XC60 tyres

[spaximus]

I have a 2019 XC60 T5 which needs new tyres. The ones in there are Continental which are quite noisy on the road

Has anyone any experience of getting quieter tyres as there seems to be very little info out there.

I normally just fit same but if I can get the road noise down without sacrificing grip that would be great.

The tyres have started to crack which is a surprise on a low mileage car. Still half tread left

Thanks in advance

[yellowbentines]

If you go onto Blackcircles and search for tyres for your car they'll tell you the dB rating for every single tyre.

Not much between them tbh.

I've got Michelin crossclimates and very happy with grip, wear, ride. My car is the diesel so that drowns out any tyre noise anyway....

Couldn't wait to get rid of the Contis, felt they affected the handling and steering badly towards the end of their life and have never rated Conti tyres- my tyre fitter agrees and doesn't understand why anyone would pick them over any of their competitors.

[E-bmw]

spaximus said:

I have a 2019 XC60 T5 which needs new tyres. The ones in there are Continental which are quite noisy on the road

Continental have made many many tyres since 2019, perhaps some more info might help more.

spaximus said:

Has anyone any experience of getting quieter tyres as there seems to be very little info out there.

Every tyre for the last many many years has a tyre noise rating on it so not sure how you have missed that.

[Daz68]

Have Pirelli Scorpion Verde and find them a nice tyre.

[Murph7355]

We ran a couple of sets of Cross Climates (2s) on our old XC90 and thought they were great. I'm a fan of Michelin.

Have just put some Hankook Ion Evos on my Taycan and, anecodtally, they seem nice and quite and handle well. I'll possibly try some on our new XC90 when the Contis it came with run out.

[spaximus]

E-bmw said:

spaximus said:

I have a 2019 XC60 T5 which needs new tyres. The ones in there are Continental which are quite noisy on the road

Continental have made many many tyres since 2019, perhaps some more info might help more.

spaximus said:

Has anyone any experience of getting quieter tyres as there seems to be very little info out there.

Every tyre for the last many many years has a tyre noise rating on it so not sure how you have missed that.

The tyres that are on there are Continental ContieEocontact which I have now found have a DB rating of 72. 235/60/18V.

Looking at Blackcircle one of the lowest in that size is a pirelli at 69 db.

Digging onto other Volvo forums here and the US where some have done back to back tests in car road noise seems unaffected by the DB rating. It just spolis what is a great car and probably I need to look at adding noise deadening material somewhere

[Nigel_O]

We had Pirelli Scorpion Verde on Wifey's XC60 for a few years. Finally wore them out, so we fitted Michelin CrossClimates. The Michelins are quieter in the dry, but noisier in the wet.

I have a feeling the Michelins are wearing faster too - time will tell.

If I needed to replace again, I'd pick the Pirellis