Nick_Cat

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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

SamUK

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

scoobfan

What size wheels & tyres are you running on?

SamUK

iTrader: (1)

225/35/18 Toyo's

Nick_Cat

iTrader: (5)

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

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

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.

Pedro_79

And it means the car is lighter.

scoobfan

They will be noiseier than standard.

Wider tyres with a lower profile increases it

Nick_Cat

iTrader: (5)

[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...

Greeno

Just turn the music up louder...

G.

RaymondH

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.

Vegescoob

Do yah want the rallycar experience or luxo barge?

Bottomfeeder

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

scoobfan

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

scoobyDAZZA

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 :-)

danieldenham

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

http://forums.sidc.co.uk/messageview...threadid=15050