Increased road noise on my 2003 Boxster

[gh4136]

Recently I have noticed that the noise inside the car has increased when I am driving. I had the tires rebalanced and checked for nails and it still persist. Any idea of what is causing this?

[tommy986]

Some tires will get louder as they wear. Somtimes its uneven wear caused by your alignment, and sometimes its just the tire design. Check TireRack and see if that is a common problem with the tires you are running.

Tommy is dead on. +1 on tires.

What brand do you have?

I took my Michellin's right to 20,000 miles before replacing, and never had increased tires noise.

[gh4136]

I got the answer to my boxster problem. I took my car to a very reputable Porsche mechanic and determined the problem to be a bad rear bearing.