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      06-15-2012, 07:16 AM   #1
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Contis (Noise & Road Feel)

I have the stock Contis on my car (10k as of now).

Anyone else experiencing more road feel and noise as the mileage goes up?
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mine have 9,500 miles on them, they are getting noisey as well.
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I am starting to here the WaaWaaWaa as I drive down the road.

Do you feel everything on the road with your contis? Sometimes I get sooo much road feel through the steering wheel that I think something is out of balance.

I actually just had my 4 wheels road force rebalanced and it made no difference. I think I my be paranoid now.
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New tires will fix it
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Are getting the same kind of steering wheel feed back with the contis?
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I have expierenced this twice. Once with my E36 M3 and once with my E46 M3. Both times I went to Michelin with great results. I haven't swapped tires on my E92 yet but if I stick with the stock wheels I'll go to the new Michelin PSS

On the other hand, its a great time for new wheels
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I am starting to here the WaaWaaWaa as I drive down the road.

Do you feel everything on the road with your contis? Sometimes I get sooo much road feel through the steering wheel that I think something is out of balance.

I actually just had my 4 wheels road force rebalanced and it made no difference. I think I my be paranoid now.
11,500 miles here on Conti's man. Same issue.
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11,500 miles here on Conti's man. Same issue.
Ok, im not crazy
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No worries mate. Don't sweat the small stuff. I also get a slight steering vibration between 60-80 mph ...which is fairly normal for a lot of M3s on this forum.

When your tires are ready to give out..replace em with PSS and you're good to go (of course have them road force balanced and all..)

You'll miss the conti's (in the rain and little snow..if applicable). Michelin's are notorious for less than stellar road holding in inclement weather. The conti's got me and my family safe through a blizzard late last year (from NY to Philly)..driving at 40mph on the hwy.

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Good advice. Thx
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The Contis basically suck and really limit the performance of this car IMO.
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The Contis basically suck and really limit the performance of this car IMO.
+1000 the fact that BMW even entertained putting em on the M3 is a serious FUBAR
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