The PO of my 2000 Sahara installed a light bar on the top of the windshield. It works well and it looks good also. Problem is at highway speed there is a whistling sound that is so loud I have to turn the stereo up to drown it out. Does anyone else have this problem and has anyone found a fix for this?
Whistling light bar
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I've seen people mention they got these, but I don't have a light bar so don't really know. Well, one on the windshield area anyway, mines on my bumper.
https://www.extremeterrain.com/rigi...LWRunGV8N6VBjdUUOihoCAoUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I also read that someone made a metal plate to go over the hole in the actual bracket that holds the bar. Can't remember if that person was on here or FB.
https://www.extremeterrain.com/rigi...LWRunGV8N6VBjdUUOihoCAoUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I also read that someone made a metal plate to go over the hole in the actual bracket that holds the bar. Can't remember if that person was on here or FB.
This is turning into a thing here, huh?
But yeah, I would run a lightbar but there are just too many complaints about whistling or making your soft top resonate, neither of which I want.
Go to the How To Section, there are cheap fixes. I used a piece of rubber baseboard molding as an air dam. 5 minutes of effort and $4 to fix it.
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Love em or hate em lightbars put out a lot of light and personally I use mine ALOT.
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Yeah, but they need to point backwards to shine on the tailgaters!
Actually, using some tape can be a good way to narrow down the cause. Slap on some duct tape (or Gorilla tape) on suspected areas and see if that makes it shut up...if so, look into something a bit more permanent.
Since it looks good, how about some pictures?
As for the various answers here, one or more of them will probably fix it. I'd start out by using tape to figure it out.
Thank you. The "whistle" with rare exception is caused by the fins vibrating at a high rate of speed that makes a noise that sounds like a whistle but isn't exactly. If one will take the door edge trim, cut some pieces about 3" long and place them 1/3 of the way in from each end on the fins, the change in weight changes the vibration frequency and the noise goes away.
Andy Maurer
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Some of my friends have these installed, kind of cool the way you can change the inserts...
https://aeroxindustries.com/
https://aeroxindustries.com/
That's awesome. A 130 dollar answer to a 10 cent problem.
Andy Maurer
TJ Enthusiast
The thought process behind that solution is what produces a lot of the crap we see out there and clearly illustrates that knowledge does not equal understanding. They know lightbars can make noise so their answer is to wrap the whole thing with an expensive sleeve to prevent air movement from reaching the fins. They lacked the understanding that the noise is caused by the same thing we see when a flag flaps in the breeze, just at a much higher rate. They thought they were solving the noise caused by the same principle as blowing across the top of a beer bottle. Less beer, more flag. Knowledge does not equal understanding.
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