General road noise,

oldhammer · Jan 26, 2014

noticed the punto is getting noisy in the wet,
since rear bearings done,

just noticed its got wanali tyres on front,
never took much notice before,due to them having plenty tread didnt look at the makes,

are these normaly a noisey tyre?
rears are vdestrian,

KRaikkonenNo1 · Jan 26, 2014

I can say from my experience that I used to have budget tyres, think the make was Sunny or something, these were very noisy and I replaced them with a fair amount of tread left for Avon's..I noticed the difference in noise (less noise) and grip straight away!

as for those makes I cant really comment as have never used them

oldhammer · Jan 26, 2014

Cheers mate,
ive had alook on google,and the result is bad so ithink will be getting binned,(winali =ditch finders

)
-couidnt hear the roadnoise before because of moody rear wheel bearing,

sounds like a landrover,

KRaikkonenNo1 · Jan 26, 2014

nothing beats a bit of fresh tyre tread (especially quality tread)

You will appreciate the new rubber, I know I did!

ahh solve one problem..uncovers another, Punto's ay

oldhammer · Jan 26, 2014

aye true,.
got rid of the noise off the back and now got more on the front,

might rip the interior out when garage is empty..and dynamat it,

khumo tyres are going on me thinks,

benny279 · Jan 26, 2014

i use budget tyres all the time, cant say i hear the noise of the road because im deaf'n myself with my boom boom box in the boot!

benny

oldhammer · Jan 26, 2014

My punto wouid be rattled to bits if i installed my
old skool amp and sub,

benny279 · Jan 26, 2014

i have a 1,200watt FLI subwoofer, and rattling is understatement when you turn that volume dial to 20%!

my neighbour moaned once, cause i came on the drive with it blasting, and it vibrated his windows.......my bad!

Ziggy122 · Jan 26, 2014

Some tyres will be noisey on 1 car and not the next
Even on the same make and model

Most likely you could do with a possible tracking?
When my brother had his noisey astra running same all round
When he fronts were done - new went to the rear and the old rears went to the front

Along with a retracking - Which proved he had some bad tracking - yet no tyre wear from it the car quietened down ALOT

So maybe worthwhile having your local aligner do a quick adjustment for you

Ziggy

oldhammer · Jan 26, 2014

its not a tracking issue ziggy,
thats been done already. new track rod ends on both sides,

its the tyres ithink,
im going to put the fronts on the back tomoz see what happens just to eliminate
it,

Ziggy122 · Jan 26, 2014

oldhammer said:
its not a tracking issue ziggy,
thats been done already. new track rod ends on both sides,

its the tyres ithink,
im going to put the fronts on the back tomoz see what happens just to eliminate
it,

Did you get a garage to give you a print out?
If it was via a set of guages on floor - pah there rubbish

As for swapping tyres - yup try it
Just remember the rear's have the best tyres to prevent a bum kick out, as a fwd, dont cope with bums out that well....

Ziggy

s and b · Jan 26, 2014

Ziggy122 said:
Did you get a garage to give you a print out?
If it was via a set of guages on floor - pah there rubbish

As for swapping tyres - yup try it
Just remember the rear's have the best tyres to prevent a bum kick out, as a fwd, dont cope with bums out that well....

Ziggy

not so
i have these they now cost near £800
its the user not the tool
half an hours training and a monkey could use them
i did a guide many years ago for another car forum on how to make your own guages out of an adjustable clothes prop

oi give it some

oldhammer · Jan 26, 2014

Ziggy122 said:
Did you get a garage to give you a print out?
If it was via a set of guages on floor - pah there rubbish

it was done on a hunter set up,

Ziggy122 · Jan 26, 2014

Never heard of hunter personally

But i find alot of those floor guages are treated like crap - used by monkeys - and on a rubbish floor = Tracking isn't correct

So yes -- you are right SandB, its not the equipment its the monkey using it

I tried using a set of dunlop ones, i just cant get on with them, the fact they are used and abused, means calibration before setting up was poor, resulting in tracking not been correct afterwards

Ziggy

oldhammer · Jan 28, 2014

result.. fixed

peice of foam on plastic sheild / wheel arch,

ripped off and flung,

s and b · Jan 28, 2014

oldhammer said:
result.. fixed

peice of foam on plastic sheild / wheel arch,

ripped off and flung,

the bit that sits behind the plastic shield stopping muck going into door shut?

oldhammer · Jan 28, 2014

s and b said:
the bit that sits behind the plastic shield stopping muck going into door shut?

no ..the foam/sound deadning stuff on guard that goes round bottom fan belt pulley ,

feck knows what its for but its turned to soggy mush,and was hanging out,

its now in nextdoors garden..wont be going back on,

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