Road noise

[tibwolf]

For what it’s worth, roughly 20sqft of CLD with 50+ sqft of Thinsulate really cuts down on the higher frequency road and wind noise. I still hear road imperfections and have the MP4S resonance at certain speeds, but I’m now much more comfortable in my car. My kids don’t complain and don’t have to yell in the back seat either.

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[rob495]

Earplugs? Man, you guys have some sensitive ears. Is it loud...Comparatively...Sure. But just put music on. Volume 10-15 or higher I don't feel like you can hear the road noise. Even with no music, it's not like I have to cover my ears, it's just driving.

I support anyone for wanting to try and make the car's road noise more tolerable, go for it. But I think these are either over exaggerations or you guys might have some personal health issues, just sayin. Not digging on anyone btw, I'm just genuinely shocked at comments like this.

If you haven’t driven from CT to Georgia on the highway in the Type R, which you haven’t judging by your comments, then you really don’t have any idea what you are taking about. You are commenting on my experience and making assumptions. I’ve driven from CT to Canada, down to FL, through GA, and back to CT multiple times. I’ve made this trip in a G80 M3, an M2Comp, an F250, an S2000, and a CTSV, . The road noise generated by the tires on the Type R on certain surfaces is the loudest amongst these cars. The road surfaces are different down south compared to the north east.

 

[Skrish78]

Yea the stock tires are definitely a huge contributor. As soon as I swapped them out it did make a good bit a difference on the road noise and interior noise.

What tire did you swap it with?

 

[SP R KiD]

If you haven’t driven from CT to Georgia on the highway in the Type R, which you haven’t judging by your comments, then you really don’t have any idea what you are taking about. You are commenting on my experience and making assumptions. I’ve driven from CT to Canada, down to FL, through GA, and back to CT multiple times. I’ve made this trip in a G80 M3, an M2Comp, an F250, an S2000, and a CTSV, . The road noise generated by the tires on the Type R on certain surfaces is the loudest amongst these cars. The road surfaces are different down south compared to the north east.

You're not wrong, I haven't made the drive nor do i have the experience.

I do have, however, my own personal driving experiences on extremely rough roads (toledo ohio). I'm not going to argue whether or not my roads are worse. I just have never ever had to complain about noise to that level.

I didn't mean to come across as overly critical regarding the earplugs comment, I'm just saying I find it hard to believe that road nosies are truly that'd bad. You do you lol I'm not judging. Protect your ears, they are yours after all.

Yes, comparably to other models I know the Type R is a loud car, but even OSHA doesn't require earplugs until 80-90 decibels or higher. Car and driver got this car up to 73 decibels and that's giving it everything.

 

[rob495]

You're not wrong, I haven't made the drive nor do i have the experience.

I do have, however, my own personal driving experiences on extremely rough roads (toledo ohio). I'm not going to argue whether or not my roads are worse. I just have never ever had to complain about noise to that level.

I didn't mean to come across as overly critical regarding the earplugs comment, I'm just saying I find it hard to believe that road nosies are truly that'd bad. You do you lol I'm not judging. Protect your ears, they are yours after all.

Yes, comparably to other models I know the Type R is a loud car, but even OSHA doesn't require earplugs until 80-90 decibels or higher. Car and driver got this car up to 73 decibels and that's giving it everything.

Not apples to apples, you don’t know what the road surface was like when they did the test.

About being overly critical … I don’t take offense with others disagreeing with me but I do get annoyed when people imply that I’m not being truthful.

 

[SP R KiD]

Not apples to apples, you don’t know what the road surface was like when they did the test.

About being overly critical … I don’t take offense with others disagreeing with me but I do get annoyed when people imply that I’m not being truthful.

Decibels are decibles...idc what the road surface was like. I'm sure they probably did whatever they could to create the noisest driving experience possible.

Idk I guess sorry I made you feel that way. I wasn't implying you were being untruthful just shocked like I said. Almost like when you see people wearing masks in cars by themselves, it's just surprising is all lol.

Anyway enjoy your ride buddy, protect them eardrums!

 

[dandaman15]

What tire did you swap it with?

I have 18's so the larger sidewall may also help but I have Falken RT615K+

 

[rob495]

Decibels are decibles...idc what the road surface was like. I'm sure they probably did whatever they could to create the noisest driving experience possible.

Idk I guess sorry I made you feel that way. I wasn't implying you were being untruthful just shocked like I said. Almost like when you see people wearing masks in cars by themselves, it's just surprising is all lol.

Anyway enjoy your ride buddy, protect them eardrums!

Good to go, stay safe

 

[MoonieGT]

Ok, so bit of an update for my car. For some reason at work today I began to wonder what my tire pressures were. So I just checked, the dealer set them to 50psi front and rear. FFS. I just lowered them to 34/32. First of all, the ride is now less harsh. Second, I do think it's a bit quieter, and it does seem less harsh as far as resonance/drone goes. Need more time behind the wheel on the highway etc. But dealer incompetence ftw, smh.

 

[AZCWTypeR]

Not sure what folks are running, but forged wheels can be noticeably louder than stock alloys. My road noise about doubled switching to lightweight wheels vs. stock alloys on a CRX (reused same tires).

Coarse road surfaces in AZ generate tons of noise. The CTR is quieter than my old FR-S though. My wife's CRV is loud too. At least the CTR radio sounds good enough to cut through the road noise.

 

[MoonieGT]

Ya, having my tires at the correct pressures has solved my road noise complaints. I can't believe the dealer screwed that up so badly. It's not luxury car quiet, and it's not supposed to be. But it's totally fine and acceptable for a performance car. The ITS damper control module and correct tire pressures makes the car ride quite nice. I think the stiffest car I had previously was a '20 STI. The Type R rides with better control and smoothness compared the STI, by a good margin too. The STI's suspension felt quite nice at speed, but for normal driving it was a little busy.

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