My dealer old me to ONLY buy the tires the Z came with. I usually get my tires at Sears because they give credit for wear and tear, for example if my 100,000 mile tires last for 20,000 miles then I get 80% off my replacement tire. If they last for 50,000 miles then I get half off. Makes a huge difference at the end of the day.
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cabin noise tire choice
I found switching from all-season to summer takes a lot of whine and drone away.
pilot super sport .. 285/245mm ~ $1400, .. that nitro fill works for years, btw... 1 yr 9 mo out, temps down to 47F mornings, no worries about stopping for lbs of air. btw2, wanted to try upgrade to potenza's; Bridgestone D17 but Niss dealer had it not. Shouldn't be too wedded to dealer for everything. A bit of 'standard' door & hatch insulation can't be wrong, Zs have some power, for price and competitiveness should try for 400 hp range imo .. but sound is econo-box level. Would need nismo 350hp to make up for hundred lbs of sound insulation, though if you don't spend much time above 4000 rpm, you probably don't need to worry about it. |
Hey guys, anyone know of a site where I can to get some dynamat (9 pack sheets) at a good price ?
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thank you , i will check those out.
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Tire Dealers
All reputable tire dealers will give you a credit on tires that wear out befor the stated mileage, IF you bought the tire from them. Just did it with Discounts/America Tire yesterday. On typical Toyoto Camry tires, Discount gave me a $53 credit on each tire (4), towards the new Bridgestone $120 tires for my Granddaughter. You can do better than Sears.
Sound deadening Material? I agree with the Frost King/Home Depot products. Really look at the reviews on the expensive stuff. Most say it helped some, not a lot. Overrated IMHO. Cheers |
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After reading this thread and others like it I decided to try something. Now, If I had expendable funds Id have everything dynamat-ed or lizard skinned. But I don not. So what I did was I took a blanket, its like one of those thin microfiber throws. I folded it and worked it to fit in the spare tire well, with a bit hanging out. I put the tire back in on top of that. I then took some mirofiber towels and folded them and stuffed them between the space between the tire and the metal separating the hatch and passenger area. I then all of the other layers back. Everything fit.
The result wast amazing, but it did knock out some of the most annoying ambient noise. And for the cost, it is a great alternative for knocking the edge off.:twocents: |
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Nope. Just one blanket
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I was cleaning some stuff out of closets this weekend and found a couple of fleece blankets / throws (Walmart, like $15). Wrapped one around the outside of the tire & stuffed one under the sub inside the spare. Made a pretty decent difference. I think both were Queen size. Between that and my new Indy 500 tires, I can actually have a conversation in the car now.
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Cabin Noise Reduction
I agree. Nissan could have done a better job. It's ridiculous. I was able to quiet mine down quite a bit, probably by 50%. Although I don't like adding weight, I did use Dynamat in the cargo area under and among the spare tire. Then I sprayed the foam inside the areas I could not get to without taking everything apart. Next, I found a real piece of carpet that was very thick online and threw away the paper thing OEM carpet. This helped a lot. It even had a Z emblem right in the middle. Lastly, I pulled all the plastic molding that surrounds the back window and used sound deadening on all sides. I just cut the shapes to fit in-between the lines. After that, it's now very quite. I was surprised on how much noise was coming in from there but on my car, it was clearly and improvement:happydance:.
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