i have 17x8's all around summer tires, has anyone else had experience with a lot of road noise after rotation?

 

well i'm dealing with roadnoise bad right now. i just put my summer rims on and there way worse from last year. the noise is just my tires. there just noisey.

 

it is the tire or it could be that it is not balanced right.

 

Other than heel toe block noise from asymetrical wear, exotic tires use tuned slot cancellation brand new, which detunes as the tread wear increases. The slot get shallower and noise increases.

Much depends on local road surface design:
http://www.inrets.fr/ur/lte/publicat...reditTB_VA.pdf
http://members.home.nl/vankeulenadvi...ntorystudy.pdf

Tires:
http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/l...4_Michelin.pdf

 

i know that summer tires have road noise, im wondering if you rotate them will there be a lot more road noise. thats what i was told.

 

I rotated my BFGoodrich kdw Version 2s from left to right (taking off rims and remounting if thats what your asking) and yes, the noise was reduced considerably. It cost a little, but the car is a little more enjoyable than normal now. I recommend it.

 

what about front to back rotation

 

Generally speaking, the majority of the road noise on our Coupes usually comes from the front tires as having the inside wear issues. However, our cars have road noise even when the cars are new.