Re: 604 wind noise- QUIET

Steve Leung (firepiston@juno.com)
Wed, 19 May 1999 22:26:34 -0700

On Wed, 19 May 1999 09:37:15 -0400 Francois Dion <francois@hyperreal.org>
writes:
>Philip Glotfelty wrote:
>> Steve,
>> I've always thought the 505's wind noise was excessive. Not
>horrible
>> but louder than acceptable by today's standards. If I ever sold the
>car
>> it's probably the only thing I wouldn't miss.
>
>On mine, the gutters had some plastic trims. They were all yellow
>and didn't hold very well, so I removed them and the wind noise
>is a lot more acceptable.

Wow, I didn't think the gutter trim could cause much wind noise.
It's worth a try though. The power antenna causes a lot of windnoise
when it is up, not that loud in the front seat most objectionable in the
rear. -Steve

Also, if you dont need the wind deflector
>on the sunroof (if you dont use it on the highway for example),
>you might want to remove it. Big source of noise.

>Last, make sure the weatherstrips are in good shape. I got one
>that will need replacing at some point. Where can I buy these
>things?
>
>Ciao,
>Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
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