Domestic Violence

just the other day, i noticed a harmonic sound coming from the rear of my car while driving between 45 and 60 mph. any speed under or over, its gone.

the tires are new RSA's that have only been on the car for a few thousand miles.

any ideas?

carlosr

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Mine does the same thing, and i too have the "new" RSA's with @ 4k miles on them. I am pretty sure its the tires cause I only notice it on certain roads but its not too loud. I can't complain they were free and are for winter use only. My 20's are going back on very soon.

Dirtysouth10102

i have the same tires an same noise but i think its just diff roads really but who knows it could be the tires idk

larsim

I know exactly what you guys are talking about and the culprit are those RSA tires. As a matter of fact if you check tirerack.com you will find those RSAs are one of the noisest tires around. Bottom line: my car stopped singing when I replaced them......

Domestic Violence

whats strange is that the noise JUST started- and those RSA's are all new (recall) with few miles on them. its not a road-noise, its a harmonic noise that comes and goes- after 60mph.

its annoying more than anything.... but ill live with it until these tires are shot- but hey- they were free.

welery

I had an Eclipse GT with the GY RSA's. They were horrible noisy tires.

welery

BTW, Tirerack has the Avon Tech M500's at closeout price of $65 for the SL.

These are great tires at an awesome price

Lovemycar

Guys it's the billet grill making the noise i have the same issue as soon as i put that grill on the noise started the wind vibrates the grill making the noise

Domestic Violence

now thats funny

Lovemycar

Well you siad between 45-50 and i do know that grill makes noise at those
speeds do you have billet grill?

Joshua8

my RSA's are long gone, replace with pirelli rosso's
then rosso's went and replace with yoko yk 520's

the yoko's have better wet and dry grip with "similar" tread pattern
- the pirelli's were expensive and did not grip near as well
- the good years are garbage

the sound could be a bearing but the sound would be a singing almost musical "whoo-whoo-whoo"
that speed s up past 45 and disappears around 60
this would be from running over a bump that would cause a flat spot on one of your ball bearings on that hub

the tire sound will be more a "ruh-ruh-ruh" that stays but becomes much less noticable at higher speeds

Domestic Violence

its coming from the rear of the car