Are my roof rails the cause of the wind noise?
#11
06-12-2016, 07:17 AM
Rock Crawling
I almost forgot: just a couple of weeks ago, I removed the A pillar trim on the right side, just to have a look. When I re-installed it, I left the three plastic trim buttons out. On the first trip, the wind noise howl was so extreme (at 25 miles per hour!) that I pulled over and popped them back in. Noise gone!
I broke mine upon re-install, the crack in the trim is making some wind noise for sure, just too cheap to replace them right now....
#12
06-12-2016, 03:46 PM
Baja
X1 ................. I don't have roof rails or cross rails but cross rails are known to be noisy. Bearing in mind the D2 is 'as aero-dynamic as a house brick' so any extraneous roof rails, wing mirror caravan add ons will create additional wind noise even bicycles on the rear door doesn't help any noises. It's best to keep everything inside where possible.
#13
06-13-2016, 01:15 PM
I occasionally take a 3 hours trip to visit my girlfriend's family and the wind noise on the highway has almost driven me crazy. I have always assumed it was the drivers side rear door seal since I can feel some air coming in from around the window but I finally attempted to temporarily solve the issue by thoroughly taping up the frame but it made no difference. (I had already attempted to loosen and adjust them) Are the pre-03 roof rails the culprit?? Are the 03-04 any better?
Did you tape the door frame or around the window itself?
I had the weather stripping slide down on one the windows on my back doors, it made lots of noise as well as I could feel a draft driving down the road. To fix it, I had to open the window, then pull up on the rubber in the track.
Much quieter and no more draft.
#14
06-14-2016, 10:18 AM
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