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pennor · 10-17-2010, 10:59 AM

Maybe theres a thread on this somewhere, but after searching I cound't find it, so if this is redundant please forgive me

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I'm just curious... How do you find the road noise level in your Camaro? I've had mine for about a month now, and here's what I'm talking about.

At highway speeds on newly laid pavement my Camaro is relatively quiet. But get on older pavement with rougher surface and the noise level becomes quite annoying. It's noisy enough that carying on a conversation in the car becomes difficult, the body vibration causes the HUD to vibrate. I have two other cars, and old 73 Vette and a 2004 Colorado pickup, neither of them is as bad as the Camaro. In fact the pickup is so quiet on any road surface that people riding with me have compared it to a Cadilac. Even the 37 year-old Vette has less road noise than my 2011 Camaro.

Now I know I bought a sports car, but it's a 2LT and I would have thought and hoped that road surface isolation technology might have improved by the second decade of the 21st century. Should I blame those 20" tires or should I blame GM, or do I just have a Camaro that's an anomily?

PAUL SS · 10-17-2010, 11:22 AM

My SS is one of the quietest cars I have ever owned. I have no complaints on the noise level on any driving surface.
Sometimes its too quiet so I open the windows so I can hear the engine.

myold88 · 10-17-2010, 11:32 AM

Take a look under your rear seat and the rear trunk floor and the unibody undercarriage. This car has NO unibody insulation. Drive over a gravel road- It's like being in an empty coffee can. Do a "search" or check out www.raammat.com.
I did my entire unibody floor, 1/4 panels, wheelhousings, etc with insulation tiles and now it's quiet and tight as can be.
My one DIY thread has photos of the tiles before and after.

CamaroSSRSL99 · 10-17-2010, 11:48 AM

Can you provide a link to your DIY thread? Thanks!!

Memphis SS · 10-17-2010, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAUL SS

My SS is one of the quietest cars I have ever owned. I have no complaints on the noise level on any driving surface.
Sometimes its too quiet so I open the windows so I can hear the engine.

I agree, very quite compared to the Corvette

Memphis SS · 10-17-2010, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myold88

Take a look under your rear seat and the rear trunk floor and the unibody undercarriage. This car has NO unibody insulation. Drive over a gravel road- It's like being in an empty coffee can. Do a "search" or check out www.raammat.com.
I did my entire unibody floor, 1/4 panels, wheelhousings, etc with insulation tiles and now it's quiet and tight as can be.
My one DIY thread has photos of the tiles before and after.

You drive your SS on gravel roads!!! I guess you would have some road noise..

PS: That is why Chevy makes trucks , off roading and gravel roads.

lets_go_bills · 10-17-2010, 12:29 PM

Quiet car. Minimal wind/road noise. And the 9-speaker Boston Acoustics premium audio sound system drowns out just about everything.

y2k king · 10-17-2010, 12:38 PM

well, i'm goin from a jeep wrangler soft top to the camaro...i don,t think i'll notice any road noise.

myold88 · 10-17-2010, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamaroSSRSL99

Can you provide a link to your DIY thread? Thanks!!

Type: "raammat" at SEARCH and they will all pop up.
One thread of mine is dated 7/24/10 with some photos.

v6sonoma · 10-17-2010, 02:06 PM

Car is very quiet.

evan · 10-17-2010, 04:29 PM

i seriously figured with the size of the wheels and profile of the tire that i'd hear a lot of road noise... i barely hear anything at all with windows up, radio/ac off and going 70+... only time i hear anything is going low speeds babying over bumps... but what car isnt gonna do that...

b4z · 10-17-2010, 08:39 PM

pennor, I also noticed this on my drive of a car that was one of the first off the line in April 2009.
The car had superior noise isloation in the front. It almost was a quiet as a luxury car. But I def heard a good bit of road noise coming from the rear.
Maybe it was because the front was so silent that it made the noise from the rear more noticeable?

Number 3 · 10-17-2010, 08:47 PM

The 20s will be noisier than 19 and 18s but what you describe doesn't sound normal either.

I've driven every configuration of Camaro and none were noisy and had vibrations like you are describing.

Might be worth a trip to the dealer. Ask to take the service manager for a ride on the roads you described.

