tyre rotation and noise

Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 02, 2011 at 21:20
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I've just installed two new tyres (Bighorns) on the front of my J20. The near new (15,000km's) Bighorns that were on the front are now on the rear. The rear tyres, BFG mud terrains, were removed. Still 40% tread but I wanted them gone. That's another story!
Normally, I keep my tyres running the same direction, I rotate front to back, not left to right. However, this time, the tyre shop suggested moving the LH front to RH rear.
Driving home I couldn't help noticing how much tyre noise I had. Normally, fitting new tyres makes things quieter, not noisier.
I'm interested as to whether others have had this experience. Is the additional noise the rear tyres spinning the opposite direction to which they'd got used to? Will it go away? Should I have stuck to my guns and insisted on a LH front to LH rear pattern?
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