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Glamisduner
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Neoprene Black Rubber Tubing, 6mm Cord, Cut to Order, by the Foot 849087083489 | eBay
I just cut it to fit, and shoved it in there. Probably helps.
I just cut it to fit, and shoved it in there. Probably helps.
I slightly modified my fix to further improve the noise elimination. When you open your door and peek between the door and the fender, you can see the insert as well as the lower part of the A-pillar opening. I noticed that a small gap still remained. I inserted a piece of sponge into that hole to fully close the a-pillar. No more noise, regardless of the wind direction.
Apparently, wind can cause the noise when it enters from the side, between the fender and the door.
I also received the rubber band from abstract ocean to put around the glass roof. It was easy to mount. My roof is not perfectly aligned with the car, resulting in uneven gaps. I had to pull on the tube to make it thinner, in order to put it in on all sides. As a result, then tension was insufficient on other sides to keep the tube in place when going....a bit faster. I did not lose it, because on one sight it was snuck.
It requires some tweaking and testing the get sufficient tension. Hopefully it will stay in place now.
When testing on the highway, it appeared to be a bit quieter. I wasn't sure about the wind reduction until my mind came up with the thought: i can hear the road noise so clearly. So yes, i think it makes a difference in terms of wind noise reduction.
All in all i am most happy with the a-pillar solution as it removes that annoying crispy-vortex-resonance sound.
Thanks to the stereo you can outpower the remaining 'normal' wind sounds
Apparently, wind can cause the noise when it enters from the side, between the fender and the door.
I also received the rubber band from abstract ocean to put around the glass roof. It was easy to mount. My roof is not perfectly aligned with the car, resulting in uneven gaps. I had to pull on the tube to make it thinner, in order to put it in on all sides. As a result, then tension was insufficient on other sides to keep the tube in place when going....a bit faster. I did not lose it, because on one sight it was snuck.
It requires some tweaking and testing the get sufficient tension. Hopefully it will stay in place now.
When testing on the highway, it appeared to be a bit quieter. I wasn't sure about the wind reduction until my mind came up with the thought: i can hear the road noise so clearly. So yes, i think it makes a difference in terms of wind noise reduction.
All in all i am most happy with the a-pillar solution as it removes that annoying crispy-vortex-resonance sound.
Thanks to the stereo you can outpower the remaining 'normal' wind sounds
Glamisduner
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Would something like this work? https://www.amazon.com/Open-Cell-Conditioner-Insulating-Resilience-Soundproofing/dp/B07MM1X1JTI slightly modified my fix to further improve the noise elimination. When you open your door and peek between the door and the fender, you can see the insert as well as the lower part of the A-pillar opening. I noticed that a small gap still remained. I inserted a piece of sponge into that hole to fully close the a-pillar. No more noise, regardless of the wind direction.
Apparently, wind can cause the noise when it enters from the side, between the fender and the door.
I also received the rubber band from abstract ocean to put around the glass roof. It was easy to mount. My roof is not perfectly aligned with the car, resulting in uneven gaps. I had to pull on the tube to make it thinner, in order to put it in on all sides. As a result, then tension was insufficient on other sides to keep the tube in place when going....a bit faster. I did not lose it, because on one sight it was snuck.
It requires some tweaking and testing the get sufficient tension. Hopefully it will stay in place now.
When testing on the highway, it appeared to be a bit quieter. I wasn't sure about the wind reduction until my mind came up with the thought: i can hear the road noise so clearly. So yes, i think it makes a difference in terms of wind noise reduction.
All in all i am most happy with the a-pillar solution as it removes that annoying crispy-vortex-resonance sound.
Thanks to the stereo you can outpower the remaining 'normal' wind sounds
The sponge is easy, I just don't like the idea of a material used to hold water pressed against an area already known to develop rust. Maybe a close cell foam version would be even better?
I slightly modified my fix to further improve the noise elimination. When you open your door and peek between the door and the fender, you can see the insert as well as the lower part of the A-pillar opening. I noticed that a small gap still remained. I inserted a piece of sponge into that hole to fully close the a-pillar. No more noise, regardless of the wind direction.
Apparently, wind can cause the noise when it enters from the side, between the fender and the door.
I also received the rubber band from abstract ocean to put around the glass roof. It was easy to mount. My roof is not perfectly aligned with the car, resulting in uneven gaps. I had to pull on the tube to make it thinner, in order to put it in on all sides. As a result, then tension was insufficient on other sides to keep the tube in place when going....a bit faster. I did not lose it, because on one sight it was snuck.
It requires some tweaking and testing the get sufficient tension. Hopefully it will stay in place now.
When testing on the highway, it appeared to be a bit quieter. I wasn't sure about the wind reduction until my mind came up with the thought: i can hear the road noise so clearly. So yes, i think it makes a difference in terms of wind noise reduction.
All in all i am most happy with the a-pillar solution as it removes that annoying crispy-vortex-resonance sound.
Thanks to the stereo you can outpower the remaining 'normal' wind sounds
Do you have a pic of the new mod?
destructure00
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I redid my insert using softer more spongy pipe insulation and same effect....wind noise is reduced but not eliminated. I even filled in the lower void from the door side as OP did, no change. At this point I'm thinking my wind noise is coming from somewhere else.
Oh, sorry it didn't work out, but, yeah, you may be right about better gaps now. Mine is an early 2018 car with gaps that were wider than I would normally expect on a car in this price range.
While I can’t say whether my car’s gaps are bigger than yours or not, I did have to spend some time to push these in.
The key for me was to douse soapy water on the tubing, and stretch it along as I pushed it in.
ElectrekPanda
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I bought the tubing but I am not yet successful inserting it. I will try again but if there is a slightly smaller, it might go easier.
The trick with the tubing is to start at either end (the one closer to the door seems easier). Use tension in the tubing and a bit of pressure against the A pillar to your advantage. Then wedge the tubing in leaving a bit to fold/wedge under the windshield trim cover.
The idea here is NOT to insert the tubing into the panel gap so that it falls in there and/or wedges itself between the fender outer skin and A pillar inner sheet metal... but to fill the open space panel gap so as to prevent wind from entering.
Best to do a few test fits with slightly elongated pieces and trim to fit AFTER (they stretch).
Re foam or sponge, similar concept but this time from below and you so want to let it expand into the triangular wedge shape directly below the panel gap. I found its best to use 2 pieces of adhesive foam and instead of glueing them to any given surface, glue them to each other, cram in there and let each side expand and fill the gaps perpendicular to the front/back edge of the panel and down toward the little ledge/sill you see in the pics above.
The idea here is NOT to insert the tubing into the panel gap so that it falls in there and/or wedges itself between the fender outer skin and A pillar inner sheet metal... but to fill the open space panel gap so as to prevent wind from entering.
Best to do a few test fits with slightly elongated pieces and trim to fit AFTER (they stretch).
Re foam or sponge, similar concept but this time from below and you so want to let it expand into the triangular wedge shape directly below the panel gap. I found its best to use 2 pieces of adhesive foam and instead of glueing them to any given surface, glue them to each other, cram in there and let each side expand and fill the gaps perpendicular to the front/back edge of the panel and down toward the little ledge/sill you see in the pics above.
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