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Jamied281

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Road noise and Comfort
« on: 21 February 2011, 17:17 »
To rack the brains of the more experienced, would changing the tyres to 225 x 45 x r18 help in reducing road noise and making the ride comfort a little bit better?

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Jay  :laugh:
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Offline Buck

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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #1 on: 21 February 2011, 17:33 »
Hi

A big part of the road noise is the tread and compound that tyre manufacturers use so if sticking to the same brand/model of tyre I don't think so.

For comfort, a 45 wall is slightly deeper so will give you more 'bounce' and bump absorbtion = comfort.
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #2 on: 21 February 2011, 17:34 »
Quote from: Jamied281 on 21 February 2011, 17:17
To rack the brains of the more experienced, would changing the tyres to 225 x 45 x r18 help in reducing road noise and making the ride comfort a little bit better?
Cheers
Jay  :laugh:

What are your present tyres and wheels? If they are 225/40 R18s then going to 225/45 R18 is not an option as it is not an equivalent tyre. It will not only change your gearing by -3.5%* but would increase road noise considerably. It would also ruin the balance of the car. The only way to decrease road noise and improve ride comfort is to either buy a better tyre for your 18" wheels or reduce the wheel diameter to 17" and use 225/45 R17 tyres. Or better still, you should order the car with ACC.

*Speed at counter = 62 mph, Actual speed = 60 mph
Counter needs to be re-calbrated.

Look at the link below.
Tyre No1 is 225/45 R18, Tyre No2 is 225/40 R18
http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/tyre-equivalence-advice.html

« Last Edit: 21 February 2011, 18:03 by am1w »
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #3 on: 21 February 2011, 19:30 »
thanks for the help so far, so i need to replace the two fronts(Potholes :sick:) but what with???      Pirelli   P zero Rosso or Michelin Pilot Sport 3?

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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #4 on: 21 February 2011, 19:36 »
Read this:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=182266.0
Continental are bringing out a whole raft of new tyres soon.
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #5 on: 21 February 2011, 20:09 »
Continental   Sport Contact 3   any reviews on these chaps??
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #6 on: 21 February 2011, 20:31 »
Quote from: Jamied281 on 21 February 2011, 20:09
Continental   Sport Contact 3   any reviews on these chaps??

This will be a dated tyre soon as Continental are revising their whole range.
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #7 on: 21 February 2011, 20:34 »
Cheers for the advice  :smiley:

Bit stuck tho as the tyre has a buldge in it and needs replacing  :cry:

Jay
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #8 on: 21 February 2011, 20:38 »
Quote from: Jamied281 on 21 February 2011, 20:09
Continental   Sport Contact 3   any reviews on these chaps??

Utter sh!te
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Re: Road noise and Comfort
« Reply #9 on: 21 February 2011, 20:49 »
Jay:
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/
It's all in there.
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