Roof Rack Wind Noise

[Altamont]

stand by, I have a Yakima rack on my Ridge. took the stock rack off. tonight I'll take a pic or two and post it here. observations: I carry sea kayaks on mine. the stock rack was way too flexible and the bars were too close. with the Yak rack, it sits lower to the roof, it is way more rigid. since it clips to the roof, I can take it off when I am going on the highway without my boats, or of I anticipate going to the city (Vancouver or Seattle) to go in a parking garage etc. it does need the Yakima fairing to not make noise though. as long as you clean the pads and roof before you clip it on, it won't damage the paint. in a perfect world I'd rather have a factory rack, but oh well ... I have had a Yakima setup on every car I have owned since my new 1980 Volvo 240. that one, Taurus sedan, Taurus wagon (twins came), Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Quest (twins grew), Subaru Outback, Toyota Sequoia (twins had friends), VW Taureg (twins went to college), and my Ridge (dad got his own car). when you are done with your Yakima you can get most of the $ back on e-bay. pics tonight.

[Otter68]

Just got around to trying this as a solution to the 40-65 mph wind noise in my 06 RTL (no s/r) (already replaced the windshield once).

Thank the ROC almighty! Eliminated the bothersome sound and saved my sanity. I'm one of the ones who got the roof rack for cosmetic purposes and I won't lose any functionality by losing the cross bars. If needed later, could get them back on in about 15 mins.

Needed T-30 and T-15 (I think) torx bits, but the install instructions mention a T-30 and T-25 (I think). The front covers basically pull straight up; I was worried I would break a tab or something, but had no problems.

Many thanx to everyone for the tips!

[ridgeline2006]

I had wind noise and it was very loud. I had a basket attached to the roof mount. I removed the basket and then I removed the cross bars here are a few pictures, the first is with basket and the second is without basket and crossbars. For more pictures check out website.....

[Machog]

This may have been posted earlier in the thread, but didn't see it.

Simply move the cross bars as far back as they can be moved, it totally eliminated he noise. It is 100% quiet, but I have a brand new 07 (3 weeks old), maybe Honda changed something?

Plus, you still have a usable rack, simply under do the thumb screws and spread them out as normal.

Machog

[spud]

q. How does the roof rack rails come off?
Mine has one one adjuster per side per rail & doesnt look like it comes off easily with out taking whole rack off
Q. Does anyone know of an easy way?
thanks