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2016 A8 Tire(road) Noise

Old 08-16-2018, 04:16 PM
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UPS screwed up and didn't get my tires delivered yesterday, so they didn't get to the installer until late today. Which means I have to wait until Monday now to get them put on. I'm utterly sick of these Continentals and can't wait to get rid of them.
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Originally Posted by dwboston
UPS screwed up and didn't get my tires delivered yesterday, so they didn't get to the installer until late today. Which means I have to wait until Monday now to get them put on. I'm utterly sick of these Continentals and can't wait to get rid of them.

Just had my Michelin N-specs installed today. Some dealer concern on the non-standard width, but I think I'll be fine. Much quieter than the P-Zero Neros, but not exactly silent either which I guess is normal. Rides much smoother. Can't speak to handling yet. They also replaced my front sway bar and links at the same time on warranty. I read that you had a similar issue a while back.
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Originally Posted by Puzz1
Just had my Michelin N-specs installed today. Some dealer concern on the non-standard width, but I think I'll be fine. Much quieter than the P-Zero Neros, but not exactly silent either which I guess is normal. Rides much smoother. Can't speak to handling yet. They also replaced my front sway bar and links at the same time on warranty. I read that you had a similar issue a while back.
Nice. The N-Spec A/S 3's will have to be quieter than these DWS06 tires. They were really good for the first 15k miles but have gotten progressively noisier and mushier-feeling since then.
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Funny that this comes up, my Pirelli seem to have become noisier recently.
Old 08-20-2018, 08:32 AM
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New tires installed this morning. So far so good - no vibration/excess noise at speeds >75mph and much smoother-riding than the DWS06 was at the end. Fingers crossed.
Old 08-21-2018, 10:22 PM
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Default Noise cancelling foam, lol

the brand new Pirelli p zero Nero’s on my car started to make a slight road noise after getting accident damage fixed to the front end (2 months in the shop). We thought it could be alignment, bunch of other things. After the noise became a full on rattle at high speed, it was discovered that the noise canceling foam in the tires had come loose, broke apart and was banging around inside. I put my wife on the case as I just didn’t have the time but they covered it under tire warranty and replaced with the p Nero’s without the foam and all is well again. I believe the foam this is a known issue from Pirelli, though not a full on recall I don’t think. I suspect in my case because the car sat for a while while at the body shop, tires developed a slight flat spot..so after rolling again it dislodged the foam and kicked off this nightmare.
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The only tires you should put on an a8 are Michelins, Continentals or Pirelli P Zeros. I tried a bunch of different tires on the a8 and had many inner sidewall failures. The money I thought I was saving could have killed me and the sidewalls failed with the treads being like new.
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