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Car Forum / Honda Cars / February 2005Road noise
I find the road noise in my '94 Accord pretty deafening while driving on a typically worn highway. Are the newer models any better? Does any particular model stand out in shutting out the road noise from the passengers? Rudy I am familiar with the 96 since I have owned it for about 5 years and the 2004's since my g/f owns one that I drive frequently. My 96 is quieter than her 04 but only because of what I did about 3 years ago. I removed all the seats, carpeting, headliner, trunk lining pieces, and all 4 door panels. I installed dynamat type of sound deadening material all over and used spray adhesive to glue down foam to the flooring. I installed dynamat on the backside of all of the doors and plastic bubble wrap on all the doors behind the panels for wind noise. I put dynamat on the roof panel under the headliner. The doors shut more solid, the radio sounded instantly better with more rich sound (with just stock speakers and radio) and the road noise is very low. I have a decibel meter but haven't used it yet while driving. There is hardly a car I get into that is quieter. If you have cupped or oddly worn tires, or cheap tires that can be a huge contributor to road noise. The 04 has way too much road noise for a new car as far as I am concerned. It really drowns out the stock radio to the point that it is not enjoyable to listen to the radio while driving and turning it up just makes the radio sound like sh.t. I am not talking about distortion or treble bass controls the radio sound just sucks on the 04 lx models. > I find the road noise in my '94 Accord pretty deafening while driving > on a typically worn highway. Are the newer models any better? Does any > particular model stand out in shutting out the road noise from the > passengers? > > Rudy > I find the road noise in my '94 Accord pretty deafening while driving > on a typically worn highway. Are the newer models any better? Does any > particular model stand out in shutting out the road noise from the > passengers? Noise = tire noise + engine noise + wind noise - sound insulation. Once you have a car, the simplest thing is to find a quieter tire. Worn tires tend to be louder on bad pavement. It might be possible to add sound insulation, but that would be a lot of trouble to go through and would add weight. I believe some car stereo places do that kind of work. > Noise = tire noise + engine noise + wind noise - sound insulation. > Once you have a car, the simplest thing is to find a quieter tire. Actually, the simplest and cheapest way is to turn up the volume on your radio. =) > > Noise = tire noise + engine noise + wind noise - sound insulation. > > Once you have a car, the simplest thing is to find a quieter tire. > > Actually, the simplest and cheapest way is to turn up the volume on > your radio. =) Why didn't I think of that? Of course you don't notice the tire noise as long the speakers drown it out. It's like looking better by hanging around ugly people. ;-) > Noise = tire noise + engine noise + wind noise - sound insulation. > > Once you have a car, the simplest thing is to find a quieter tire. > Worn tires tend to be louder on bad pavement. This does not apply in my case as I have new Michelin tires. > It might be possible to add sound insulation, but that would be a > lot of trouble to go through and would add weight. I believe some > car stereo places do that kind of work. I agree that a do-it-yourself extra sound insulation is too much trouble for the average motorist. The purpose of my posting was not so much about how to do my own sound proofing but to find out if there were any Honda models that stand out in being quieter than others. Rudy > I agree that a do-it-yourself extra sound insulation is too much > trouble for the average motorist. The purpose of my posting was not so > much about how to do my own sound proofing but to find out if there were > any Honda models that stand out in being quieter than others. > > Rudy Everyone has his/her own definition of "quiet." Different roads cause differing levels of noise, and some noise cannot be avoided. After having owned three Civics and now an '04 4-cyl 4-door Accord, the improvement in "quiet" is dramatic. I'm very satistfied with my Accord. Sure, there are going to be quieter cars, but.... Oh, and then there are those who say the stereo system sucks. I think it's terrific. :) Opinions, opinions. |
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