10-17-2010, 10:59 AM	#1
pennor Drives: 2011 2LT - 73 Corvette 454 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 240	Road Noise? Maybe theres a thread on this somewhere, but after searching I cound't find it, so if this is redundant please forgive me. I'm just curious... How do you find the road noise level in your Camaro? I've had mine for about a month now, and here's what I'm talking about. At highway speeds on newly laid pavement my Camaro is relatively quiet. But get on older pavement with rougher surface and the noise level becomes quite annoying. It's noisy enough that carying on a conversation in the car becomes difficult, the body vibration causes the HUD to vibrate. I have two other cars, and old 73 Vette and a 2004 Colorado pickup, neither of them is as bad as the Camaro. In fact the pickup is so quiet on any road surface that people riding with me have compared it to a Cadilac. Even the 37 year-old Vette has less road noise than my 2011 Camaro. Now I know I bought a sports car, but it's a 2LT and I would have thought and hoped that road surface isolation technology might have improved by the second decade of the 21st century. Should I blame those 20" tires or should I blame GM, or do I just have a Camaro that's an anomily?

10-17-2010, 11:22 AM	#2
PAUL SS The Mark of Excellence Drives: 2010 ABM 1SS RS LS3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Smallest State in the Union Posts: 8,688 View My Garage	My SS is one of the quietest cars I have ever owned. I have no complaints on the noise level on any driving surface. Sometimes its too quiet so I open the windows so I can hear the engine. __________________ BMR, CAI, DynoMax, Elite Eng., Hurst, Jannetty, Clear Image Headers & Hi Flow cats, Jet Hot, LSR, TSW, VMax, Vredestein

10-17-2010, 11:32 AM	#3
myold88 Drives: SUMMIT WHITE 2SS/RS CAMARO Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 2018: Lakewood Ranch, Fl. Posts: 8,181 View My Garage	Take a look under your rear seat and the rear trunk floor and the unibody undercarriage. This car has NO unibody insulation. Drive over a gravel road- It's like being in an empty coffee can. Do a "search" or check out www.raammat.com. I did my entire unibody floor, 1/4 panels, wheelhousings, etc with insulation tiles and now it's quiet and tight as can be. My one DIY thread has photos of the tiles before and after. __________________

10-17-2010, 11:48 AM	#4
CamaroSSRSL99 Heartbeat of America Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS, 1967 Camaro Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wyoming Posts: 264	Can you provide a link to your DIY thread? Thanks!! __________________

10-17-2010, 12:38 PM	#8
y2k king Drives: 2011 ss camaro Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: spring hill, fl Posts: 1,705	well, i'm goin from a jeep wrangler soft top to the camaro...i don,t think i'll notice any road noise. __________________ 10/28/2010 got it

10-17-2010, 12:29 PM	#7
lets_go_bills Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT/RS CGM M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ontario Posts: 815	Quiet car. Minimal wind/road noise. And the 9-speaker Boston Acoustics premium audio sound system drowns out just about everything.

10-17-2010, 02:06 PM	#10
v6sonoma Drives: 2010 SS RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 8,108 View My Garage	Car is very quiet. __________________ Mods: BBK Intake, BBK LT's and High Flow Cats, Corsa Cat-back exhaust, Hurst short throw shifter, SLP skip-shift eliminator. 7/1/09 Placed order for IOM/IO int/ SS/RS 6M 9/26/09 Took delivery!

10-17-2010, 04:29 PM	#11
evan ready... Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 765 View My Garage	i seriously figured with the size of the wheels and profile of the tire that i'd hear a lot of road noise... i barely hear anything at all with windows up, radio/ac off and going 70+... only time i hear anything is going low speeds babying over bumps... but what car isnt gonna do that...

10-17-2010, 08:39 PM	#12
b4z Drives: '06 Pontiac GTO M6, '19 F150 2.7TT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,424	pennor, I also noticed this on my drive of a car that was one of the first off the line in April 2009. The car had superior noise isloation in the front. It almost was a quiet as a luxury car. But I def heard a good bit of road noise coming from the rear. Maybe it was because the front was so silent that it made the noise from the rear more noticeable?

10-17-2010, 08:47 PM	#13
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,311 View My Garage	The 20s will be noisier than 19 and 18s but what you describe doesn't sound normal either. I've driven every configuration of Camaro and none were noisy and had vibrations like you are describing. Might be worth a trip to the dealer. Ask to take the service manager for a ride on the roads you described. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

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