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Old 11-22-2008, 07:28 AM
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I have been running the Dunlop Z-1 StarSpec's and after 10,000 miles on the tires they have gotten progressively louder on the road. I really did not pay much attention until I put the snows on...

How have the other "performance" tires done in terms of road noise?
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My Yoko Advan Neovas got noisy too after some usage.
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Default Almost all performance tires get noisey at about 10K miles.

Some more than others. One of the reason my summers are now all seasons
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Oh yes, any blocky tread will get very loud, good excuse for new ones!
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Default I posted the exact same thing not too long ago.....

Put on my Dunlop Winter Sports and realized just how loud the stock Pirelli P-Zeros had become. My guess is the Pirelli's have about 9000 miles on them.

Michelin Pilot Sport 2 seem to have a much better noise rating according to the tire rack. This is probably what I'll go with next Spring.

To a certain extent you cant avoid the fact, however, that more grip=more friction=more noise
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