Pirelli P6000 noisy?

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Pirelli P6000 noisy?

Postby philz » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:42 pm

Well I've got some pirelli p6000, they are fairly old, but when driving I get this humming noise, it sounds like a constant wheel bearing problem or I'm in a fricken aircraft, not just noisy, but really annoying loud.I have read some reviews and they seem to be a noisy tyre?

Has anyone encountered the same problem with these tyres?

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Pirelli P6000 noisy?

Postby AJ » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:56 pm

if they are old (more than 5 yrs) they are humming because they've gone hard, chuck them to buggery.
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Pirelli P6000 noisy?

Postby tbro » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:31 pm

philz wrote:Well I've got some pirelli p6000, they are fairly old, but when driving I get this humming noise, it sounds like a constant wheel bearing problem or I'm in a fricken aircraft, not just noisy, but really annoying loud.I have read some reviews and they seem to be a noisy tyre?

Has anyone encountered the same problem with these tyres?


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Criss cross rotation them and after a few hundred k's they will quiten down, yes they are renown as a noisy tyre, designed as front wheel drive tyre as were the p4000s.

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Pirelli P6000 noisy?

Postby Garry » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:58 pm

Yeap, mine sounded like stuffed wheel bearings after the tyres wore a bit.
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Pirelli P6000 noisy?

Postby Sailor » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:44 pm

Yep, same here, had them on a Magna and when I took it to the mechanic to have the wheel bearings renewed, he told me to get new tyres first.
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Pirelli P6000 noisy?

Postby philz » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:20 pm

Thanks guys, it was good to know it wasn't the new wheels or my wheel bearings sudden failure. :D


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