I recently but Motegi 15s on my CRV. I too noticed the road noise all of a
sudden.

It was explained to me that the Motegi rims are lighter and there is not as
much of them as there was on my factory rims. The Rims are now echoing the
road noise.

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"Robert" <robertchinneck@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all
>
> I have just bought a V reg (1999) Honda Prelude 2.2 VTi Motegi in the
> UK. This only my 2nd car (first was a Vauxhall/Opel/GM Cavalier) and
> the first sports car I've owned. I am a bit concerned with the tyre /
> road noise. I have 17" alloys and directional tread tyres to fit them,
> all correctly fitted according to the arrows on each tyre to indicate
> rotation direction.
>
> I know it is difficult to express how loud the noise is in words!
>
> Is there anything I can check or any other people who think / have had
> excessive tyre /road noise?
>
> Is it just to be expected that with such tyres/cars you do get
> considerably more noise than with a car like the cavalier?
>
> The wheel balancing, tracking, and tyre pressures seem OK by the way.
>
> The only wheel steering problem I've had is when I stop normally at
> lights, sometimes the steering wheel pulls gently but firmly to off
> centre in either direction. Now this may just be the camber of the
> roads in Liverpool (!) but my friend says it could bt tyre pressure,
> or brake caliper settings being different on each side of the car?
>
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Robert.