Thule Roof Rack Wind Noise

Will a thule fairing be effective in reducing the noise and will it make the rack nore aerodynamic when not carrying the kayak.

Thule roof rack wind noise.

Never have any noise. Northyak october 15 2019 11 09pm 6. Sometimes it s a little loud when the kayak is in the rack but i just don t open the sunroof with a boat on the top. Not too concern about fc but particular about excessive wind noise.

Is there a way to stop the whistling without installing a fairing as i really do not like the look of the fairings. I have found there to be a lot of wind noise from the towers and cross bars without the j racks installed even at low speeds. Why does my roof rack make a noise. The wind noise we hear from some roof racks is known as aeolian no ise and is produced by wind when it passes over or through objects.

If the surface the wind passes over has a consistent shape the disturbance becomes tonal and at certain frequencies very annoying. A wind fairing s goal is to reduce the wind noises which are brought about by the roof rack you have placed in your vehicle. I just installed a thule roof rack on ny 2004 honda accord. Whistling can occur because you have laminar streamlined flow of air over your bars.

Thule have new product call wingbar claim. Hi thinking of installing thule roof rack but heard that it can be noisy at high speed even with the thule aerobars. Although wind fairings do not eliminate the noise 100 percent it does minimize it significantly to prevent you from being distracted while you are driving. Force a transition to turbulent flow.

Just got a new setup thule 450r aero bars echelon tray mounts and it whistles above 20mph which is annoying especially when i have my sunroof open. New system specific clamps provide the roof rack fairing a clean and secure mounting for our aeroblade aeroblade edge and squarebar systems. I want to leave the bars on the car when not transporting my bikes.