Do you have loud road noise?

[Tedster]

So how come the Protege's have so much road noise on the freeway?? It's not the tires I dont think. Just bad insulation or what? Have you guys done anything about it?
Thanks.

 

[njaremka]

two words - "Economy Car"

mazda went light on the sound deadener to improve the car's weight

 

[djarkitek]

two words - "Economy Car"

mazda went light on the sound deadener to improve the car's weight

+1

 

[Tom03es]

WHAT?!?!?!? I can't hear you over the road noise!

And depending on the tires, that makes a huge difference as well. My winter tires are much louder than my summer tires.

 

[Tedster]

Yea, economy car it is. Sad sad. I hear if you do that sealing coat on the underside of the car, that helps??

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

put some sound dampening on your wheel wells and firewall. you'll notice a huge difference. especially the rear wheel well under the seat. I dunno, never pulled mine up yet in the speed, just remember my cav was loud till I did that. much nicer with sound dampening.

 

[Tedster]

So can you buy the sound dampening or do you have to have someone do it? Is it like a foam thing?

 

[downtube]

1. buy two small yellow pieces of foam. about $0.99
2. insert in your ears
3. turn your stereo up

cheap and light. won't affect performance. buy the bright orange ones if you're into bling.

 

[eszoom]

do you still have the original tires? the stock dunlops are super loud, especially at 60 mph. changed to nexens and now i can go 70-75 now. i think any tire that has a different tread pattern will be quieter.

 

[cs1992]

This car "revs" way too high at highway speeds. This is without a doubt my biggest complaint about the Protege. Why this car was not geared differently or not given a 5th gear is beyond me.

 

[njaremka]

^^^ my car has a fifth gear

 

[Tom03es]

He must be talking about the automatic.

 

[cs1992]

Yes, I was referring to the automatic. I searched for a manual transmission, but they are hard to find. Either way, the automatic does rev way to high on the interstate.

 

[MotorWave]

yea, I agree with cs1992, if I want to use low RPM on the highway I'm either going 50, or 85 in OD

 

[bazooka joe]

1. buy two small yellow pieces of foam. about $0.99
2. insert in your ears
3. turn your stereo up

cheap and light. won't affect performance. buy the bright orange ones if you're into bling.

(lol)