I noticed that you have the factory roof rack. Did you have to remove the rack to install the insulation? Looks like you can lift the panels high enough to slide it in without removing rack.
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At Ford HQ:I suspect there was more D&D and less R&D for a lot of the development cycle.
When you have MIC and roof rails, the MIC panels can be removed without removing the roof rails. You just have to unlock the folding clips, along with the rotating clips. Then raise the panel slightly, twist slightly to one side, close the folding clips while raised, and remove the panel underneath the roof rail, sideways and slightly angled.I noticed that you have the factory roof rack. Did you have to remove the rack to install the insulation? Looks like you can lift the panels high enough to slide it in without removing rack.
So Rockstars role playing as Engineers but nobody in the group has Intelligence above 10 but man is that Charisma no less than 15.I suspect there was more D&D and less R&D for a lot of the development cycle.
You should hear it with the yakima platform w/high lift jack holder and perimeter railing. Especially when the dealer installed and and didn't put any of the insulation in the channels.I'll have to give this a try today. Picked ours up yesterday and noticed the wind noise on the highway, given I'm so used to a Fusion and Flex. I'd been warning my wife during the entire wait that it won't ride like the Fusion did and will have more wind noise.
I was pleasantly surprised just how stable the Bronco is at 80mph, but the wind noise was still more than I expected for a hard top with liner. After a graduation party, we'll pick some of these foamy boys up
I just showed my dealer this gap and they ordered me new revised gaskets. No more gap. I never really had a wind noise problem anyways.Sure it works, but stuffing some foam or other crap in all these gaps makes better than 30% difference in wind noise.
Yeah… I don’t have any gaps like that.I just showed my dealer this gap and they ordered me new revised gaskets. No more gap. I never really had a wind noise problem anyways.
Looks like I need to go back to Home Depot for more material for front.Well,
All I can say is WOW WOW....
So, I took the OP's original idea, and went to Home Depot....but instead of foam, I paid $6 for 3/4" RUBBER, since rubber is better than foam as a sound barrier (6 foot)....
BUT, for ME, the main noise has always bothered me from the FRONT of the bronco...
So, after putting in the insulation on the sides just as the OP, I had about 2 pieces left-over of about 2-2.5 feet each...
now the FRONT empty channel is smaller than the sides so you need to CUT in HALF the remaining pieces, and you have enough for the front....
See the pics.
I can't say for sure how much the noise from the sides was reduced, but BY GOD the front noise is reduced by 70-75% for me....
I won't drive now without it when the top is on.
Looks like I need to go back to Home Depot for more material for front.
I’ll let you know if I remember when they do.I wonder how often they will need to be replaced if one lives in high heat region because they will dry out and become brittle and flake off? I had some stored in my garage and wanted to use them to make some outdoor faucet covers during a freezing spell and they just crumbled in my hands.
I’ll let you know if I remember when they do.
definitely hot here. 105 with 110 heat index yesterday. Supposed to be same today.
Can you find a part number for those gaskets? My dealer has done nothing since I reported this problem to them.I just showed my dealer this gap and they ordered me new revised gaskets. No more gap. I never really had a wind noise problem anyways.