upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise

vibebob · Post by **vibebob** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:03 am

Maybe it is all in my mind, but after I got new rims (ASA AR1) and new tires (Goodyear LS) I seem to notice a lot less road noise. The tire pressure on the LS is 38. I like the new look. now I gotta drop it.

Celtic_Curse · Post by **Celtic_Curse** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:26 am

Thats great! I went with 18's and every bump is amplified into the car. I did notice that when I pit my winter 16's on though the road noise is gone. Post pics of your rims!

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:56 am

Some tires are MUCH noisier than others... so, where is the pics??? This post is nothing without pics...

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:10 am

Pics?

02csnow · Post by **02csnow** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:19 am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what they said. pics!

vibebob · Post by **vibebob** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:44 am

sorry about that. the only pic I have for now is from my phone camera so it isn't the sharpest but will give you the rims.

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CountryVibe · Post by **CountryVibe** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:09 am

Great look

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:19 am

Looks nice!

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:09 pm

Those wheels LOOK HOT man...!!! Very similar to the ones i had on my VW back in the day... They would look even better in like a graphite color, but that's just my personal prefrence...thanks for the pic, camerphone or not, we can SEE the difference..!!!

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:10 pm

Fixed for ya....

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:38 pm

like the rims... but 38PSI... isn't that kinda high...

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:13 am

Nice rims! They really "POP" against your color Vibe.38psi is a little high, maybe your only riding on a centerpatch of the tire and that's why it's so quiet. lol. J/K.My current tires that I got with my wheel deal are loud ashell. They are Sumitomo HRZ55. I'm only keeping them until this fall when I get a set of good all seasons. Tiresmake a huge difference in road noise. The tires that wereon my oen alloys were Firestone affinity and they were super quiet.

quicksilver · Post by **quicksilver** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:46 am

I concur with the previous post on both items, 38 psi is high...but the rims look bad (removed) and go very well with the Vibe imo.

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:22 am

I run at or near 38-40 on my Subaru... They came back from mounting with 44 in them... I might go back to 44 as these Falken 512 suck donky ballzAND they make a HUGE amount of noise.... kinda like an old laser beam sound clip... going around fast off ramps sounds like i'm drifting, although i'm not....

vibebob · Post by **vibebob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:50 am

thanks Sublimewind for fixing the pic and all the great comments on the wheels.I thought 38 PSI was a bit high, might drop it to 35.

manicdan · Post by **manicdan** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:13 pm

i keep mine at abut 42psi on my 225/40ZR18s. its more fun going around turns

upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise

upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise

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