HELP!! front wheel noise when driving

[wai]

Well, Goodyear Dunlop got me to take it in for an inspection. It went the way I expected it to. They weaselled out of it.

Now I had checked the tyre pressures just the day earlier. It was 39 psi at the service station with the new automatic tyre pressure inflators, and also read 39 psi when I got home and double checked it with a pen type gauge. When the tyres were checked by Beaurepaires (the agents here), he could only get 36 psi on his gauge. Funny, when I got it home, I checked them again after letting the car sit for around an hour, and guess what...it read 39 psi on all four wheels.

Basically, they are saying that it is a wheel alignment issue. What I can't understand is why the inside tread blocks are not touching the road? The toe in is on the limit at -2 mm (i.e. toe out - VW say it should be +/- 2 mm), but I would expect that the tread would be wearing away, and if it is not touching the road surface, how come it is wearing?

Anyhow, this combined with the fact that I have let it go for 32,500 km, they are not willing to do anything as they say that the tyres have a life of around 40,000 km.

I did not really expect any other outcome, but thought I'd give it a try.

Anyhow, seeing as there are not that many suitable tyres with a load index of 94, I have done some hunting, and one that looks likely is a Hankook Optimo K415. Seems to have some good reviews.

[greg32]

The front subframe can move around with heavy bumps. First thing to do is get a tyrolsport collar kit then a four wheel alignment. The kit ties the front up nicely and stops it moving. The factory stb doesn't do much to fixing the design sloppyness. There is a group buy on vwgolf forum or just go to tyrolsport.com