So I just had a set of these put on this morning. Only driven about 70 miles but here are my impressions:
Soooo much quieter than my OEM tires. Granted they were worn (28,000), but night and day. It was tough to have a conversation with the stock ones - even when new added to the FI exhaust. Wish I had done a dB meter, but definitely a noticeable difference.
They do have a little more 'thump' to them over bumps, but maybe I'm just noticing it more because the others had so much road noise.
Wheel guards - pretty much non-existent. Don't get too close.
Haven't pushed them yet - want to wait until the goo dries & all, but responsiveness seems fine for the couple of exit ramps I took.
But the big thing is the noise. Feels like a completely different car. I always thought that the noise was the exhaust. Nope. The tires.
$706 plus $46 tax at a Firestone Service Center.
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