great deal and I plan to do that because I want to keep the car for a while), so when I have that done, I'll also put the stock intake back in to help with the noise level. I need to get a new wheel (1 that's bent) to help my steering wheel shaking as I'm doing 60mph+. The original owner didn't opt out for the air suspension (or the nakamichi system for that matter). I have the stock rims (15in) with some new all season tires.*
Anything else worth paying attention to or getting to help with low noise and smoother ride?
I'm hoping to get some suggestions. I plan to get the engine cleaned out (have a great deal and I plan to do that because I want to keep the car for a while), so when I have that done, I'll also put the stock intake back in to help with the noise level. I need to get a new wheel (1 that's bent) to help my steering wheel shaking as I'm doing 60mph+. The original owner didn't opt out for the air suspension (or the nakamichi system for that matter). I have the stock rims (15in) with some new all season tires.*
Anything else worth paying attention to or getting to help with low noise and smoother ride?
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If you are fortunate enough to not have a car equipped with problematic air suspension; I'd never consider retro-ing one into it.
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#6
If you're asking for a smoother ride than the ES, you're asking to drive a cloud. The ES is the smoothest car to date I have ridden/driven in. There isn't much you can do to make it smoother than the stock suspension. Trust me you don't want to spend $400 per strut for the AVS option, it's not worth it in my opinion.
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You can try installing sound deadening. I used household materials in my Solara. My car isn't particularly loud so it didn't make as much difference:
However since your car has frame-less glass I think the most useful thing would be to stuff some foam or gasket behind the weather stripping to prevent wind noise.
However since your car has frame-less glass I think the most useful thing would be to stuff some foam or gasket behind the weather stripping to prevent wind noise.
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