Re: Followup: tires and wheel bearings and noise
Bo Dacious <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.autos.subaru |
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On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:16:09 -0800, T <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi All, > >Got my four new Yokohama Avid Ascend LX P225/60 R16 >tires installed and all four of my wheel bearings >changed yesterday. > >The road noise in now only about 10% higher than >the rental car at high speed. Down about 200%. >Yippee! > >Most of the noise now in wind on the windows seals, >which are in good shape. > >Thank you all for the help and tips! > >Here is something odd: with my new Yoko's, I have >a tighter turning radius than I ever remember. >Huh .... > YMMV (imagine that, in an auto newsgroup) My OB came with those Yoko Avid tires installed. Hated them. Slightest scrub on a curb - bam! there's a sidewall blister. 1/2 inch woodscrew in the tread - bam again! Blowout on freeway. Need I mention that Subaru rule about tires being the same diameter on all 4 wheels? Nope, tired (hah!) of buying tires, asked the shop what's a tougher tire, got some Hankooks. They wear like iron.