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So, i installed a lightbar with a GMRS antenna mounted to it and all is well until I took the Bronco for a drive. Above 40mph the soft top is flapping incessantly at the back corners of the Bronco. Apparently, the light bar changed the aerodynamics of the Bronco just enough to cause the Air pocket to collapse right at or behind the C Pillar, instead of flowing smoothly across the top. Honestly, it sounded like the top was loose back there, as if something was disconnected. So every few miles I'd pull over and try and tighten things up / check for loose connectors etc... What i finally discovered is that is was just the top itself flapping, making the sound as if it was slapping against something, when in reality it was just from the extreme up/down turbulence in the top that was making the noise.
I tried adjusting the tilt of the light bar, putting a louvver (temporarly) above/below the light to see if that helped.. Nothing seemed to work...
So tonight i did a small experiment, figuring i'd find a use for it in the house if i didnt end up using it anyway, I stopped into walmart and purchased this:
Along with a couple of black king size pillow cases to cover it from both ends so that nothing was flapping, and no white was peeking thru....
I stuffed this body pillow along the c-piller between the soft top the roll bar. It adds just enough pressure against the soft top to tighten things up and not allow it to just 'flap in the wind'
Yup.. Fixed the issue.... Had I not found a solution to this, i was about to buy the first available hard top for my rig, price be damned! I'm still planning on adding a hard top for the winter months, and keep the soft top for summer. But this little $25 fix keeps the noise at bay. And allows me to keep my sanity. And keeps an emergency pillow in the vehicle at the ready for if/when I need to pull over and catch a cat nap in the back during a trip somewhere.. LOL
Just though i'd share what turned out being a desperate man's hail mary!
I tried adjusting the tilt of the light bar, putting a louvver (temporarly) above/below the light to see if that helped.. Nothing seemed to work...
So tonight i did a small experiment, figuring i'd find a use for it in the house if i didnt end up using it anyway, I stopped into walmart and purchased this:
I stuffed this body pillow along the c-piller between the soft top the roll bar. It adds just enough pressure against the soft top to tighten things up and not allow it to just 'flap in the wind'
Yup.. Fixed the issue.... Had I not found a solution to this, i was about to buy the first available hard top for my rig, price be damned! I'm still planning on adding a hard top for the winter months, and keep the soft top for summer. But this little $25 fix keeps the noise at bay. And allows me to keep my sanity. And keeps an emergency pillow in the vehicle at the ready for if/when I need to pull over and catch a cat nap in the back during a trip somewhere.. LOL
Just though i'd share what turned out being a desperate man's hail mary!
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