I just recently lowered my car with coilovers, and now the road noise is almost unbearable, it was really pretty quite before, because I sound deadened the whole car expect the door panels. I just have a stock cx hatcback. Has anyone else with a stock car lowered it and experienced this, or did I somehow screw something up to cause this?

 

my civic is lowered, and yes it is pretty noisy. but i dont really notice since i got the tunes blastin.lol.

 

did you put coilovers on stock shocks or aftermarket shocks???

When you lower a car I would imagine the road noise would be a bit louder since your car will be closer to the ground itself.

That's how we roll y0

 

I put on aftermarket shocks, I thought the roadnoise also might go down because of less air resistance against the car, but apparently not?

 

what kind of wheels/tires ?

 

did you get an alignment ofter you lowered the car?

 

i don't mind the noise after i lowered my car with coils. in fact i don't notice too much noise after the drop. and yes the road going to work is horrible but i don't hear no bad noise.

dunno why yours makin lot of noise.

 

wait till you put a 3 inch exhaust on your car.lol. i just finished my project and my exhaust is LOUD!!!!! It will go down a tad probly when i get the turbo on there in about a month but till then ill just have to turn it up a bit more.

 

have you checked visually? like anything hitting or too close causing wind from somethin too low? hows your spring seats? what tires are you runnin?

 

right now I just have on stock steelies and some toyo all season performance tires. I just ordered new tires for new 15 inch rims so I was going to wait until I got those on to get an alignment, most of the noise seems to be coming from up front. What exactly do you mean by "hows your spring seats"

thanks

 

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hehehe that's the reason i'm really hesitant to upgrade my exhaust. i like it nice and quiet but the looks of exhaust really killin me. i really like it

i'll prolly go with worldsports or rsr

 

tellin you right now i had my stock civic only a couple of inches off the ground it had road noise from hell till i got the tires realighned and balanced guess when you change the height everything else kinda ***** up so thats what i suggest

 

i think you eventually get used to all the noise, if you drive that car all the time. it's pretty bad on the freeway, and potholes hurt like a ****. one good thing... it'll keep u awake if u have to drive early in the morning or late at night, hehe.

 

keep in mind its not a cadillac.. your driving a lowered civic!!!!
suck it up and make it fast, just don't rice it out

 

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It's the toe. Your tires are eating themselves alive, trying to drive in two different directions at once. Get an alignment done immediately and it should address most of the noise.

 

thanks guys, I'll be getting an alignment as soon as possible

 

if u dont like the noises just raise ur car again. i cant really tell cause my cars full of bass and highs.

 

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An alignment will definately help!

 

what about ear plugs. that may do the trcick to.

 

It's definately the alignment. I got one after I lowered it and it sounded the same before it was lowered.