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Old 04-30-2003, 07:00 AM
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Default I have 18 inch S03's, and they have become very loud with 20,000 miles on them, I need a quiet...
high performance tire. Any sugestions.
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Default All HP tires get loud when the wear - some are worse than others and I think S03s are 1 of the bette
r ones. Might try the P Rosso's - people say they are quiet.
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Default my 18" S03s are pretty quiet compared to my now 19" Kuhmo MXs...
but the kuhmos are a 35 series tire, and i guess that makes a big difference...cause they are loud!
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Default Those get bad when they wear out too. Try Dunlop SP9000's...
...not as sticky as S-03's, but probably the winner of the comfort tests. Those will probably be my next tire after my experiences with SP8000's, RE040's, AVS Sports, Rossos, Pilot Sports and S-03's.
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Yeah - the 9000s are better than S03s in terms of dbs but you definitely give a little something up
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like the ridiculously excessive tramlining "feature" of the S-03's?
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It just gives you more chances to take a field sobriety test when you are sober
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Word on that one.......They can be like a MONORAIL without the rail sometimes
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From experience, SP 9000 gets bubbles easily, it is an unreliable tire, very bad in wet.
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So they're like Rossos then?
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