rincewind
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. Obviously can’t simply fill the fold as the window has to be able to move.
Yes, you can - it's called Sugru. I had this fold on the outside seal and used Sugru. It filled the gap nicely and the window moves fine.
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. Obviously can’t simply fill the fold as the window has to be able to move.
Yes, you can - it's called Sugru. I had this fold on the outside seal and used Sugru. It filled the gap nicely and the window moves fine.
We think alike! I was looking for something that I could use there, and went with Sugru as well. I bought it but still haven't had the guts to put it in.
I do think it will have to be removed should anything happen to one of the windows, since it will likely be impossible to put a new window in with exactly the same placement, even if it is exactly the same dimensions. Those gaps very from place to place on my vehicle, at least.
Yes, you can - it's called Sugru. I had this fold on the outside seal and used Sugru. It filled the gap nicely and the window moves fine.
I’ve added extra seals for the doors, rubber tubing to close the a-pillar and mirror gaps, plugs for the chrome trim, checked window frame seals, but I am still getting a lot of whistling/blowing wind noise at highway speeds. Got to ride in the passenger seat today and found the cause. 30 second video: Imgur
A TL;DR picture:
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Verified noise was present. passenger window was positioned too far back in track. Re-positioned window forward and
window noise has eliminated and verified after test drive.
Well, the car is back from Tesla. They didn't do anything to the seals but here's the correction they applied:
This is after I showed the video in my quoted post to the tech. No change to the wind noise at all, so time to figure out a good way to seal those gaps. On a side note, my passenger side window does sit a good 1/8" further back than the driver one, clearly visible when looking at the gap between the window and the b-pillar. But it doesn't look like what they did changed that at all.
I think you’ll enjoy a look at this recent video:...
Here's how I plan to deal with the window glass:
For the A pillars, I'm going to pop out the plastic trim at the end (between the fender and the frunk at the corner of the windshield and apply a small amount of expanding foam to fill the end of the A pillar. Then I'll replace the trim and call it a day.
Frankly, I'm a bit surprised that Tesla doesn't make more of an effort to deal with this at the factory since wind noise is clearly an issue being discussed by their customers. That's literally the only thing that bothers me enough to mention about the car.
Best,
That piece of black trim Tesla uses makes a huge difference in the amount of noise coming from the A-Pillar. If it's not snugly attached to the fender, wind gets around it. Mine is missing a clip to hold in properly resulting in obvious road noise. I jammed a corner of it under the fender and now have less noise. I'll get them to put the missing clip in during a future SC visit.
I hear it, too, at speeds above about 60MPH. I have not been able to isolate it, but I haven't tried too hard either. It sounds to me like wind is actually getting into the A-pillar from somewhere. Dynamat is for vibration noise. The only way to block wind noise is to block the wind from getting inside in the first place.All,
I found the wind noise is drastically reduced with the blocking's of the anterior/outside A pillar hack, so thank you all for that!
That said, the and noise about the A pillar where it meets the top windshield / roof next to the driver's head is now a concern which has been mentioned here as well. I have tried several experiments without success on the outside, but was wondering, has anyone experimented or tried taking off the headliner there? Maybe one can sound proof that area with dynomat, CCF, MLV, etc?
Alex
My passenger front door glass sticks out a good 1/8" or so compared to the driver's side. I think that and the air entering the A pillar by the corner of the frunk are the primary sources of noise. Here's how I plan to deal with the window glass:
For the A pillars, I'm going to pop out the plastic trim at the end (between the fender and the frunk at the corner of the windshield and apply a small amount of expanding foam to fill the end of the A pillar. Then I'll replace the trim and call it a day.
Frankly, I'm a bit surprised that Tesla doesn't make more of an effort to deal with this at the factory since wind noise is clearly an issue being discussed by their customers. That's literally the only thing that bothers me enough to mention about the car.
Best,
How do you push the mirrors forward?In my case, it looks like the culprits are the mirror assemblies. Yesterday, I decided to try pushing the mirrors forward while driving at highway speed and the persistent wind noise that has been bugging me for weeks immediately stopped. Going to try taping up sections of various gaps on the mirrors today to find out the specific source and devise a fix.
How do you push the mirrors forward?
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Whistling noise from mirror
This guy also noted wind noise from his mirror. I applied the same neophrene tubing to the mirror tonight (set autofold off), let see if this works..