Roof Racks & Wind Noise (oh joy!!)

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Test fit

Still gotta install the flooring, then I'll get started on the wiring...

 

[concretejungle]

Rack looks great! especially for something you scrapped together.

Awesome job.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Rack looks great! especially for something you scrapped together.

Awesome job.

Thanx mang



Oh yeah, surprisingly, the wind noise is not nearly as loud as it was without the lights and upper bars

Before (with just the base), it was loud @ 45mph and just got louder and louder



Now I don't even know it's there until I hit about 80



Working on a wind deflector to reduce noise with the sunroof open....

 

[concretejungle]

Really? Hmmmmm...... I don't even have my ARB on anymore because it's so damn loud. So maybe i should put a bunch of lights on it to quiet it down.

 

[rockclmbr]

I second Alia176. The wind us goi8ng around the bars and creating turbulence. If you make the bottom solid it will not make as much noise. On my African Outback rack, it is pretty quiet without the rail.

I did the air horns, where did you get them? What dB are they?

Oh, and I think you missed a few spots where you could add lights. How about pointing straight up and light the sky?

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Really? Hmmmmm...... I don't even have my ARB on anymore because it's so damn loud. So maybe i should put a bunch of lights on it to quiet it down.

Yep, much more quiet than before

Still loud with the sunroof open, but I'm working on a fix for that

I did the air horns, where did you get them? What dB are they?

The HB4H hornset is from Hornblasters (made by Buell)


The big gun is a Nathan Airchime K3HA that I got from a collector in South Carolina

Nathan rates them @ about 142 db's....


However, there's a big misconception on how horns are measured, so don't let that low number fool you....

That 142 db horn is actually about 10 times louder than the claimed "152 db" chrome horns you see flaoting around on fleabay



Don't have to take my word for it though, here's a test vid I made before I installed it on the Previa


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4979107809374899759&q=98+SNAKE+EATER+Locomotive







Rick

 

[Reinhardt Toyota]

Nice wright up