i only hear it when seated up front. i rarely ever ride as a passenger in my car, so it sounds like its coming from the centre back-->passenger area. it might just be coming from the centre, never considered that. i rode in the backseat whilst my uncle drove to niagra on the lake, i couldn't hear the nose at all. will the mobil 1 gear oil work instead of the redline, as i have two bottles of that sitting here unopened. was gonna change it when i relubed the cv joint to make sure everything back there was in order. i guess if i had done that, i would have assumed that relubing the cv joint was the solution to the noise instead of the fluid change. oh well, ill peel back the boot when i do brakes next week, if its severely dry, i can just clean and shoot some grease into it.