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upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:03 am
by vibebob
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.
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:26 am
by Celtic_Curse
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!
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:56 am
by Sublimewind
Some tires are MUCH noisier than others... so, where is the pics??? This post is nothing without pics...
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:10 am
by ajflan
Pics?
Re: upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise (vibebob)
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:19 am
by 02csnow
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what they said. pics!
Re: upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise (02csnow)
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:44 am
by vibebob
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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Re: upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise (vibebob)
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:09 am
by CountryVibe
Great look
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:19 am
by ajflan
Looks nice!
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:09 pm
by Sublimewind
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..!!!
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:10 pm
by Sublimewind
Fixed for ya....
Re: upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise (vibebob)
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:38 pm
by keithvibe
like the rims... but 38PSI... isn't that kinda high...
Re: upgraded to 17" Goodyear LS, new rims and less road noise (keithvibe)
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:13 am
by BlueCrush
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:46 am
by quicksilver
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:22 am
by Sublimewind
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....
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:50 am
by vibebob
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:13 pm
by manicdan
i keep mine at abut 42psi on my 225/40ZR18s. its more fun going around turns