PrInSu Design Studio Roof Racks BS Thread

Those are pretty quiet compared to every MT tire..

 

My friend had them on his Grand Cherokee and all we ever heard on the highway was WAAAAAAAHHHHH. My roommate has Toyo MT's and they are about the same volume to me. Could also depend on the vehicle though.

 

Vehicle for sure with how much insulation it has, doubt a grand cherokee (unless its newer) has much

 

I will have to do a video of mine tomorrow. I never get anything even close to that. Maybe the edge trim is making a difference. I never noticed anything close to that before either though. Unless I have just had it on for so long that I am used to it.

What did you use to video? Just a phone or something else?

 

@Overkill07 that's pretty damn loud....oh yeah and nice job using those blinkers....people here in Tulsa obviously don't have them and it pisses me off.

 

Yes, just my phone.

And note to all.

I am in know way posting info or videos to discourage this product in anyway at all. Zach makes a great product, has wonderful customer service and takes pride in what he does. I only am trying to inform others. I would still by this again and again with out hesitation.

 

Thanks. It irritates the heck out of me too down here.

 

I'm the same way, if anything, I'm only bitching about wind to make future products (and hopefully any fixes for ours) better. The wind noise is all good, but I know I'm going to have a 15 hour drive numerous times in the future, and I'm curious to see if I blow up and rip the thing off half way through..

 

I had a ladder on my truck and drove 8 hours with horrible wind noise, I just turned up my radio and forgot it was there. Granted I was the only one in the truck haha. Wonder how bad the wind noise is on the first gens?

 

Yeah, if no one is in the truck that I need to have a conversation with, the radio does a fine job of drowning out the noise.

 

Problem solved. Have any "needed" conversations before you get underway. Then just rock out all the way there.

 

guess I don't find driving with my radio at volume 40+ all that pleasurable

 

mine is half that FWIW

 

So after hearing the video yesterday from @Overkill07 I started to be really concerned. I have never witnessed anything close to that amount of noise after 2 years of having the rack in various configurations and even various iterations of the rack. We will still have to troubleshoot things a bit to see why some are getting such mixed results. I have the same exact setup (except maybe more crossbars, and the edge trim along the wind deflector) and the video below shows the noise I get (don't mind the audience commentary from the back seat )

Conditions were ~34F with light rain, and a moderate wind coming from the north west (I am traveling north)

I didn't see a major change in noise by having more crossbars, but it is possible that I didn't really appreciate the benefit of the edge trim.

 

My wife was actually really surprised when I showed her the video from @Overkill07

 

The kiddos crack me up

But in all seriousness I am floored by the difference between our two videos. I don't think I ever heard anything louder on yours than what I hear at 45mph. I'll upload more under different circumstances.

 

Yeah that was my reaction too. For us both having 30" bars with the deflector on the lowest setting there shouldn't be a difference. Dont get me wrong I have had moments where mine is noisier that the video but usually that is when there is a violent cross or head wind. The video I posted is pretty much the normal for me.

 

Must be the red bolts on your light bar making all the noise.

 

Lol, you know that is got to be it!

Did the other person get the ligt bar running with the same fix as myself (20amp Fuse)?