Abnormal Tyre noise

[Ferrarista]

Hi Guys,

Recently i've noticed that my tyres are making alot more noise than they used to, but my wheel alignment is fine and nothing shakes.

They have 50% thread left on them, would it be something i just didnt pick up before? They sound like ive got off road tyres

[DLO01]

Questions:

How do you know the alligment is ok?

Are they wearing evenly accross the tyres? If they wear uneven, they can get more noisy as time goes on. Expecialy uni-directional tyres.

2 its possible that a wheel/tyre is out of ballance. Ballancing weights can fall off and put it out of ballance.

[aaronng]

Tyres are meant to be rotated and balanced every 6 months/10000km. You doing that?

[EuroDude]

Ive read that most tyres loose grip the more they are worn down (due to the compound getting harder I think), especially in the wet since the tread grooves are smaller and carry less water away.

Have a read of this article: http://www.roadandtravel.com/consumerreports/dangersofworntires.htm


So you may simply need new tyres.