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

Glad it helped!

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

@@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.

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

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White Wolf knows his R!

Thanks for watching and let us know how it goes!

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 😅

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​@@slottygw2wvw842 i know this much is true.

Yep

I was amazed as well. Glad it helped!

I would guess not so much?

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

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

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

@@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.

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Thanks@@ilimit

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

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

Glad it worked!

Not as much as decreasing wind noise

NIce!

Bummer

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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y0xohjV7Avo.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?

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

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.

Not everybody has quick-realease cross bars... 😢

Can't see it from the drivier's seat!

@@ZombieDawg what a great comment!

Function > Form

Good point, Z-Dawg!!

I got to try this,