How To Reduce Wind Noise on any Roof Rack Crossbars | Cheap & Easy

How To Reduce Wind Noise on any Roof Rack Crossbars | Cheap & Easy | NO Fairing !

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3 жыл бұрын

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This is a must try before purchase a fairing. It really works!
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@Mark-ix8ym Жыл бұрын

Works like a charm. I had terrible wind noise even at 35mph and I barely hear a thing at 60+ mph. Thanks for the tip!

@EE-nq8eh Жыл бұрын

Excellent and inexpensive solution! Was hearing excessive whistling driving at 60Km/h. After wrapping the bar with a bungee cord, it went away! Thanks again

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@michaelglisson8240 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting fix! I’ve never liked roof racks. I was glad the 2012 R didn’t have them. I removed the rails from my 2014 Jetta Sportwagon to eliminate wind noise and drag, plus added benefit of 1-2 miles per gallon on the highway! Great video! Cool to add actual proof of benefit! Safe driving and have fun doing it!

@ilimit 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Luckily got a good deal on them and hopefully these bars help me keep the R longer!

@wheelalignment7835 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍😎

@MajorImpactWreckBEST Жыл бұрын

Awesome video and awesome noise solution!!!

@lukekumar44 2 жыл бұрын

what kind of knot did you use?

@tjackson5874 Ай бұрын

Love this. Going to try it on my Yakima round crossbars.

@cheknocksya 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Gonna have to try it

@vatrix6737 3 ай бұрын

looking forward to trying this tomorrow. was kicking myself after i drove of after opting for the sware bars. but im not giving near 200 for the other ones! at 30mph its bad. at 60mph would put your head in meltdown. im feeling hopeful now!

@absaly 9 ай бұрын

great tip worth a try

@WhiteWolfos 2 жыл бұрын

Just taking a look at the R in the thumbnail told me it was a vw (hopefully Golf) video 😁 Nice solution!

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

White Wolf knows his R!

@ajm2191 9 күн бұрын

It works ! So simple and effective 🙂👍

@hotness1338 8 ай бұрын

it works like a champ ^_^ ty

@moorgary2163 2 жыл бұрын

Wow noticable difference, Thanks for sharing! :)

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

I was amazed as well. Glad it helped!

@mariuscelerian9659 3 ай бұрын

I just did this for my front and back crossbars. I hope it works

@MichaelLee-yh7ss Жыл бұрын

I just bought a $4 swimming pool noodle foam and put it below the roof rack. Worked.

@swingset1969 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, but now you have a fucking pool noodle on your roof.

@MichaelLee-yh7ss 10 ай бұрын

@@swingset1969 nobody even notices it because its tucked under the crossbar and matches color. Its been 2 years, no issues and not 1 person even knew.

@lewisp9503 Жыл бұрын

Great tip, what thickness cord did you use?

@GregoryRobey-hh1ou 3 ай бұрын

What type of knot is he tying in the first and last part to keep it tight?

@MykCabanilla 4 ай бұрын

What’s the diameter of the bungee cord?

@jn3750 2 жыл бұрын

my GlK350 has the same issues after installing aftermarket crossbars. wonder if the OEM ones would make the same noise

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

I think it really depends on the height and design on the oem bars.

@spragzpc1 Жыл бұрын

That a big difference, science is amazing 😮

@slottygw2wvw842 Ай бұрын

except when it comes down to pharmaceutical , vaccines , climate , econony , and many other :D

@ShivanKishan Ай бұрын

@@slottygw2wvw842 i know this much is true.

@Connor_Dempsey Жыл бұрын

This worked for me. Used black paracord. It looks like it came with the cross bars.

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

Nice and discreet 👍

@hcrosby2511 Жыл бұрын

Worked!

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

NIce!

@ValyArdeleanu 2 жыл бұрын

My one at 70 mph the noise disappear.

@FriedShrimpPoBoy 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll be damned….I’m going to give this a shot. I have crossbars on the leer camper shell on my GMC truck. It whistles like your blowing across the top a coke bottle. After looking at a cross section of the bars online I noticed mine doesn’t have the rubber in fill on the bottom and that has got to be where my whistle is coming from. I’m looking for that rubber piece but I’ll try this truck until I can find it.

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and let us know how it goes!

@christian14329 Жыл бұрын

Its not really about the crossbar material but the Karman Vortex. The rubber is more for load grip. The string wrapping the crossbars is to break the karman vortex. Overtime they minimize it by making an elongated aerodynamic blade style crossbars similar to airplane wings to cut drag and karman vortex. Hope this helps 😅

@DBR509 8 күн бұрын

What’s the thickness of the rope? The link in the description looks much thicker than the one used on your SUV.

