georgieboy
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I have a t6.1 4 motion swb with Goodreich AT tyres, great for muddy conditions but very noisy on road, want to put some 19" rims/tyres, any suggestions as to the quietest tyres I can get for summer use
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Lots of tyre retailers on line, such as https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/
Have a browse, look at your tyre size and load rating and see which tyres have low noise levels.
To be fair after All Terrain tyres, any quality summer tyre is going to be quieter.
Have a browse, look at your tyre size and load rating and see which tyres have low noise levels.
To be fair after All Terrain tyres, any quality summer tyre is going to be quieter.
This is much misunderstood. The noise ratings are "drive by" figures recorded with an external microphone at the roadside (or the laboratory equivalent) and bear little relation to tyre noise transmitted though the vehicle and experienced by the occupants.
I've never really taken too much notice of them, but there doesn't appear to be a better indicator of "in the vehicle tyre noise".
I just buy quality tyres and accept that an AT tyre is inherently noisier than a standard summer tyre.
I use BFG All Terrain Tyres. Excellent tyres for what they are meant for. When new they are quite quiet but get noisier as the mileage goes up. The other thing to look at is tyre pressures are they correct. Often Off Road tyres are built much tougher than normal road tyres they may have additional bracing and plies they are often XL and have much higher carrying specification. This for many reasons carrying of course but off road tyres live tough lives, abrasion and heavy nocks and so on. I imagine few would adopt the original vehicle manufacturers suggested PSI We need to use a tyre comparison site pump in all the original details on the sticker for VW tyres for ones own vehicle then alongside in an appropriate place pump in ones own new tyre details and as fast as rushing air a new pressure will be suggested. In reality the vast majority of people on this or any other forum would be far better of with Good quality All Season Tyres such as Michelin Cross-climate or something similar from another leading manufacturer.
