07 RX 350 Road Noise

[Ghernz]

Just bought a used 07 RX350 with 103K miles. The tires are terrible so first thing is to replace them. The road noise increases as speed increases. I'm not 100% sure its the tires. It does have a roof rack so I will be checking them as well. Any other clues of what it might be? It's louder in the back almost like a bad bearing in the rear end but this one is front wheel drive so there in no rear end. I tried a search but got too many results and couldn't find much without going through tons of post/pages.

 

Thanks,

George 

[RX400h]

I would suggest you buy tires, first. Consumer Reports rates tire noise for each tire brand and model they test. I look for tires that have good all-around performance and are quiet. Then try to determine if there is any other noise. At least at this point you'd have isolated one source of noise.

[Ghernz]

Got new tires put on and made a huge difference. I went with Continental Contact Sport L25 👍🏼

[RX400h]

I have Continental tires as well. They are very good tires for a great price.👌