Originally Posted by Katanazz
So getting back from our last trip from Modena to Lake Garda and back for a BBQ with friends (@Ale_72, that was great!) my personal SWMBO told me she'd like to have a little bit more comfort while travelling.
Our road to Lake Garda was 100% motorway, we've put the roof up and kept the speed at 70 mph which for me was perfectly fine but she complained about the wind noise (and exhaust, later on).
Back from Lake Garda we've decided to take the inner route as the ETA was very similar (only 45 minutes more), and we had no problems but the harsh surface we've often encountered.

My idea was to use some neoprene to close the gaps between the sidescreens and the doors, i think most of the air comes from there.
Plus i've noticed that my roof doesn't really closes all the way on the windscreen, here's a picture:

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I have no idea why this is happening but i'm blaming the roof seal that is way too thick to correctly fit the windscreen.

Am i wrong? Are there other ways to improve the sound deadening?

My car is a 2009 3.0 Roadster with sport exhaust (yes, it drones at 3k rpm)

Thanks in advance,
Gabriele


I too have sealed the sidescreens as best I can with self adhesive door trim. The hood provides its own thrumming sound and i do not have a solution to that. My exhaust also has a droning sound at 2500rpm that is bothersome to my passenger, I fitted sound deadening to the floors which has reduced it. I plan to fit the same material to the inside of the doors as I might as well. In normal cars the doors are a significant entry point for noise. It is self adhesive in sheets and simply sticks to the wood under the carpets.
I will also try fitting heat shield blanket material to the muffler, there is a product that has wadding on the inside surface that suppresses some of the resonances.

My windscreen seal on the bar that mates with the windscreen was deformed and over time had bunched up in the channel. I cut a little away and stuck the remaining part back with araldite clamping it for 24 hours to make sure it stuck properly.

I’ll be interested in your experiments too.

Last edited by Kevcaster; 11/10/20 06:51 PM.
Kevin

2009 Morgan Plus 4 - 4 seater
2015 Subaru Forester 2.0ltr