BigTinker

Hi Bidey thanks for the message, after researching tyre reviews I fitted two Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance tyres to the rear of my car today and I have found an improvement. I have less road noise from the rear and no booming so far. I think fitting the sound proofing is a great idea and hope it works for you. I think the Rapid is prone to the road noise and tyre pressures, type of tyre and sound proffing will all help reduce the problem. So far my car has improved a lot and I plan to swap the front tyres as funds allow. I appreciate others have tried different tyres, but what can I say the Goodyears have worked for me. I know the Dunlops are bad news and only make things worse, as my experince from other cars has shown. Clearly Skoda should do something about this and offer a sound proofing kit and think about what tyres they fit to their cars. Sent from my GT-N8010 using Tapatalk

Has anyone tried changing the make of tyre for the road noise? I noticed that a lot of rapids come with Dunlop Sp Sports, these tryes are terrible for causing road noise and boom on your ears in a car. I proved this when I was test driving identical skoda vrs hatch cars a couple of years ago. The cars not on dunlops were far less noisy, it was such a difference I could tell which car had them on without even looking. My current car a rapid 1.2 tsi se has them on and I am going to change them tomorrow. I also think tyre pressures set high makes this worse. I hate the way the sound booms in the car and cant wait to try a different make of tyre. My car runs 185 60 r15 tryes so I should be on the best size of wheel for road noise, but not on dunlops lol. Sent from my GT-N8010 using Tapatalk 4