Rhino Pioneer Tray Noise

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Originally Posted by Naps

Hi Imaz,
I tried to apply some science to the process....doing a before and after run down the same section of ring road on the same day at the same speed to gauge the extent of noise reduction. ..and it certainly seemed to make a significant difference. Time will tell how it goes over different (rougher) road and wind conditions.
Naps

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Just back from a 6 month road trip covering 24,000km...most of it on rough dirt tracks and off road. While the fairing does reduce the wind noise IMO, it seriously makes up for it through the incessant squeaking that all of the contact pads make once you get onto the dirt. The dust causes them to squeak and it drove us nuts...you could stiop it for a while by washing them down with water....but that gets lame pretty quickly, so I removed the fairing all together. Better off without and I plan to fill the space with a good light bar (suggestions welcome).

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Originally Posted by Naps

Just back from a 6 month road trip covering 24,000km...most of it on rough dirt tracks and off road. While the fairing does reduce the wind noise IMO, it seriously makes up for it through the incessant squeaking that all of the contact pads make once you get onto the dirt. The dust causes them to squeak and it drove us nuts...you could stiop it for a while by washing them down with water....but that gets lame pretty quickly, so I removed the fairing all together. Better off without and I plan to fill the space with a good light bar (suggestions welcome).

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My noise got worse with a light bar! I have a Stedi.

thanks for the feedback. I was briefly looking at the wind deflectors so good to know I made the right choice.

I can deal with the noise when camping but I found it annoying to drive around town on and it tanked my fuel economy on the highway. For this reason I went with 6x pioneer quick release legs. They required a fair bit of effort to get them positioned to lock in with a tray, and are still a little fiddley getting it on and locked but no more than 10 minutes on and 5 minutes off. And I like that I can load up the roof rack for camping, and take it off to drive around the city.

They also ended up being cheaper than the regular legs + base kits

This talk of rack noise made me laugh recently. Had a mate of mine in my D3 recently who owns a Ranger with a roof rack (not a rhino rack) and he couldn't believe how quiet my D3 was with my rack. I'm sure there's just a little more sound deadening than a ranger to thank for that[thumbsupbig]

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Originally Posted by Naps

Just back from a 6 month road trip covering 24,000km...most of it on rough dirt tracks and off road. While the fairing does reduce the wind noise IMO, it seriously makes up for it through the incessant squeaking that all of the contact pads make once you get onto the dirt. The dust causes them to squeak and it drove us nuts...you could stiop it for a while by washing them down with water....but that gets lame pretty quickly, so I removed the fairing all together. Better off without and I plan to fill the space with a good light bar (suggestions welcome).

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My solution was to swap out the entire rack for a Tracklander. I know it's a big call but to get rid of the noise I had to take the rack off when not touring and that became a pain to do too. Best thing I've done to solve the problem long term and IMO I've got better rack.

First drive since fitting my rack but not a whisper from it up to 60kph, my old steel rack was noisy straight off the driveway.
I wasn't a fan of these racks when i first saw them but i do like the unobtrusive aspect when not loaded up and if i do need to remove i can do it easily myself.

I've riveted all the cross overs together on my rhino platform to stop it rattling. Dead quiet now...

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Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

I've riveted all the cross overs together on my rhino platform to stop it rattling. Dead quiet now...

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I'm going to sika the added rails in once I've painted them or they'll vibrate.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

I'm going to sika the added rails in once I've painted them or they'll vibrate.

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In another stage of my life I was into very high end car audio.

Chasing resonance was just par for the course.

One thing that worked well, and may work in the roof rack - expanding foam - fill those cross tubes with it. It may well remove a harmonic!

Mine isn’t a harmonic, or whistle. It’s pure and simple turbulence noice.