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Old 10-13-2010, 05:22 PM
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This is my first clk 430, and i was wondering about certain road noise. My car is a 2000, and the road noise is a little too much i believe, is it my tire brand (mischelin pilot sport A/S) or just old suspension, is this a common problem with this car?
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Hi I have had the same problem in my Opel with the same tires. For me it was the tires, after the tread had got down to about 50% they were really noisey. Once I put a new set of bridgestores on it was half the volume.

Apparently its not uncommon for Michelin tires to do it.
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pilot sport A/S are suppose to be some of the quietest tires you can by (so I have been told) I am not yet through 50% of the tread so I can not speak to that.

I had a lot of road noise. I got Pilot Sports A/S and the noise went down. I still had what sounded like road noise though. I came to find out that I had a shot hub bearing in the back passenger wheel. Once I had gotten that taken care of "road noise" is almost all gone. As all gone as it can be in a cab.

Im not saying this is your problem, but it was mine and might be something to look at if you yet up with good tires and still feel like maybe its too loud.
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its the tires. i got diff tires and i have that noise too
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its the tires. i got diff tires and i have that noise too


Big Mike is 100% correct. My old Contis were quiet. Several other brands were loud, and my last two sets of Dunlops have been quiet. I could tell the difference within 5 miles of the tire shop.
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Well i deffinantly need new tires, Mine are pretty worn. I will try that first, its seems to be the most pressing, and go from there, thanks guys for the info...
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Marcus, what model Dunlop are you running?
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Marcus, what model Dunlop are you running?
I have Direzza DZ101's now.
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Originally Posted by maxxwell22
This is my first clk 430, and i was wondering about certain road noise. My car is a 2000, and the road noise is a little too much i believe, is it my tire brand (mischelin pilot sport A/S) or just old suspension, is this a common problem with this car?
got same car,no road noise at all even at 125mph,tyres are falkens,i think someone else was complaining about michelins,are you sure it's tyre noise.
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Well i deffinantly need new tires, Mine are pretty worn. I will try that first, its seems to be the most pressing, and go from there, thanks guys for the info...
that is why.. they are worn and u dont have any rubber left to keep u off the road.
since my car is slammed and i do have a camber kit, they just started to wear out lil from inside and the noises started.
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Originally Posted by hemmington
got same car,no road noise at all even at 125mph,tyres are falkens,i think someone else was complaining about michelins,are you sure it's tyre noise.
because they are worn... worn tires will give u that noise too..
when i had my tires new, it was soo beautiful and now it started with the noise. im about to put my 16 back on since winter is coming up so its gonna be quiet again.
and yes tires makes noises and depends on the brand and so forth
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Originally Posted by hemmington
got same car,no road noise at all even at 125mph,tyres are falkens,i think someone else was complaining about michelins,are you sure it's tyre noise.


The only thing else i can think of would be suspension, being that the car is 10 years old. But my 95 cadillac was 15 yrs. old and sounded quiet, and its suspension wasnt the greatest, it had khumos on it.

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