jfischetti

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Someone remarked while riding in my Allroad, "Is that the wind??"

Unfortunately, Yes. The Thule rack on my 2001 cuts more wind than the cowboys sitting around the campfire in Blazing Saddles.

So i was thinking of getting the Thule Fairing that attaches to the front bar to defelct the wind a bit, but then i realized that it would be right over the sunroof - not in a more front placed optimal position.

Anyone have any experience, and better still, pictures of what the setup is like..

Oh, and yes there would be an AUDI sticker eventually placed on the left side of the fairing to balance out the thule Sticker....

Thanks in advance

PS. I'm not talking about wind resistance while a kayak is on the roof, just simply the bars alone....

Arnzo

I run the standard square Thule bars on my AR. I have them behind the sun roof the rear bar is about center on the rear window. I don't notice much wind noise. Can you try moving them back or will your boat hang off the back too much?

HPH

Oh! It's a boat! I thought it was some kind of rudder.

Arnzo

LLTEK after market fin.

Nebuchadnezzar

I had my Yakima fairing over the sunroof at first and it didn't bother me too much there.

TXTurbo

Not the clearest shot but it will give you an idea how it looks. I tried the rack in several different positions. All the way back without a fairing I got the wind noise you noticed especially with the sunroof open. All the way back with a fairing was better but the middle tray (backwards) stuck out over the fairing and looked kind of strange. Plus it was still noisy. So I moved the Thule rails all the way forward on the ar roof rails, which put the bottom of the fairing about six inches from the top of the windshield.

Yes this obscures your view through the sunroof -- you see the fairing mounting brackets and the back of the fairing -- but hey, you're supposed to be watching the road not staring up at the sky. The only real downside with mine is the mounting bolts for the center tray won't allow the sunroof to tilt open. I never used this feature anyway, so no big deal. On the plus side, having the fairing in front eliminates the dreaded "buffeting" noise when the sunroof is completely open.

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squishball

I have a Thule coffin (Evolution 1200 rack box) mounted to audi cross bars. With the exception of stong crosswinds, I have minimal wind noise.