Tire Noise Question
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Tire Noise Question
99 FRC, 75k miles. Great car.
A year ago went with inexpensive rims and tires. Not a great choice but necessary at the time. I want the smooth quiet ride I fell in love with back!
These rims http://www.finishlinewheels.com/spec...+Z06+Sizes%29/
Sumitomo HTR Z 3s
As you can imagine the road noise is god awful. As finances have significantly improved time to fix the issue. Will quality tires help with road noise, or are the rims contributing to the problem? If I can get away with new rubber I'll keep the wheels for now.
Tire recos?
A year ago went with inexpensive rims and tires. Not a great choice but necessary at the time. I want the smooth quiet ride I fell in love with back!
These rims http://www.finishlinewheels.com/spec...+Z06+Sizes%29/
Sumitomo HTR Z 3s
As you can imagine the road noise is god awful. As finances have significantly improved time to fix the issue. Will quality tires help with road noise, or are the rims contributing to the problem? If I can get away with new rubber I'll keep the wheels for now.
Tire recos?
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I don't think the wheels have anything to do with the road noise, I run Sumitomo HTR Z II and they are very quite, The HTR Z III are a more agressive tire.
There are a lot of tires out there, Check with Tire Rack and I believe they rate all the tires.
Mr.Bill
There are a lot of tires out there, Check with Tire Rack and I believe they rate all the tires.
Mr.Bill
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