Quiet Silica Tires? Which ones?
06-09-2010, 07:47 AM
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Quiet Silica Tires? Which ones?
Hi,
Im looking for suggestions for our W203, which is needing some new tires soon.
Im particularly looking for recommendations for tires with Silica compound and quiet.
Driving is not considered sporty, but decent grip in the wet is important.
What can you recommend please?
thanks
Im looking for suggestions for our W203, which is needing some new tires soon.
Im particularly looking for recommendations for tires with Silica compound and quiet.
Driving is not considered sporty, but decent grip in the wet is important.
What can you recommend please?
thanks
06-09-2010, 08:03 AM
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Most tires these days have a silica compound. You can go to tirerack.com and compare tires also they'll show you tire ratings in different conditions . I personally loved my Yokohama S. Drive tires when I had them on my OEM wheels. Now I have pirelli pzero nero all season and love them too. I've heard good things on the new bridgestone potenza RE760 sport. I was between those and my pirelli tires.
06-09-2010, 09:34 AM
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Michelin PS2's, PS2 A/S & Exalto PE2's are known quiet tyres on these cars as are Yokohama AVS db2's. The PS3 has yet to prove itself in this regard. Don't touch Conti's - they suck on a 203 from a noise perspective. I ditched ContiSports early in the car's life due to excessive noise & have only run Exalto's & PS2's since then. Have a new set of PS2's on the car now & once again they are dead quiet. 235/45/17 all round.
Unfortunately the 203 suspension transmits tyre noise into the cabin. If you are noise conscious as I am then tyre choice is crucial.
You should also run non directional tyres & rotate them corner to corner every 7000 miles max. If you have a staggered set up then rotate across the same axle, to change their rolling direction, to prevent tyre feathering & cupping which leads to air pumping noise. Never run tyres with big blocks in the tread. Only radial bands. Also watch inflation pressures. Never allow the fronts to run soft.
Good luck
Unfortunately the 203 suspension transmits tyre noise into the cabin. If you are noise conscious as I am then tyre choice is crucial.
You should also run non directional tyres & rotate them corner to corner every 7000 miles max. If you have a staggered set up then rotate across the same axle, to change their rolling direction, to prevent tyre feathering & cupping which leads to air pumping noise. Never run tyres with big blocks in the tread. Only radial bands. Also watch inflation pressures. Never allow the fronts to run soft.
Good luck
Last edited by Glyn M Ruck; 06-09-2010 at 09:42 AM.
06-10-2010, 11:04 AM
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Yes, avoid unidiretional tires if noise bothers you. Tires develop a pattern that starts making more and more noise. The ability to rotate the tires side to side makes it harder to develop this pattern. So you can buy the best unidirectional tires that are super quiet and then 10K miles later be totally dissapointed. What's funny is that when yout tires need replacing they are now noisy because of that, so any new tire you buy will seem very quiet in comparison, but it's not because the tire is quiet, it's that you didn't rotate the old tires.
