Tire Noise
07-10-08, 12:25 PM
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Tire Noise
So my IS350 is in the shop to get the TSIBs for the driver seat sqeak and the startup noise. My loaner is an ES350 which is much different in a lot of ways, obviously.
The biggest difference though, is the lack of tire noise. My IS has 15k miles and appears to have a lot of tread on it, but when driving on most streets, you hear a TON of tire noise. In the ES, you hear nothing. Is it just the nature of the 2 cars, or do you think my car needs an alignment and/or new tires?
The biggest difference though, is the lack of tire noise. My IS has 15k miles and appears to have a lot of tread on it, but when driving on most streets, you hear a TON of tire noise. In the ES, you hear nothing. Is it just the nature of the 2 cars, or do you think my car needs an alignment and/or new tires?
07-10-08, 12:56 PM
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So my IS350 is in the shop to get the TSIBs for the driver seat sqeak and the startup noise. My loaner is an ES350 which is much different in a lot of ways, obviously.
The biggest difference though, is the lack of tire noise. My IS has 15k miles and appears to have a lot of tread on it, but when driving on most streets, you hear a TON of tire noise. In the ES, you hear nothing. Is it just the nature of the 2 cars, or do you think my car needs an alignment and/or new tires?
The biggest difference though, is the lack of tire noise. My IS has 15k miles and appears to have a lot of tread on it, but when driving on most streets, you hear a TON of tire noise. In the ES, you hear nothing. Is it just the nature of the 2 cars, or do you think my car needs an alignment and/or new tires?
07-10-08, 01:12 PM
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It has a lot to do with the tire tread and compound material as well as your camber and toe settings.
If you want quiet, you are going to want less sporty/sticky tires (in general).
If you want quiet, you are going to want less sporty/sticky tires (in general).
07-10-08, 02:57 PM
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I had the PS2's on my car and they where so quiet compared to the OEM RE050 tires that are back on my car. Night and day difference both in handling and the amount of noise. Sounds like something is wrong with them after having the PS2's on it. A great all around performance tire for the $$ IMO that is
07-10-08, 03:11 PM
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To me it sounds like they are falling apart and the rubber is brittle or something. I am going to have Discount look at them and drive my car to see if there is something wrong with them. I cant see anything visually and I just took them off again to throw on spacers. I put on 20mm in the rear and it fits perfect and planted the car again
They just bolted right on and took all of 5 min to install. Drives so much better and of course looks good too I will let you know if I find anything out
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07-10-08, 03:30 PM
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its called performance tires.. i have a pair of michelin ps2 225/40/18 for sale PM for details if your interested. great tires and road noise is better along with handling.. i actually have dunlops on my car now and are pretty quiet compared to the potenzas
07-10-08, 03:34 PM
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So my IS350 is in the shop to get the TSIBs for the driver seat sqeak and the startup noise. My loaner is an ES350 which is much different in a lot of ways, obviously.
The biggest difference though, is the lack of tire noise. My IS has 15k miles and appears to have a lot of tread on it, but when driving on most streets, you hear a TON of tire noise. In the ES, you hear nothing. Is it just the nature of the 2 cars, or do you think my car needs an alignment and/or new tires?
The biggest difference though, is the lack of tire noise. My IS has 15k miles and appears to have a lot of tread on it, but when driving on most streets, you hear a TON of tire noise. In the ES, you hear nothing. Is it just the nature of the 2 cars, or do you think my car needs an alignment and/or new tires?
07-10-08, 05:15 PM
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It sounds like they are defective its soooo loud and I cant figure out what is wrong. they only have maybe 12k miles since I had winter rims/tires plus the summer rims. I have plenty of tread on them
To me it sounds like they are falling apart and the rubber is brittle or something. I am going to have Discount look at them and drive my car to see if there is something wrong with them. I cant see anything visually and I just took them off again to throw on spacers. I put on 20mm in the rear and it fits perfect and planted the car again They just bolted right on and took all of 5 min to install. Drives so much better and of course looks good too
I will let you know if I find anything out
To me it sounds like they are falling apart and the rubber is brittle or something. I am going to have Discount look at them and drive my car to see if there is something wrong with them. I cant see anything visually and I just took them off again to throw on spacers. I put on 20mm in the rear and it fits perfect and planted the car again
They just bolted right on and took all of 5 min to install. Drives so much better and of course looks good too I will let you know if I find anything out
Why did you put spacers on the rear?
07-10-08, 05:26 PM
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another member has the 2 front tires for sale. Give them a try and tell me what you think and how the noise is. My car sound like **** now and I have never had a car OEM sound this way. Has it gotten worse? I dont know but after having the other tires on its much louder. I noticed this also from the SNOW tires and going back to OEM before I had the summer rims/tires on the car.
So speaking from real world experience and what I have seen and heard its the tires on the car all day long.
Mike
07-10-08, 05:29 PM
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