Need new ones soon,

getting a horrible sound from my current ones, over 70 K (KM)- 3 yrs.

still some tread left. What I want to know is .... do I do an allignment now or wait till I get new tyres? also which ones are good (low noise is my pref.)

I have been told to check on several tyre (tire ...) sites, but this being my fav site... i thought i would post here first..... (mod's.... give me a few hours before bumping me... thks)

 

Check tirerack.com, and wait until you get new tyres before alignment.

 

tubells - While going through the maxima.org logon process, if you ignore the '6th gen' entry and drop way down the menu to 'Maintenance', and, under that, to 'Tires and Wheels', there is a mountain of info on tires, all of it from folks of your favorite site: 'maxima.org'.

That would quickly give you the opinions of a great cross-section of Maxima drivers, which would be much better than waiting for a fairly small smattering of replies here.

You mentioned tire sites. A favorite site of mine, which reflects hundreds, even thousands of user-opinions on tires is 'tirerack.com'. Tire noise is one of the many categories on which each tire there is rated.

As to the alignment, if done correctly, I would not feel it would really matter whether you did it immediately before or immediately after mounting new tires. Others here, however, may have reasons why it might be better one way or the other.

I personally would try to do it immediately after putting on the new tires, just on the chance the person doing the alignment might notice the new tires and attach slightly more importance to doing a good job than if the car had scrappy tires. Of course many folks operating the alignment machines probably don't care one way or the other about what condition the tires may be in.

 

since your in canada buy from a canadian vendor and stop sending money down south.

www.1010tires.com, they out of BC so u dont get charged the PST.

I have a set of TOYO TR-1 tires for summer and stock rims and tires for winter. So if your going two set, go with Toyos TR-1 for summer and Toyos Garit HT for winter

or review:

http://www.1010tires.com/tirereviews...e_reviews.html

http://www.1010tires.com/tirereviews...e_reviews.html

http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...model=Proxes+4

All the best in your hunting

Kamski

 

IMHO, you get new tires then drive straight to the alignment shop, no detours.

I installed Michelin Pilot Sport A/S in 245/45x18 and could not be happier. They completely changed the nature of the car, for the better.

I originally bought Pilot Sports but drove only two or three miles and exchanged them for A/S. (No charge to switch, thank you Discount Tire!) The Sports were noisier than the RSAs and were too harsh for my daily driver.

 

So you blame the alignment for the tire noise ? 245/45-18 tires will make noise later or sooner, more so with cheapy OEM tires. All new tires should be quiet at first. So pay attention to reviewers with big mileages. If the only thing wrong with your driving is the tire noise, why do you need re-alignment ? By the way, don't buy AvonTech, they're noisier than the RSA.

 

Thks all for the tips..... will check the tyre/maintainence posts. and tiretrack....

Loh ... the small smattering of replies usually helps more.... thks again!

 

I agree with all of the points above. But these tires are not cheap. I paid Discount Tire $200 (US) each for them (mounted and balanced). I don't care much for the French, but they sure make a good tire.

With 70 K Km (43 K miles) it is probably time to replace them. My OE Goodyear tires developed small cups in the tread due to poor allignment from the factory. I ended up replacing them at 30 K miles more to get rid of the noise than anything else. The Michelin's are great compared to OE.