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bishbosh10

Member Since: 25 Apr 2013
Location: North Somerset
Posts: 344

Roof rack hearing aid

As some will be aware, I was very pleased to snag myself a genuine roof rack for the fatty.

The seller warned me that it howled a bit at speed and he was not wrong! So after a fruitless search for the holy grail that is the G4 grp moulding I resorted to CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) and through an iterative process got to this:

After a short road trip to prove the concept, I set about making some mounting brackets from 1.5mm stainless strip:

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With them mounted and dimensions checked for the eleventy-tenth time, I converted the CAD into real CAD and got it cut in 3mm acrylic.

This is the result:

Not perfect - it could do with a bit more upsweep on the leading edge at the ends but for less than £80 all in I am pretty pleased and can now hear the radio again! Bish.

2005 110 TD5 CSW
2011 TDV8 Vogue SE (gone)

27th Jul 2021 4:58pm

stan
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excellent, well done ... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
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27th Jul 2021 5:07pm

Kot

Member Since: 10 Mar 2021
Location: broadland
Posts: 1195

Clarkson in disguise 2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

27th Jul 2021 5:25pm

redleicester

Member Since: 03 Oct 2019
Location: England's green and pleasant land
Posts: 21

Good to know the expedition rack fits a 2010+ car though, I've had two suppliers tell me it doesn't! Still on the hunt for one for mine 2011 VSE 4.4 TDV8 Santorini / Ivory
2008 VSE 4.2 SC Santorini / Ivory
2005 Disco 3 4.4 V8 Chelsea / dead llama
2005/06 FFRR Vogue 4.4 V8 Cairns blue / camel

31st Jul 2021 10:06am

p38arover

Member Since: 16 Dec 2015
Location: Western Sydney
Posts: 1526

I think I need one of those for my Rhino Pioneer Platform.

Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

31st Jul 2021 12:08pm

Weejock

Member Since: 30 Dec 2011
Location: UK
Posts: 417

2002 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Epsom Green

I know the chap I bought my rack from years ago, who got it direct from LR and fitted at the dealer, said on the drive home he nearly turned around and took it back due to the noise!
The cheap and quick 'fix' is pipe insulation/lagging around the leading edge which stops the noise enough but will not silence it completely but makes it driveable up to motorway speeds.
Even boarding out with Wiska/rhino board like the G4 examples made no difference to mine (thought it might dampen the vibration a bit).
There was hopes of group buy being set up of a copy made of the G4 deflector but it never came to anything.
I started making up a G4 like fibreglass molding but never finished it...one day when I have some time!
That looks a neat solution and would be a lot better than the insulation ...probably wil give better mpg too. My rack stays off now unless I need it...2 mpg extra without lol!

2nd Aug 2021 10:42am

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