Thread: New Windscreen noisy

G'day mate, i know what u mean about the noise but i got out of a 2000 model Fairmont Ghia into my D2 a hell yes it was noisy, sometimes she sounds like i've got half a doz sieves strapped to the roof as a comparison to the fairmont but u get used to it i guess.
Good luck & congrats on the purchase, using yours as a daily driver same as myself, you'll find all the guys on here most helpful

Originally Posted by Discobaker

G'day mate, i know what u mean about the noise but i got out of a 2000 model Fairmont Ghia into my D2 a hell yes it was noisy, sometimes she sounds like i've got half a doz sieves strapped to the roof as a comparison to the fairmont but u get used to it i guess.
Good luck & congrats on the purchase, using yours as a daily driver same as myself, you'll find all the guys on here most helpful

yeh thanks but it doesnt make me feel any better perhaps I can invest in a pair of ear muffs....ok, its not quite that bad....maybe just turn the stereo up a little.

I should mention that even with the a/c off there is a fair breeze flowing from just right of the centre of the dash - about where the arrow is on the photo which seems to correspond with the frequency of the wind noise (measured by the oh so technical frequency-o-meter - my hand)

Silicon???
Sorry, i copped plenty of flack initially from the guys, gotta get mine sooner or later.

Originally Posted by Discobaker

Silicon???
Sorry, i copped plenty of flack initially from the guys, gotta get mine sooner or later.

Happy to cop my share of noob ****

Happy to use silicon also...if I can find the hole / leak. Like I said Ive checked all the way along the bottom of the screen....solid black windscreen silicon the entire length.

I did see an air intake under the wiper cowling and filter of some description, just in front of the passenger seat, what is that for? could that be the source?

Check that the black side trims are tight against the screen. It is possible that air is getting between these and the screen.

Erich

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Check that the black side trims are tight against the screen. It is possible that air is getting between these and the screen.

Erich

thanks. will do

I recall someone here suggesting, fill a spray bottle with soapy water and spray around the outside perimeter of the screen, then get a compressed air gun, and run it around the inside perimeter of the screen.
Any leaks will show up as bubbles on the outside.

You have a bonded screen so highly doubtfull there is any problem with seal between glass and body. The culprit will be the rubber surrounds not seating properly as Bundalene points out, particularly if they were re-used (which is hard to do at the best of times but will save around $350 on new surrounds)