Extremely noisy OEM crossbars with ski rack

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Anybody else with a ski rack hearing substantial wind noise? For me, it starts around 15mph and increases. I removed the rubber T slot strip during install and wonder if that might be a major cause?

 

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I trimmed and reinstalled the existing t-slot strip and the high pitched whistling has gone away. Now it sounds more like a normal ski rack.