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

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This is a must try before purchase a fairing. It really works!

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BENGKU 850lb Nylon Paracord

🎥 Original tutorial where I got the idea from.

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[Mark-ixym]

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-nqeh]

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

[MasqueradeDance]

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

[michaelglisson]

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!

[vatrix]

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!

[WhiteWolfos]

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

[pyronic]

reading all the reviews on my gobi rack on my 4runner I just installed had me thinking the wind noise would not be that bad, especially since I don't even have a sun roof. but after installing it and running the car at freeway speeds, boy was I wrong. Noise gets pretty bad. I just ordered myself some paracord. If it helps you will be a life saver.

[spragzpc]

That a big difference, science is amazing 😮

[rubengordillo]

It really works. I did it on my Hyundai Tucson and noise is gone.

[mariuscelerian]

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

[tjackson]

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

[panosalp]

Is it safe to use such paracord and the roof box at the same time? Is such combination going to reduce noise? Thanks!

[FriedShrimpPoBoy]

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.

[Connor_Dempsey]

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

[rdlegbrigade]

I’m assuming it doesn’t completely get rid of the whistle but brings the noise down considerably? Am I right?

[MykCabanilla]

What’s the diameter of the bungee cord?

[DBR]

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

[GregoryRobey-hhou]

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

[gilbertorobles]

2:47 What kind of knot did he use to tie the end?

[MajorImpactWreckBEST]

Awesome video and awesome noise solution!!!