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I have put barely 20K miles on the Firehawk SZ50 EP and they are getting too noisy. Worse than the original BF g-force.
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Captain Bart
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Originally posted by Captain Bart:
I have put barely 20K miles on the Firehawk SZ50 EP and they are getting too noisy. Worse than the original BF g-force.
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... or could it be the front wheel bearings?
Captain Bart
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No...its the tires. My dad had those prior to what he has now (even bigger mistake, Badyear Eagle 1's - LOUD)
Its just how they are. The harder the rubber the louder they get.
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Originally posted by CSVT985:
No...its the tires. My dad had those prior to what he has now (even bigger mistake, Badyear Eagle 1's - LOUD)
Its just how they are. The harder the rubber the louder they get.
Not in my experience. More a factor of the tread pattern IMHO. I've got 80,000 mile touring tires on my Honda Accord EX Coupe - very hard compound. Tires are more smooth & quiet than the POS soft 40,000 mile Michelins they replaced. Been that way for every high quality high mileage touring tire I've bought. A little research goes a long way.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by CSVT985:
No...its the tires. My dad had those prior to what he has now (even bigger mistake, Badyear Eagle 1's - LOUD)
Its just how they are. The harder the rubber the louder they get.
I guess you're saying Eagle F1s.... They are not hard rubber. And I agree, it's more to do with tread pattern. Cheapo touring tires that were on my car were loud because they're tread pattern was just some crap. My fuzions are a lot quieter (don't hear anything, atleast not over engine/exhaust).
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Originally posted by Captain Bart:
I have put barely 20K miles on the Firehawk SZ50 EP and they are getting too noisy. Worse than the original BF g-force.
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Are your tires showing any wear pattern? My original g-force KDWs got tossed at about 25,000 miles because the wear made my SVT sound like it had a bunch of rocks where the wheel bearings should have been, at any speed, but worse when slowing to a stop. New KDWs and 4 wheel alignment fixed the problem. At nearly 25,000, they're nothing like the originals were.
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The problem is now fixed. There was nothing wrong with the tires. It was the wheel bearings.
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Originally posted by Captain Bart:
... or could it be the front wheel bearings?
DING DING DING DING DING!!!!
Originally posted by Captain Bart:
The problem is now fixed. There was nothing wrong with the tires. It was the wheel bearings.
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hey if you think they're noisy, then let me know where you got them because i want a set for my mustang, i have them on the front and they're the best i have had and quiet. so if you dont like them i would take them if they were the right size.
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