@stevenwarren2877 3 ай бұрын

I’m trying this

@lmb3441 2 жыл бұрын

i'm assuming you'd have to take the the cord off when carrying items?

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

I use a cargo box and still have the nylon strings on

@robinrai4973 Жыл бұрын

My aero bars whistle over 66mph, hopefully this'll cure that!

@rolandojr.chiong2740 Жыл бұрын

thanks it works for me too.

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

Glad it worked!

@scottcarr7820 2 жыл бұрын

Off topic, but what kind of watch are you wearing?

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Scott, just an apple watch with a casio looking watch band.

@LeeeB0 2 жыл бұрын

did you just have whistling? i dont have whistling but just hear wind hitting the roof at around 40+ mph. wonder if this will work.

@ilimit 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I have a feeling it'll def make a difference for you

@LeeeB0 2 жыл бұрын

@@ilimit it did help a little bit. I used to hear the wind noise hitting the roof at like 45mph, now I dont but still get the noise at like 65-70 mph. Wondering if doing the back bar also would help more.

@thusnjak1 Жыл бұрын

Did u put then only on front one?

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

Yep

@bathizargupta249 Жыл бұрын

I imagine if you had a place to put hooks, just buy similar diameter bungee and dispense with knot tying.

@christian14329 Жыл бұрын

Breaks Karman vortex! Correct!

@yanmang5202 10 ай бұрын

Just wondering, the thicker the rope does it mean the quieter it gets?

@ilimit 10 ай бұрын

I would guess not so much?

@themanyshenanigansoffinn9658 11 ай бұрын

Does this help with mpg’s?

@ilimit 10 ай бұрын

Not as much as decreasing wind noise

@TravelwithNJSteveandSue 6 ай бұрын

Did you end up doing both cross bars or just the front one?

@ilimit 5 ай бұрын

Front

@TravelwithNJSteveandSue 5 ай бұрын

Thanks@@ilimit

@wsucougarx Жыл бұрын

Mini vortex generator

@joea2r 2 жыл бұрын

Is there an option when using a roof carrier?

@saeedhossain6099 2 жыл бұрын

I did the same mod on my bars (Niro with aero bars), with a Yakima skybox, the clamps work fine with the cord in place, just need to adjust the Paracord around where the box clamps makes contact with the rails

@mustafayilmaz1093 Жыл бұрын

Bro how thick is the rope?

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

I’m not certain but the link to it is in the description.

@DBR509 8 күн бұрын

I was wondering the same because the link in the description looks much thicker.

@DavidSchindel Жыл бұрын

I have a new VW electric SUV and the dealer installed roof cross bars on the factory installed roof rails. Wind is setting up a sympathetic vibration between 30 and 40 mph that makes passengers think they are inside a bass fiddle with someone playing long, low notes. It's way beyond what anyone would call a hum or a whistle. I'll try the solutions you suggest. Anyone else have this problem and found a solution?

@DavidSchindel Жыл бұрын

I've tried moving the bars to the exact positions specified in the manual for the crossbars. That reduced the severity of the vibrations and changed the speed at which they're strongest from 37 mph to 33 mph. I think it's because moving them (especially the front one) changed the profile where it encounters incoming air. It reminds me of the Takoma Narrows Bridge collapse caused by wind creating sympathetic vibrations in the bridge roadway. See video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5aoosubu52lpqM.html. I'll try the nylon paracord trick next. That breaks up the laminar flow around the bars, creating chaotic eddies behind it rather than harmonic vibrations that get amplified. Has anyone tried the paracord and it DIDN'T work?

@thusnjak1 Жыл бұрын

It doesn't work for me

@ilimit Жыл бұрын

Bummer

@stevet4962 2 жыл бұрын

"You'll need to disrupt the flow of air [...] by making it more aerodynamic" This doesn't make any sense. What you are doing is making it less aerodynamic, disrupting airflow and increasing drag. Granted; the increase in drag will not be noticeable compared to the roofrack without the rope.

@alkaholic4848 Жыл бұрын

Air flow can get behave counter intuitively sometimes - look up the golf ball effect. Where disrupting the airflow literally does make it more aerodynamic. But I'm kind of with you in this case.... probably. I doubt it's more aerodynamic, but you never know, it at least probably makes very little difference. It's all guesswork though, impossible to say without high tech wind tunnel testing.