I had another thread going but it was getting pretty subjective and cluttered so thought I'd start a fresh one.
Original-ish Post:
I bought an '04 Land Cruiser a couple of months ago. The previous owner had the windshield replaced with aftermarket glass. The glass was leaking when I bought it and there was a fair amount of wind noise. It was really difficult to tell (directionally) where it was coming from. The water leak wasn't terrible but enough for me to have it fixed. I had it replaced by Safelite who also installed the two old trim pieces down the side (attached with rivets) and the necessary rivet cover molding. I bought the Toyota coated rivets but they did not arrive in time for me to have Safelite use them. I think they just used standard aluminum rivets instead. The trim pieces were not in the greatest of shape (slightly bent and don't sit PERFECTLY flush with the windshield/roofline where they meet.
Long story short, my leak is gone but the wind noise is still there.
UPDATE #1:
I'm going to keep chronicling this until I figure it out...or don't.
I took it back to Safelight to have them take a look. I left it with them for the day yesterday. The manager believes it is not windshield installation-related (who would have thought?). He thinks it could be a combination of trim related issues. He did a couple of experiments by applying painters tape in certain spots but wasn't really able to reduce the noise.
Another relevant bit of information is that I removed my roof rack. I had replaced the drip molding and inserted the covers to hide the openings in the moldings where the rack was previously bolted down. I thought I had done this correctly but the molding was still a bit loose and there was also a gap between the front of the drip molding and the windshield trim. To eliminate this gap and/or the drip molding as the culprit, I just took the drip molding off the truck. The result is an "exposed" gutter running length-wise down my roof but no obvious aerodynamic disruptions. Removing this didn't seem to reduce the noise much, if any.
I have also removed my sun roof wind deflector but can't imagine that would play into the noise much with the sunroof closed.
My next attack on the noise was to put some foam "backer rod" into the gaps in the trim down the sides of the windshield. This seems to have reduced the noise some - but not enough.
I think I'll begin taping off suspicious areas one at a time to see if it makes any difference.
Any thoughts you guys might have are appreciated. Anyone else approached this issue and experienced a successful outcome?
Here’s a video to hopefully clarify some of the things I’m talking about:
Original-ish Post:
I bought an '04 Land Cruiser a couple of months ago. The previous owner had the windshield replaced with aftermarket glass. The glass was leaking when I bought it and there was a fair amount of wind noise. It was really difficult to tell (directionally) where it was coming from. The water leak wasn't terrible but enough for me to have it fixed. I had it replaced by Safelite who also installed the two old trim pieces down the side (attached with rivets) and the necessary rivet cover molding. I bought the Toyota coated rivets but they did not arrive in time for me to have Safelite use them. I think they just used standard aluminum rivets instead. The trim pieces were not in the greatest of shape (slightly bent and don't sit PERFECTLY flush with the windshield/roofline where they meet.
Long story short, my leak is gone but the wind noise is still there.
UPDATE #1:
I'm going to keep chronicling this until I figure it out...or don't.
I took it back to Safelight to have them take a look. I left it with them for the day yesterday. The manager believes it is not windshield installation-related (who would have thought?). He thinks it could be a combination of trim related issues. He did a couple of experiments by applying painters tape in certain spots but wasn't really able to reduce the noise.
Another relevant bit of information is that I removed my roof rack. I had replaced the drip molding and inserted the covers to hide the openings in the moldings where the rack was previously bolted down. I thought I had done this correctly but the molding was still a bit loose and there was also a gap between the front of the drip molding and the windshield trim. To eliminate this gap and/or the drip molding as the culprit, I just took the drip molding off the truck. The result is an "exposed" gutter running length-wise down my roof but no obvious aerodynamic disruptions. Removing this didn't seem to reduce the noise much, if any.
I have also removed my sun roof wind deflector but can't imagine that would play into the noise much with the sunroof closed.
My next attack on the noise was to put some foam "backer rod" into the gaps in the trim down the sides of the windshield. This seems to have reduced the noise some - but not enough.
I think I'll begin taping off suspicious areas one at a time to see if it makes any difference.
Any thoughts you guys might have are appreciated. Anyone else approached this issue and experienced a successful outcome?
Here’s a video to hopefully clarify some of the things I’m talking about:
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