Road noise vs Engine noise in the WRX

I've never been a huge fan of s roaring engine or exhaust note in the cabin. I will agree that the newer cars transfer far more road noise into the cabin than the engine produces.

my 17 was very road noisy. 18 not nearly as bad.

It is a known thing.
Road noise is terrible on the new WRXs.
Drive a Ford Fusion and you will see the difference.

But like XJman, not sure I want more noise of any sort in the cabin.

I've never been triggered by excessive noise of any kind in my '16 WRX honestly. I've heard much worse.

Edit: *except maybe the rattles. If that's an excessive noise, then I've been triggered.

Road noise and rattles are par for the course. Get used to them or buy a Honda Accord. The GTI also offers synthetic engine noises, less rattles, and less road noise.

if you want more engine noise, install an after market pitch stop mount. boy does it get louda

You could just swap in a different intake and proper tune. It should give you some relatively cheap thrills.

ive driven my wrx to montreal 2 times now and even with the noisy winter tires it doesn't bother me, i always have music on so i don't even notice. the engine noise almost seems too loud inside to be real... the stock exhaust is so quiet outside its hard to believe that much noise is making it into the cabin...

JaySin said:

You could just swap in a different intake and proper tune. It should give you some relatively cheap thrills.

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^This.

I have a 13 STi , as the stock Dunlop tires wear , they get way noisier . Subaru's do tend to have excessive road noise , and through research , I've found it's because of our wide / low profile tires and lack of body sound deadening material . I saw a you-tube video where a guy installed some kind of mat to all the open panels and that seemed to help a lot .

09bluewrx said:

I have a 13 STi , as the stock Dunlop tires wear , they get way noisier . Subaru's do tend to have excessive road noise , and through research , I've found it's because of our wide / low profile tires and lack of body sound deadening material . I saw a you-tube video where a guy installed some kind of mat to all the open panels and that seemed to help a lot .

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Dynamat and it will kill sound in a big way

XJman said:

Dynamat and it will kill sound in a big way

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For sure some of this (here's what I used) and definitely some of this -> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0736LXVX2/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Put both in every nook and cranny, trunk, under rear seat, inside doors, etc. Everywhere you can roll it either with a roller or the back of a screwdriver (in tight spaces). I still have the floor to do (summer job), but have already noticed a huge difference. If not for the noisemaker SPT exhaust, I'd probably be happy now.

It's also nice to tap on the doors and hear a solid thud.