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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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I'm having a great amount of tire noise. Have 15k on current tires, and planning to replace, because of the noise. Any suggestions for a good quiet tire?
 
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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Have your alignment checked. Many of these cars have quite a bit of negative camber on the rear wheels. This will tend to chew tires up. Volvo has a kit available to reduce the amount of negative camber or there are adjustable upper control arms available aftermarket.

My V50 has (-2.4 deg) rear camber and it does chew the tires. However, it tracks curves like mad.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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michelin, conti, pirellis, any non-directional tire seems to bo good. NO kuhmo or bfg, maybe General.
 
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