OE Bridgestones are noisy! I know Calif roads are terrible but the road noise has become unbearable. If I turn up the stereo any louder, my ears will bleed. Even my pickup truck has a quieter ride on the same freaking surfaces! Suggestions for upgrade?
2007 Accord Coupe

 

Lower the tire pressure to a minimum of 32 PSI, this should help a little while keeping it in a safe range. If that doesn't help.... buy new tires?

 

^^^ Better yet, match the front and rear pressure to the sticker inside the driver's door. My father's X3 had too much air in 3 and too little in 1 tire; when I fixed them, the handling improved dramatically and the bumpiness in the back seat was reduced noticeably.

His issue wasn't road noise, but this is also effected by the tire pressure.

POStenza's FTL!!!

 

^^^ I only said 32 because I figured they were at or near the recommended pressure and still too noisy. Just amke sure if you lower the pressure you won't be driving on the sidewalls.

 

I figured that 32 was just a standard pressure recommendation. IDK what the sticker says on the 7th gens.

 

I drove it around for the first couple months or so at recommended PSI. When gas rose to over $4/gal, I said screw it and loaded them up to 38 psi (max is 40). Did not notice any appreciable difference in tire noise entering the passenger cabin.

So am I to understand that my '99 Toyota Tacoma pick up truck with BFG All-Terrains can be EXPECTED to be quieter over the same roadsas this Honda?!!

What tires can this group recommend for replacement?

 

I am concerned more with peak performance, but I haven't noticed any significant noise from Yokohama AVS dB S2's, but they stopped maing them due to a design flaw. Yokohama is a great brand though. Right now, I have Toyo Proxy4's and they are quiet also.

I had a set of Khumo's that I didn't really like. Pretty soon I'm going to get a set of rims and do summer and winter sets ..... winter may be all-season due to the temperature fluctuations in NNJ.