I can testify to the wind noise but it depends also on the temperature, speed etc. There is supposed to be a small gap between the seal and the roof to let water out. Wind comes in and under the right conditions, frequencies come into resonance and the rattle begins. I don't have the rattle all the time (not f.ex. if it's very hot, but early morning, it seems to be appear more) and it's at about 50 mph. If the rattle starts change the speed and get the resonance off (that's with a seal from busdepot, but probably all will do that, although with the old one, I never had this phenomena. On 9/26/06, Tom Salicos <Tom@salicos.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:10 AM > Subject: installing new luggage rack seals > > > > I'm about to install the new seal on my luggage rack, and was just > > wondering > > if there's anything I should know aside from the obvious. There are four > > screws on the front and sides of the rack, four on the back, and I assume > > I > > remove them, remove the rack, then pull out the old seal and put on the > > new > > one. > > > > > I'd add that the slotted screws around the sides and front of the rack do > not have a very deep groove and it is easy for the screwdriver to slip out > and scratch the paint. (AMHIK) > > Use a very large flat tip screwdriver. > > Tom Salicos > > '87 Syncro Westy EG-33 >
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