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| F-Typical Member Since: 05 Sep 2024 Location: Hereford Posts: 16  
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Drive really slowly - and avoid driving on windy days? Not helpful - I know - but aside from using JLR bits where they should have tested all items to check they don't introduce wind buffet at speed, or LOUD wind noise, that's probably your only option if using aftermarket parts.
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27th Oct 2024 5:52pm |
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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1105 
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^^^^^ you don't know JLR very well. Do they really care if it whistles ?
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27th Oct 2024 8:04pm |
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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1105
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"I’m looking to add off grid camping items such as rails, roof rack and roof tent plis ladder and side box."
Well I have all those things, yes they are noisy ....... and get 4mph knocked off my mpg  |
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27th Oct 2024 8:07pm |
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| H1Tad Member Since: 20 Jul 2024 Location: Maine Posts: 113 
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Fairings help.
But the less aerodynamic your rig is, the louder its going to be. There's really no getting around it unfortunately. 2022 Defender 110 SE P400 Tasman Blue Expedition and Cold weather package 2003 Hummer H1 P400 Firehouse Red 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser |
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27th Oct 2024 8:22pm |
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| A1C6 Member Since: 15 Oct 2024 Location: Australia Posts: 44 
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Our 110 has a RhinoRack fitted to it, and it sounds like it is going to take off going highway speeds (110 km/h). I find that closing the sunroof cover helps it, and you can just ignore it with some music. According to the place we got it from/got it installed at, there is a special piece that reduces wind noise that whoever installed the rack (them!!!) didn't put on. However, I doubt it would have fixed things.
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28th Oct 2024 7:11am |
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| Ajay(UK) Member Since: 13 Feb 2021 Location: Arundel, W.Sussex Posts: 78 
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Interested to know if the Urban Light Pods add wind noise? My 110 with the Factory Roof Rack, Gear Carrier and Ladder do add some wind noise but I am thinking about switching up to the V8 Carpathian with some Urban bits so curious to know if things will be quieter - well apart form the exhaust 
Andy. 22MY Defender 110 X Dynamic HSE D250, Gondwana Stone with too many options! 2022 Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic Autobiography, Firenze Red with Black Pack. Gone: 2015 L405 SDV8 Autobiography, Indus Silver with Black Pack. Gone: 2014 Discovery 4 HSE Luxury Firenze Red |
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29th Oct 2024 4:38pm |
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| o-ren-ishii Member Since: 25 Jul 2023 Location: The Hague Posts: 31 
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Well my roof is quite full. We are travelling about a year know with the defender with rooftoptent and all.
I have the frontrunner rack with a vehicle wide lightbar (its awesome! ) . The wind noise was the most with an empty rack without the lightbar and the deflector. After that its quite manageable. Not as quite as stock but certainly not bad. Opening the roof window about 80kmh is not advisable but i didn’t do that anyhow above 100kmh. What makes the noise (like whistling) is the flat bars itself, stuff like straps creating a type of snare. Get rid of the “sharp” edges and there wont be any whistling. However a low rumble there will be always at high speed.  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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30th Oct 2024 9:15am |
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