Just got a new roof rack and having major noise and vibration. anyone else have the bad *** tent, low mount? its unbearable over 50 mph with a caveating vibration and only helps when I crack my sunroof or drafting behind someone. if anyone else has suggestions on cross bars or racks that won't make the wind noise, im open to suggestions for switching. only need a few times a year for a kayak so could go with a removable option.

Here is link to product and photo below.

https://rooftopoverland.com/products...its-90-110-130

 

I added a third factory crossbar (with a little customization) so I would be able to put my 13ft fishing kayak on the roof. It works great and I have not experienced any excess noise or vibration.

 

Any roof rack will cause noise at highway speeds. I would recommend you get the OEM roof rack. It will still be a little noisy, but at the least it is bearable and with music on, you won't even know it is there. A lot of folks also add the Colorado fairing to the OEM rack and that further reduces buffeting and noise.

 

Yeah, I have the same setup and it's the front bar that's causing all the noise. I use it to drive surfboards to the beach on a low speed road (highway 90 or local roads instead of interstate). But we took a trip from New Orleans to Green Bay and I had to stop and remove the front bar a half hour into the trip. The rear bar isn't bad at all, not much different in noise, but you will notice a difference in gas mileage. I haven't had any issues strapping the boards to the rear rack without the front bar, even at interstate speeds.

 

If it's just the front bar why not loosen it and move it all the way back to that back rack until you need to use it? I can't imagine it's that many bolts to loosen and slide back.

I have a copy of the factory rack and it's noisy. I added a fairing, but that just moved the noise further back which helped the driver, but backseat passengers still deal with it. If I didn't use the rack so much I'd take it off.

 

I have the 3-bar Rhino Rack system. I installed it about a month ago. I only hear it above 60, and even at 75 mph it's not annoying and can be unnoticeable with NPR on at normal listening level.

The mounting instructions indicated that the front bar should be 2.5" back from the front edge of the factory rails, but I pushed them all the way forward to have max length. I suspect the noise will be less if I move it back to the recommended position, but it hasn't annoyed me enough yet to make me take 5 minutes to try.

 

Wonder if anyone can (or has) thought of a "Subaru-style" system....
Transverse cross bar system that can be folded and stored longitudinally within the roof rail when not in use....?

 

That would be awesome! Love this on my wife's Outback.

 

I don't have a Defender, but velcro is a cheap solution that worked for me on my LR3. Get a roll of stick-on velcro and put a strip of the soft side on the first crossbar. You may have to experiment with placement for optimal effect, mine is on the top, trailing edge. It's a pretty effective way of modifying the airflow over and around crossbars. Mine went from an intolerably loud, high-pitched whistle at any speed over 50 to a low-level wind rush sound I really don't hear unless I'm listening for it. Worth a try.