Thule Roof Rack Wind Noise

The next generation of roof racks.

Thule roof rack wind noise.

I got one to cut down on the noise and it cut down my mileage rather significantly. 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. Roof rack accessories are prone to making wind noise but there are a couple ways to help reduce it. Thanks for any insight and suggestions.

New system specific clamps provide the roof rack fairing a clean and secure mounting for our aeroblade aeroblade edge and squarebar systems. If you can move the rack further back on the crossbars that should help but what would help the most is a fairing for the crossbars. I get better mileage with a huge thule box and single bike carrier with no bike with no fairing then i did with nothing but the fairing. 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.

Thule edge and thule evo. Constantly aiming at staying one step ahead and working closely together with the car industry thule introduces a new generation of roof rack systems. If the surface the wind passes over has a consistent shape the disturbance becomes tonal and at certain frequencies very annoying. 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.

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. Will a thule fairing be effective in reducing the noise and will it make the rack nore aerodynamic when not carrying the kayak. I just installed a thule roof rack on ny 2004 honda accord. Attaches to thule aeroblade aeroblade edge and squarebar with included hardware.