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Road noise - rear wheel well

New Honda Civic from year 2016 onwards
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ptan99
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Road noise - rear wheel well

Post by ptan99 » Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:08 pm

Hi,

I just got my Civic yesterday; it is a very enjoyable and comfortable car.

One thing I found is that while sitting in the front, the car is very quiet, even when on the road as road noise are well insulated.

Sitting as a passenger, however, is a different story. The road noise at the rear passenger seat is significantly louder (I believe I am not being picky).

I checked and knock around the rear wheel well and surprise -- it seems to be made of some kind of fibre wood?! Curious, I checked on the front wheel well as well, and found that is of a different material, but definitely not fibre material.

This is the first time I am owning a Honda. Is this the norm? Does the wheel well need to be replaced after a while (before the 10 year COE expiry)? Or there are some after market mod that can change this and at the same time add sound insulation.

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Re: Road noise - rear wheel well

Post by Nagalar » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:48 pm

I swapped the stock Hancook made in Indonesia tyres with Michelin Primacy ST3. Added sound insulation too. Helps a lot in reducing the noise.

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