Wind noise at drivers door?
What can I do to reduce wind noise when driving at highway speeds? I can isolate tire noise; the noise I'd like to reduce is wind and/or other noise when driving above, say, 45 MPH? I can barely hear the radio unless I turn it way up.
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Permalink Reply by Tom Wiles on
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I had to take a thin piece of black, somewhat firm foam about 3/8" thick, 4" long and 1.5" wide and insert it right at the driver's side A pillar on the black rubber windshield weatherstrip as I close the top to stop the air noise. Its not really inconvenient to do and makes a huge difference at highway speeds. However, its still hard to hear the radio. These are noisy cars I'm finding out after 5 months of ownership. Would applying a new coat of the grey OEM Porsche undercoat help with the road noise? Maybe in the wheel wells too?
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Permalink Reply by Gene Johnson on
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Maybe more undercoating would help, and the Porsche would probably be the smartest to keep the car as original as possible.
I found out the source of my wind noise, or 90% of it to be my door hinge tearing out from the unibody. It got to be obvious when driving on the freeway one day that I could see light along the top edge of the door! I drove to my Independent Shop to ask about it and the owner said he' never seen that happen. I took it to a body shop he recommended and had it repaired. The cost was $2,200, and the work is excellent, so I'm very satisfied with the repair.
The only cause I can think of is my flinging the door open, not even too hard, over the 17 years I've owned the car. the unibody is aluminum apparently, so I can understand the failure. I'm 73 now, and went through about 10-15 years of significant disability where my movement was impaired. It's a difficult car to get in and especially out of, and I compensated apparently.by pushing the door open rather than treating it with due care.
Now the biggest noise id tire noise, and my tires are old, thus hard, and I live on a road the was chip sealed, so that's a big part of it. Next time it's in the shop I'll ask for it to be test driven. The owner had the whole series from a couple 951s, and a 968, so he'll know, Now he has a newer Cayman S fitted out for track use. (envy, here)
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