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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Getting ready to buy some new rear tires for my Z and am looking for the absolute quietest ones out there. Any suggestions my 'Vette brothers?





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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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My GSD3s were very quiet until 12k miles or so. Somewhat noisy now, at 20k+ miles.
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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Mich PS2s

No run flats
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It will be difficult for any one person to say which is the quietest.
I can share that my Nitto Invos are much quieter (handle better too) than the OEM Goodyears I took off.
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My Dad had some Goodyear Eagle F1 Super Car tires or something along those lines. They were expensive as hell, and ridiculously soft and quiet with amazing traction.

I don't know if they seemed so quiet just because his previous tires were in horrible condition or if they were truly that quiet. I have some Michelin's on mine and they are somewhere in-between.
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I replaced my oem Goodyear Eagle Supercar with Michelin PS2's. Much better ride qualities and less noise as well. Hard to quantify the quieter aspect but I'm very happy with the choice.
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Originally Posted by pcbunn
I replaced my oem Goodyear Eagle Supercar with Michelin PS2's. Much better ride qualities and less noise as well. Hard to quantify the quieter aspect but I'm very happy with the choice.
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My General Exclaim UHPs' were SILENT....even quieter than my current Michelin PS2s'.
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My Michelin PS2's are great tires. Much quieter and better ride than the GY run flats. Don't expect miracles though as these cars are not insulated all that well and on certain road surfaces any tires will "sing".
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I've had the following tires on my Z06
Goodyear Supercars (2 sets)
Kumho Ecstas
PS2's
Goodyear GSD3's
Nitto Invos

The quietest by far is the Invos.

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