noisy cars tyres (continentals)

I have them on my Focus; they are quieter than the NCT5's they replaced!

Chris

It's different to the experience I've had with them on my Capri. Excellent tyres.

have you checked the pressures are right?

yes my cars spot on with all its specs very thorough in all that kind of thing ,thanks

i agree the grip and comfort is good quality,think i'll go back to supplier and see what he comes up with, my car had a fairly quite ride but this is getting annoying

If it is a good car, then tyre noise penetrate far less and is less of a problem. I was surprised at the level of tyre noise in a 2007 Fiat Punto which I rented for one week, compared with my 1993 Saab

9000. Both cars had Pirelli tyres.

Different tyres suit different cars especially for cabin noise. It's quite logical really, a particular car will be best at filtering out noise at certain frequencies, and a particular make of tyre will generate noise at certain frequencies. So, if your Continentals chuck out noise that your car is no good at filtering out then you'll get a lot of noise.

well it's run quietly for 2 years on budget tyres and a mix of treads too,no probs at all till now

They're on back to front.

I doubt it; they're not directional...

Chris

Inside out?

I would imagine that would be fairly noisy, yes.

Chris

i though about that,being on the wrong way round,but chris has shot that in the foot,going to try an 5lbs increase in tyre pressure,if it don't work then i'm going to see what the supplier says thanks for all replies.

While these aren't directional tyres, they do have an "outside" and an "inside". See

I shouldn't think that mounting them "inside-out" would cause extra noise, but it's certainly something to check.

John

iv'e just received an e-mail from continental asking me to give them

1000 mile run in then get back to them if problem continues so will do that

Interesting..

Did you email them or did they find it on here?

...and do let us know which way it goes, whatever happens.