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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 12:01 PM
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What's up all!!! Just picked up the surco rack system for the jk it's the one with the strap that goes up the side, I believe the part # is J600 also grabbed the safari crossbars. This was all to mount a Thule box for ski trips. Anyway, went up to NH and back with no probs, when I got home I removed the Thule so I could fit in the garage and left the crossbars on. Went for a ride today on the highway and got a high pitched tone while driving, it was deafening. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Was thinking of returning the safari style "square" bars and grabbing surco's urban crossbar which is oval shaped. In hopes of a fix. Was also wondering if anyone has any picks of the urban basket mounted on a wrangler, can't seem to find it on the web......thanks for any and all help.
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 02:53 PM
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Interested in this myself
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 07:09 PM
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Just get one of these: Wind Fairing for you thule bars!
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I have had no issues with wind noise with my Thule bars
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 12:30 PM
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Returned the "safari crossbar" and grabbed the "urban" oval shaped crossbar and the noise disappeared, I'm now getting a wind noise which I guess is normal, however I wonder if I were to find some kind of "insert" for that opening in the top of the crossbar, like a snap in plastic piece, I don't even know where to begin looking for that
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