Would narrower tires be quieter than stock tires?
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Would narrower tires be quieter than stock tires?
I know some of you use different wheels and tires for winter driving, and I was thinking some might be using tires a lot narrower than the stock tires. Are the narrower tires significantly quieter than the stock tires?
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Thats understandable,but a simple post such as the one by z1 is good enough.with over 37,000 posts you ought to write a book,because I am sure all your posts were filled with nothing but helpful info,then you can sell them to all of us who are not as super smart as you.
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I would assume that Nissan had a reason for recommending specific tire widths and it would be wise to follow these recommendations for performance, handling, and safety reasons.
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Nitto Invo, very quiet
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I would think so. Logically, less surface area would mean less friction. Less friction makes less noise. Whether the difference is noticeable to the naked ear is beyond me.
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All things being equal, the identical tire with lesser width will run with less noise and get better mileage, but the difference is negligible.
It’s mostly the friction (and this is dependent upon tread design and the tire’s compound) that robs mileage and makes noise. Summer performance tires have a tread design that attempts maximizing contact with the roadway (i.e., maximum friction) along with a very hard compound-structure to keep the tire soft at high speed when friction heats the tire, and thus have more road noise.
Instead of focusing on narrowing the tire, you should investigate a tire’s road-noise rating. Summer performance tires that are relatively quiet: terrasmak recommends the Nitto Invo, and I would mention the Continental Extreme Contact DW.
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It’s mostly the friction (and this is dependent upon tread design and the tire’s compound) that robs mileage and makes noise. Summer performance tires have a tread design that attempts maximizing contact with the roadway (i.e., maximum friction) along with a very hard compound-structure to keep the tire soft at high speed when friction heats the tire, and thus have more road noise.
Instead of focusing on narrowing the tire, you should investigate a tire’s road-noise rating. Summer performance tires that are relatively quiet: terrasmak recommends the Nitto Invo, and I would mention the Continental Extreme Contact DW.
--Spike
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All things being equal, the identical tire with lesser width will run with less noise and get better mileage, but the difference is negligible.
It’s mostly the friction (and this is dependent upon tread design and the tire’s compound) that robs mileage and makes noise. Summer performance tires have a tread design that attempts maximizing contact with the roadway (i.e., maximum friction) along with a very hard compound-structure to keep the tire soft at high speed when friction heats the tire, and thus have more road noise.
Instead of focusing on narrowing the tire, you should investigate a tire’s road-noise rating. Summer performance tires that are relatively quiet: terrasmak recommends the Nitto Invo, and I would mention the Continental Extreme Contact DW.
--Spike
It’s mostly the friction (and this is dependent upon tread design and the tire’s compound) that robs mileage and makes noise. Summer performance tires have a tread design that attempts maximizing contact with the roadway (i.e., maximum friction) along with a very hard compound-structure to keep the tire soft at high speed when friction heats the tire, and thus have more road noise.
Instead of focusing on narrowing the tire, you should investigate a tire’s road-noise rating. Summer performance tires that are relatively quiet: terrasmak recommends the Nitto Invo, and I would mention the Continental Extreme Contact DW.
--Spike
Also, I've found through dealing with our different OE customers at work that every person has a different preference for sound. Some people like myself don't care at all about low frequency boom noise you might get from cheaper summer tires (like azenis) whereas those can make other people carsick. Same goes for high pitch noises. This is not even mentioning how the same tire could be silent on one car and unbearable on another, since every car has different sensitive ranges that might amplify the tire noise at a frequency.
I could go on all day about tire noise but to answer your question no, youcan't assume that narrower is quieter.
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