Mahn England
DEFENDER 110 D300 SE '23 (the S M E G)
DEFENDER 110 wagon '08 (the Kelvinator)
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members-ri...elvinator.html
Ex 300Tdi Disco:
I just bought a pair of Front Runner load bars
The Front Runner Bars are very noisy too
Over 80KPH and it sounds like driving through a howling blizzard
Ive tried with and without the supplied deflector. It must be the rectangular shape of the bars or the gappy mountings
These make my L663 almost as noisy as my my "proper Defender" fitted with Rhino tradie racks!
Also had a problem with the rail mount. One of the 8 threaded studs was not pressed into the sliding plate properly and slipped when trying to tighten the nyloc nut. Was then difficult to back off
Front Runner replaced the mount promptly but I ended up putting a small plug weld on each stud
Roof bars are often noisy,unless there is something on them such as a RTT.
On the Falcon vans we had years ago,we used to slide pipe insulation over the bars,which would cut the noise down to almost nothing.
We always used the thickest walled insulation we could get,but was still practical, so we could use the roof bars for carrying ladders,pipe,etc.
The last two vehicles we have had,i take the bars off when not using them,they have a quick release set up so come off very easily.
They were Rhino HD bars
Paul
D2,D2,D2a,D4,'09 Defender 110(sons), all moved on.
'56 S1,been in the family since...'56
Comes out of hibernation every few months for a run
From memory, the FR have the carry slats running across the vehicle, RR has them running along the length of the car. This affects their running noise no end. On my D4 the RR was not as noisy as the AT tyres it was wearing. Will see what rack I put on my Defender... a slimline front air dam or spoiler a la ProSpeed design should work well...
Inspired by the pool noodle solution, I found a YT hack to reduce noise on roof bars
By spiralling rope around the bar, the noise is 90% defeated
The picture shows the hack on the FR roof bars on my L663
I will replace the rope with 6mm black shock cord for a neater look.
The green tape filling the gaps in the brackets did nothing to reduce noise and will be removed
I have just listed an alloy full length serious roof rack on market place. It looks a bit commercial, but would make the new defender look a bit tougher
Price reduction if anyone interested--- market place
John
This looks very good.
Rhino Rack with Backbone at 1900aud but only 86kg capacity seems a bit expensive in comparison.
New Land Rover Defender Expedition Roof Rack VPLER0181
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