Do the classic scoobys suffer from high levels of road noise? By the sound of stones bouncing off the underside it would seem that little attempt was made at sound proofing.
My my97 has the constant noise of the road invading the car and can be heard even with the stereo on.
The rubber I have is Eagle F1 - are these especially noisy?

Cheers
Nick

 

I have a problem also with road noise...rather annoying..

 

What size wheels & tyres are you running on?

 

225/35/18 Toyo's

 

Standard, and not too nasty, 15" with 205/55/15.

 

Road noise is common on classics; they're just not refined as the new age. I hear stones bouncing off the underside of my car all the time. It's a Std MY99 on 16 Inch 205/50 Potenzas.

The pay off is that the lack of sound proofing means that you get to hear more of the flat four rumble! :-)

Best.

 

And it means the car is lighter.

 

They will be noiseier than standard.

Wider tyres with a lower profile increases it

 

[The pay off is that the lack of sound proofing means that you get to hear more of the flat four rumble! :-)

Best.[/QUOTE]
Yeh, it has its plus points I suppose I'll get used to it. Only really noticead it today when I had somebody in the back. Though next time I have to take the mother-in-law somewhere...

 

Just turn the music up louder...

G.

 

The road noise in mine is awful (MY98) with 215/40.17s. Over some surfaces it's great but on others it drones and rumbles. I originally had Toyos which aren't known as a noisy tyre anyway but this time went for F1's after I saw them score highly noise-wise in a tyre test but there's no noticeable difference. I fitted a Noise Killer Acoustikit but that didn't make any difference to the road noise although it quietened everything else down.

 

Do yah want the rallycar experience or luxo barge?

 

Mine (MY00) used to be terrible, however recently purchased a new carpet, that made a vast improvement, other thing I did was to remove the polythene sheeting on the doors and replace with 1000 guage stuff from DIY store..............cabin now very quiet, Door mirrors create a lot of noise too.......still working on that one

 

Yeah - wrong car if you want luxary, but...for a tarmac terror !

 

haven't really noticed it on mine 'y' reg. classic
17s 215/40's
and i work in a quarry where i drive 12 miles a day there and back
down country lanes :-)

 

I had major issues with exhaust noise and this is how I solved it....

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