Noise after installing a sun shade

[texanjeeper]

I installed the Shadeidea sun shade today and i really love the way it fits on the Gladiator, nice and tight and no sag at all. However, when I put the freedom panels back on, and drove it in my neighborhood, I definitely heard some wind noise coming in, doing only 20-30 mph. Anybody have any tips on this? I didn't notice any larger than normal gaps between the front and rear panels, and I did loosen the windshield but I tightened the 4 bolts back down when I was done, so I'm not exactly sure where the issue might be. I'm going to check it out tomorrow a little more closely, maybe I can figure out what's going on.

The wind noise is only annoying....I'm thinking that if there is enough of a gap somewhere that I can hear that, then water may be able to come in as well. That would be more than annoying.

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[am1978]

Never hear of it: Shadeidea. Spiderweb, JTops, Alien, and hot heads are due to release theirs. Not sure on their cost, but a known entity goes a long (quiet) way.

 

[texanjeeper]

Just because it's not on your favorites list, doesn't mean that the product might not be good. Anyway, it rained last night and there is zero leaking. Also, I was able to get it up to 45mph today and there is no wind sound going on right now. Either the freedom panels settled in, or the front windshield got used to the bungees being there, something like that, hopefully when I get it up to highway speed it's still not having any wind noise.

 

[am1978]

Just because it's not on your favorites list, doesn't mean that the product might not be good. Anyway, it rained last night and there is zero leaking. Also, I was able to get it up to 45mph today and there is no wind sound going on right now. Either the freedom panels settled in, or the front windshield got used to the bungees being there, something like that, hopefully when I get it up to highway speed it's still not having any wind noise.

Hey, cool, whatever works.

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