What causes tire noise?
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What causes tire noise?
I have a 2002 SC430 the origional Bridgestone tires were howling like crazy at 14,000 miles so I replaced them with Michelin PS AS. It was great to have quiet again however now at 27,000 the noise is returning.
Is it the car or just the choice of tires I have never had this excessive tire noise with a car before my wife's GS300 with the origional Bridgestone tires at 25,000 does not have this problem?
Any commenst would be appreciated
Is it the car or just the choice of tires I have never had this excessive tire noise with a car before my wife's GS300 with the origional Bridgestone tires at 25,000 does not have this problem?
Any commenst would be appreciated
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Originally Posted by CaptPJB
I have a 2002 SC430 the origional Bridgestone tires were howling like crazy at 14,000 miles so I replaced them with Michelin PS AS. It was great to have quiet again however now at 27,000 the noise is returning.
Is it the car or just the choice of tires I have never had this excessive tire noise with a car before my wife's GS300 with the origional Bridgestone tires at 25,000 does not have this problem?
Any commenst would be appreciated
Is it the car or just the choice of tires I have never had this excessive tire noise with a car before my wife's GS300 with the origional Bridgestone tires at 25,000 does not have this problem?
Any commenst would be appreciated
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Originally Posted by ATSOU
As tires are wearing down, tire noise do get louder, especially with low profile performance tires.
Agree, also tread design plays a major role in the road noise of tires. In the future when purchasing new tires, check out the customer reviews from dealers like tirerack.com.
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It has to do with how the tire wears. If there is a uneven wear, it will cause noise. Most tires low profile tires will make noise when you put lot of miles on them.
I know for a fact that earlier (2003 & 2004) 350Z has road noise issue do to tire feathering or AKA cupping. It has to due with their front suspension system.
Also if a tires has thick sidewall, it also tends make more noise than tires with softer sidewall but thick sidewall are more firm when cornering and better for performance.
I know for a fact that earlier (2003 & 2004) 350Z has road noise issue do to tire feathering or AKA cupping. It has to due with their front suspension system.
Also if a tires has thick sidewall, it also tends make more noise than tires with softer sidewall but thick sidewall are more firm when cornering and better for performance.
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Originally Posted by RON430
Man I wish I could get a straight answer from anyone on this. .
So....how does this cause noise? Well, when the outer edges of the tire wear in one direction like that, the small sawteeth-shaped spaces open up in the tread on the outer edges and let in air in as the tire rotates...this in the space that was formerly taken up by the solid rubber. These sawtooth-shaped spaces whirling around and the air being continually forced in and out of the spaces is what causes the howling noise. Unless you have uni-directional tires, it can be minimized somewhat by cross-rotating the tires on the opposite sides of the car so that you get the saw-tooth shapes in the opposite direction that cancel each other out and leave a relatively flat surface.
This usually happens no matter where you have an alignment done, how carefully they do the job, or what specs they use. Sooner or later, with today's tires some of it is inevitable. it is one of the penalties of anti-hydroplaning and cornering performance.There is very little that can be done about it short of putting on yesterday's bias-ply tires with the old-fashioned tread.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-24-05 at 12:27 PM.
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