How 'bout that.

"Agrajag" (Agrajag) 08/12/2013 at 16:10 • Filed to: tires

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Has anyone heard of these? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Supposedly they'll reduce road noise by .9 decibels. Unfortunately they're still Conti's. I've never had luck with their tires.

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > Agrajag 08/12/2013 at 16:15

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But how do you get the Velveeta out of your tire when you want to make queso dip?

Joe_Limon > Agrajag 08/12/2013 at 16:15

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Hmmmm... If I say that I haven't heard them... Does that imply that I have or haven't been in a car equipped with them?

Bakkster, touring car driver > Agrajag 08/12/2013 at 16:23

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0.9 decibels is miniscule. If they reduced it to nearly 1/10th then they reduced it by 9dB.

More importantly, what does this do to the rolling resistance of the tire?

Agrajag > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/12/2013 at 16:32

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Is tire noise usually 90db? I'm not sure about rolling resistance, but it does say it's not supposed to affect performance. One might consider that a performance aspect.

Agrajag > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 08/12/2013 at 16:35

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LOL. It took me a minute.

Presumably by driving really fast to generate heat in the tire, then withdraw from tire by the valve stem.

Agrajag > Joe_Limon 08/12/2013 at 16:36

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Somehow both.

Bakkster, touring car driver > Agrajag 08/12/2013 at 16:49

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dB is always relative. If you reduce something to 10% of its prior level, you reduce it by 10dB. If you make it 10% again (1%) you reduce it another 10dB for a total of 20dB.

When we talk about overall volume, it's in reference to another volume (in most cases, 0dB = the faintest noise we can hear). Sounds like common highway noise is about 75dB . 75-9=66dB.

Agrajag > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/12/2013 at 17:00

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Was unaware of that, thanks. /insertthemoreyouknowgif

Frank Grimes > Agrajag 08/12/2013 at 17:17

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Half wheels might work.

Mazarin > Agrajag 08/12/2013 at 17:29

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